Open Spoken vs Transcribr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Open Spoken
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Open Spoken is an open-source app to transcribe audio from the microphone into text. It's designed to help communicating with the hearing impaired by showing transcribed text on the device screen. It uses Apple’s speech recognition so it supports any language supported by Apple’s Speech Recognition engine. Supported languages (as of iOS 16): - Arabic - Chinese - Croatian - Danish - Dutch - English - French - German - Greek - Hebrew - Hungarian - Hindi - Indonesian - Italian - Japanese - Korean - Malay - Norwegian - Polish - Portuguese - Romanian - Russian - Slovak - Spanish - Swedish - Thai - Turkish - Ukrainian - Vietnamese
Transcribr
Effortlessly transcribe audio and video files in any language with advanced speech recognition and editing tools. Access your transcriptions from anywhere with cloud-based technology. Perfect for students, journalists, and professionals needing accurate, easy-to-use transcription.
- Transcribe audio and video
- Supports all major languages
- Advanced speech recognition
- Editing and refinement tools
- Add timestamps
- Cloud-based access
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Say goodbye to language barriers and tedious transcription processes with our cutting-edge transcription app. Whether you're a student, journalist, or business professional, our app makes it easy to transcribe audio and video files in any language. With our advanced speech recognition technology, you can transcribe even the most challenging audio files with stunning accuracy. Our app works seamlessly with all major languages and dialects, so you can transcribe anything from a casual conversation to a professional interview. But that's not all - our app also includes powerful editing tools that make it easy to edit and refine your transcriptions. You can quickly make corrections, add timestamps, and highlight important sections of your transcript, all within the app. In addition, our app is incredibly user-friendly, with a sleek and intuitive interface that makes it easy to navigate and use. And with our cloud-based technology, you can access your transcriptions from anywhere, at any time. So if you're looking for a powerful transcription app that works with any language, look no further than our app. Download it today and experience the convenience and accuracy of transcription at your fingertips! The model used for transcription will work with almost any language. The languages used to test on are these: Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi, Maori, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, and Welsh.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Open Spoken at none against Transcribr's 3. Open Spoken also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Transcribr sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Open Spoken asks for nothing beyond the download.
Open Spoken ships an update every 14 months, Transcribr every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on February 19, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Open Spoken | Transcribr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 13 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tal Aviram | Oscar Hedeby Iversen |
In-app purchases
Open Spoken
No in-app purchases
Transcribr
- 1.000 Tokens$0.99
- 5.000 Tokens$1.99
- 10.000 Tokens$1.99









