Comparison

Minutes vs SpeakNotes

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Minutes

This app uses advanced AI to convert your voice recordings into text, summarize them, and extract key information. It supports offline transcription and integrates with other productivity tools.

Highlights
  • AI-powered speech-to-text
  • Real-time transcription
  • Automatic summarization
  • Key point extraction
  • Offline transcription option
  • Export to TXT, SRT, M4A
  • Integration with Notion
Features
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Embrace the future of speech-to-text technology. Powered by OpenAI's Whisper technology, Minutes turns your iPhone or iPad into a portable audio recorder and transcriber, making it easy to capture and share personal notes, classroom lectures, meeting minutes, and more. Minutes gives you the flexibility to choose between the latest and greatest Whisper model (hosted on OpenAI's servers), or opt for smaller models that enable offline usage. This ensures that you can transcribe anytime, anywhere, regardless of your internet connectivity. Minutes empowers you to go beyond simple text conversion by integrating the capabilities of OpenAI's ChatGPT, allowing you to generate comprehensive transcript summaries, extract key points, identify action items, follow-up questions, and explore related topics. Seamlessly export your insights directly to Notion, enabling seamless collaboration and organization. Other Features • Start transcribing real-time audio with a single tap. • Organise transcriptions into folders. • Transcribe audio directly from your Photos Library, Files App, and even YouTube URLs. • Copy to clipboard or export as TXT, SRT and M4A. • Support for 40+ languages (see https://help.openai.com/en/articles/7031512-whisper-api-faq). Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SpeakNotes

This app uses advanced AI to transform audio and video into concise, actionable notes. It supports over 50 languages and offers 14 different output formats for meetings, lectures, podcasts, and more. Easily process any source, from recordings to YouTube links, to gain insights quickly.

Highlights
  • AI transcription with high accuracy
  • 14 unique summary formats
  • Summarize YouTube links
  • Process PDFs and documents
  • Direct audio/video recording
  • Support for 50+ languages
  • Export and share options
Features
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Turn hours of audio into minutes of insight. SpeakNotes uses advanced AI to transcribe and summarize your meetings, lectures, podcasts, YouTube videos, and recordings - delivering organized, actionable notes in 14 different formats. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - YOUR AI-POWERED SECOND BRAIN Whether you're a professional drowning in meetings, a student racing to capture lectures, or someone who wants podcast insights without the hours - SpeakNotes transforms everything you hear into organized, actionable notes. Record, upload, share from any app, or paste a YouTube link. AI delivers results in seconds. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - POWERFUL CAPABILITIES TRANSCRIBE WITH PRECISION Advanced AI captures every word accurately. Support for 50+ languages - English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Portuguese, and more. SUMMARIZE INTELLIGENTLY Go beyond transcripts. AI extracts key points, action items, decisions, and insights - organized exactly the way you work. 14 OUTPUT FORMATS One recording, endless possibilities: - Meeting Notes: Decisions and action items with assignees - Bullet Points: Clean, organized takeaways - Flash Cards: Perfect for studying - Q&A Format: Question-answer pairs - Blog Post: Ready-to-publish articles - Presentation Slides: With speaker notes - Tweet Thread: Social media ready - LinkedIn Article: Professional posts - Book Summary: Themes and takeaways - Email Newsletter: Formatted and ready - Video Script: Scenes with visual cues - News Article: Journalistic format - Transcript: Full text with speakers - Note: Simple, clean summary PROCESS ANY SOURCE Upload any audio or video format. Record directly. Share from Voice Memos or any app. Paste a YouTube URL. Summarize PDFs and documents. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PERFECT FOR PROFESSIONALS Transform meetings into actionable summaries. Capture every decision and action item. Share notes with your team instantly. STUDENTS Turn lectures into study-ready notes. Generate flash cards for exams. Key concepts highlighted, complex topics simplified. PODCAST LOVERS Conquer your podcast queue. Get insights from any episode without the full listen. Stay informed while saving time. YOUTUBE LEARNERS Summarize tutorials, talks, and educational content - just paste a link. Perfect for researchers and lifelong learners. CONTENT CREATORS Repurpose content effortlessly. Turn podcasts into blog posts, videos into tweets, interviews into articles. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FEATURES - AI transcription with exceptional accuracy - 14 unique summary formats - YouTube processing - just paste the link - PDF and document summarization - Direct audio and video recording - Upload from device or cloud - Share extension for any app - 50+ language support - Folder organization - Full-text search - Export and share options - Cloud sync across devices - Dark mode - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HOW IT WORKS 1. Record, upload, share, or paste a YouTube URL 2. Choose your output format 3. Get transcription and summary in seconds 4. Organize, search, and share - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hours of content. Minutes to understand. Seconds to summarize. Download SpeakNotes and transform everything you hear into insights you can act on. Terms of Use: https://speaknotes.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://speaknotes.io/privacy

Screenshots

Minutes4 screens
SpeakNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Minutes at 50% against SpeakNotes's 20%. SpeakNotes's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Minutes sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and SpeakNotes sells 22 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SpeakNotes holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 39 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Minutes's written reviews are positive against 20% of SpeakNotes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minutes ships an update weekly, SpeakNotes every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Minutes versus SpeakNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinutesSpeakNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (17 ratings)4.6 (39 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1739 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbeetee17JRL Software LTD

Customer experience

Minutes

All ratings14 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

SpeakNotes

All ratings39 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral5.1%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Minutes

Subscriptions2
  • Pro (1 Month)14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro (1 Year)14 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • 3,600 Credits$1.29
  • 10,800 Credits$3.29
  • 36,000 Credits$7.99
22 purchases

SpeakNotes

Subscriptions21
  • pro_weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • SpeakNotes Pro Weekly$1.997 Days
  • pro_weekly_3.99_no_trial$3.997 Days
Show 18 more
  • pro_weekly_3.993 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Pro (Monthly)$6.991 Month
  • Pro (Monthly)3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Pro (Weekly)7 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Pro (Weekly)$7.997 Days
  • Pro (Weekly)$14.997 Days
  • pro_monthly_14.993 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Pro (Monthly)$14.991 Month
  • Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$24.991 Month
  • Pro (Monthly)$24.991 Month
  • Pro (Monthly)$29.991 Month
  • Pro (Annual)$59.991 Year
  • Pro (Annual)3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Pro (Annual)$74.991 Year
  • Pro (Annual)3 Days trial$119.991 Year
  • Pro (Annual)$119.991 Year
  • Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$149.991 Year
  • Pro (Annual)$149.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro (Lifetime)$99.99

Questions

Is Minutes free?
Minutes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SpeakNotes free?
SpeakNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Minutes or SpeakNotes?
SpeakNotes is rated higher. Minutes averages 4.3 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while SpeakNotes averages 4.6 from 39 ratings.
Do Minutes or SpeakNotes have ads?
Both Minutes and SpeakNotes show ads.
Which is updated more often, Minutes or SpeakNotes?
Minutes ships an update weekly, and SpeakNotes every 5 days. Most recently, Minutes was updated on October 24, 2026 and SpeakNotes on October 24, 2026.

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