Comparison

Auer Notes vs Say Your Name

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

Head to head
About

Auer Notes

This is a straightforward note-taking application focused on speed, ease of use, and privacy. It prioritizes a minimalist interface and local data storage, ensuring offline access and preventing other apps from accessing your notes.

Highlights
  • Fast and easy to use
  • Minimalist user interface
  • Local data storage
  • Offline access
  • Plain text notes
  • Private and secure
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Auer Notes is a note-taking application designed to be fast, easy to use, and stay out of the way until you need it. Simple and clear, Auer Notes is intentional, focusing on less, instead of more. It does one thing, the simplest possible way. Local Data: Your data is stored locally and it's always available, even when you are offline. The app doesn't use iCloud. There is no cloud or vendor preventing you from accessing your data. Also, no other apps have access to your notes. Minimal: Auer Notes has a modern and minimalist user interface designed to be simple. It is aggressively mute on purpose. The application was built to be lightweight, and to utilize less device resources. Auer Notes: A plain text and private notes app.

About

Say Your Name

Record and save the pronunciation of names spoken by others. This app allows you to capture how someone says their name in their own voice, ensuring you can recall and pronounce it correctly later. Organize contacts with notes, selfies, and custom groups.

Highlights
  • Record names in their own voice
  • Replay names before meeting
  • Add selfies, emojis, and notes
  • Group people by custom categories
  • Search by name, sound, or group
  • Offline, on-device storage
Features
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You meet someone. They say their name. Five seconds later it's gone. Say Your Name fixes that by handing them the phone. They record their own name, in their own voice, the way they actually say it. Later, you tap play and hear it exactly right. • Hand over the phone and let them record — takes under 20 seconds • Hear any name again before you walk into the room • Add a selfie, an emoji, or a note about where you met • Group people by team, class, gym, or anything else • Search by name, sound, or group Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no sign-up, no servers, no analytics. Your people are yours. Free for up to 20 people. One payment unlocks unlimited — no subscription, ever.

Screenshots

Auer Notes3 screens
Say Your Name4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Say Your Name at 5.0 against Auer Notes's 4.1. Auer Notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Say Your Name sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Auer Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Say Your Name holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Auer Notes has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Auer Notes versus Say Your Name: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAuer NotesSay Your Name
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.218.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUri FridmanXIAOFAN LU

Customer experience

Auer Notes

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Say Your Name

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Auer Notes

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Say Your Name

One-time1
  • Unlimited People$1.99

Questions

Is Auer Notes free?
Auer Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Say Your Name free?
Say Your Name is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Auer Notes or Say Your Name?
Say Your Name is rated higher. Auer Notes averages 4.1 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Say Your Name averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Auer Notes or Say Your Name have ads?
Neither Auer Notes nor Say Your Name shows ads.

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