# Text Workflow vs Live Speech to Text

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Text Workflow at 95% against Live Speech to Text's 48%. Text Workflow also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Text Workflow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Live Speech to Text sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Text Workflow holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 178 and 127 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Text Workflow's written reviews are positive against 48% of Live Speech to Text's.

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

## The numbers

| Metric | Text Workflow | Live Speech to Text |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | **[4.7 (178 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250/reviews)** | [4.1 (127 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/live-speech-to-text-iscribe/id6468081340/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | **178** | 127 |
| Positive reviews | **95.3% of reviews** | 47.5% of reviews |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Size | 36 MB | 44 MB |
| Requires iOS | **17.0** | 26.0 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Georgios Trigonakis](https://appshunter.io/developer/439577899) | [HARSHVA TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED](https://appshunter.io/developer/1704859322) |

## What reviewers say

### Text Workflow

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250)

Effortlessly clean, convert, and format text with over 50 actions. Save repetitive steps as workflows for one-tap execution. Ideal for tidying up text from various sources like PDFs, spreadsheets, and web pages.

**Highlights:** 50+ text manipulation actions, Save and run custom workflows, Clean AI-generated text, Format text from PDFs and web, Convert between data formats (JSON, CSV, Markdown), Integrates with Shortcuts, Syncs workflows across devices

**Features:** Family Sharing, Vision Pro support, iPhone Duo support

**In-app purchases (3)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Text Workflow Full Access | $0.99 | per month |
| Text Workflow Full Access | $6.99 | per year |
| Lifetime Premium | $17.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Adds significant functionality to Shortcuts
- 💡 Powerful text manipulation and data conversion
- 👍 Excellent for testing Regex patterns
- 👍 Incredibly useful and handy
- 👍 Magic in your pocket

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Family sharing for subscription not enabled
- 🐛 Free plan has a 100-character limit
- 🐛 Restore purchase doesn't work
- 🐛 Last update broke Shortcuts
- 🐛 Redirecting behavior in Shortcuts even without using the action

**Reported bugs**

- Last update broke Shortcuts
- Shortcuts open the app and stop instead of returning data
- Error message when selecting a workflow in Shortcuts action
- Restore purchase doesn't work

**Requested features**

- Support for family sharing for subscriptions
- Support for more languages
- Ability to convert VB code to C#
- Ability to change AI models (e.g., 16K ChatGPT, 32K GPT-4)
- Ability to alter AI temperature settings, top-p, top-K, frequency penalties, token limit, stop sequence


### Live Speech to Text

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/live-speech-to-text-iscribe/id6468081340)

This app offers fast and accurate AI-powered speech-to-text transcription for various audio sources. It supports over 100 languages and includes features like real-time transcription, summarization, and adjustable text for readability. Save and share your transcriptions easily.

**Highlights:** Real-time speech to text, AI summarizer, 100+ language transcription, Adjustable text sizes, High-contrast themes, Offline transcription

**In-app purchases (4)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3-Day Trial | $4.99 | per 7 days |
| Live Transcribe Yearly offer | $49.99 | per year |
| iScribe Yearly PRO | $69.99 | per year |
| Pro Access | $9.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Fast and accurate transcription
- 👍 Easy to use
- 💡 Real-time transcription
- 👍 Good for meetings and notes
- 💡 AI summaries

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Stops transcribing after one page
- 🐛 Audio vanishes after saving
- 🐛 Inconsistent transcription quality (language/character changes)
- 🐛 Profanity filter is restrictive
- 🐛 Cannot add words to dictionary

**Reported bugs**

- Badly formatted opening screen
- Stops transcribing after one page
- Audio vanishes after saving
- Changes letters to other characters (Arabic/Indian)
- Suddenly writes in English when set to Spanish

**Requested features**

- Ability to turn off profanity filter
- Add Urdu language support
- Allow adding words to dictionary


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Text Workflow free?

Text Workflow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Is Live Speech to Text free?

Live Speech to Text is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Which has better reviews, Text Workflow or Live Speech to Text?

Text Workflow is rated higher. Text Workflow averages 4.7 out of 5 from 178 ratings, while Live Speech to Text averages 4.1 from 127 ratings.

### Do Text Workflow or Live Speech to Text have ads?

Neither Text Workflow nor Live Speech to Text shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Text Workflow or Live Speech to Text?

Text Workflow ships an update fortnightly, and Live Speech to Text fortnightly. Most recently, Text Workflow was updated on November 7, 2026 and Live Speech to Text on November 7, 2026.

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