Comparison

Aiko vs Bots

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

Head to head
About

Aiko

This app converts audio to text locally on your device using advanced AI. It supports over 100 languages and allows for subtitle export, prioritizing accuracy. It does not perform live transcription or speaker detection.

Highlights
  • On-device transcription
  • Supports 100+ languages
  • Export as subtitles
  • Word replacement for corrections
  • Privacy-focused (data stays local)
Currently charting
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High-quality on-device transcription. Easily convert speech to text from meetings, lectures, and more. The transcription is powered by OpenAI's Whisper running locally on your device. Nothing leaves your device. You can export the transcription as subtitles too. It has a word-replacement feature to let you automatically fix common mistakes. Aiko favors accuracy over speed. It does not do live transcription while recording. It does not currently have speaker detection. Try the trial first. See website. Note: Sharing from Voice Memos on iOS 26 does not work because of a iOS 26 bug outside of my control. Supports audio in 100 different languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Bashkir, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lingala, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Marathi, Mongolian, Māori, Nepali, Norwegian, Norwegian Nynorsk, Occitan, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Sanskrit, Serbian, Shona, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish, Yoruba The app was made possible thanks to Whisper by OpenAI and whisper.cpp by Georgi Gerganov. ■ FAQ ‣ Can I edit the text in the app? I don't plan to support any editing. Export the transcription and edit it in a proper text editor. ‣ Why is the app so large? The app delivers the highest quality transcription on the market for 100 different languages. Rather than asking why it's so large, the real question is how is it so small. ‣ Why is the transcription so slow? The app favors accuracy over speed. However, performance is expected to improve in the coming months. ‣ Why must I keep the iOS app open while it transcribes? iOS apps are fundamentally restricted from operating in the background for extended periods. ‣ Can I delete some of the languages to save space? This is unfortunately not possible. The model has all the languages stored together in a way that makes it impossible to remove just some languages. More FAQs on the website. ■ Technical details The app uses the Whisper medium or small model on iOS depending on available memory and the large v3 model on macOS. ■ Privacy The transcription is done locally on your device. Nothing leaves your device. ■ Support You can contact me through the feedback button in the app.

About

Bots

This AI assistant answers questions, generates art and music, writes essays, and creates presentations. It offers voice interaction and integrates with your devices for seamless use. Enjoy daily creative prompts and enhanced productivity features.

Highlights
  • AI-powered chat and web search
  • Generate art and edit photos
  • Create songs with lyrics and music
  • Write essays, emails, and summaries
  • Voice chat and dictation
  • PDF and file analysis
  • Daily creative prompts
Features
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Bots is your AI chatbot and assistant for every day. Ask anything, edit your photos with AI, turn a photo into a video, and create art, songs and essays, all in one chat. WHAT PEOPLE USE BOTS FOR - Clear answers to any question, in your language - Photo edits: anime, comic, oil painting, studio headshots and more - Videos from a photo or a few words - Pictures and art from one sentence - Essays, emails and posts in your tone - Songs with lyrics and music - Presentations from a topic or your notes - Voice chat in real time AI CHATBOT AND ASSISTANT - Ask anything and get clear, friendly answers. - Web search for fresh news, prices and facts, with sources. - Add a photo, a PDF or a file and ask about it. - Study a document with a summary, flashcards or a quiz. - Deep research reads many sources and writes you a full report. AI PHOTO EDITOR - Restyle any photo with a template: anime, comic, chibi sticker, oil painting, sketch, studio headshot and more. - Or say what to change, and Bots edits the photo for you. AI VIDEO GENERATOR - Bring a photo to life with ready-made video effects. - Or describe a short clip and watch it appear. AI IMAGE AND ART GENERATOR - Describe a picture and see it in seconds. AI WRITER - Essays, emails, cover letters, posts, summaries and rewrites, in your own tone. SONGS AND PRESENTATIONS - Turn a few words into a song with lyrics and music, and play it right in the chat. - Pick a design and a topic, and get a ready deck to share as a PDF or a PowerPoint file. VOICE - Talk with Bots out loud in real time, with natural voices. - Dictate instead of typing, and have any answer read aloud. MEET BOTS - Give Bots a name, a color and a personality, or describe one in your own words. - Bots remembers what matters to you, and you can see, add or delete any memory. - New ideas in every new chat, fresh twice a day. MADE FOR iPHONE, iPAD AND iPHONE DUO - On iPhone Duo, Bots fits the cover and the big screen, folded or open, upright or sideways. - Siri and Shortcuts, widgets on the Home Screen and Lock Screen, and controls in Control Center. - The iOS 27 design, in light and dark. - Works with VoiceOver and Voice Control, in 15 languages, right-to-left included. FREE AND PRO - Free every day: chat, web search, pictures and photo edits. - Bots Pro adds songs, presentations, deep research, study tools, voice chat, read aloud, dictation and the Pro templates, with room to create all day. - Videos use coins, and coins never expire. Use Bots without an account, or sign in with Apple or Google to keep your chats on all your devices. Terms of Use: https://42pixels.co/p/bots/terms Privacy Policy: https://42pixels.co/p/bots/privacy

Screenshots

Aiko4 screens
Bots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bots at Free against Aiko's $24.00. Bots also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 331). Aiko's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 43%) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On rating, 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

Bots is free to download; Aiko costs $24.00 up front. Bots sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Aiko asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Aiko against 4.6 for Bots. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 331 and 1.3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Aiko's written reviews are positive against 43% of Bots's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aiko ships an update every 6 weeks, Bots every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Aiko versus Bots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAikoBots
Price$24.00Free — better
Rating4.7 (331 ratings) — better4.6 (1.3K ratings)
Positive reviews86.3% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings3311.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
Best chart rank#26 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Vision Pro
Requires iOS26.626.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.7 GB110 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSindre SorhusTalgat Kussainov

Customer experience

Aiko

All ratings329 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral1.2%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews313 reviews
Positive86.3%
Neutral4.2%
Negative9.6%

Bots

All ratings1,338 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral2.6%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative53.1%

User reviews

Aiko

From 331 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🔒 Privacy-focused transcription
  • 🚀 Accurate transcription
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎉 Free and open-source
  • 💪 Powerful AI model (Whisper)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • ⏱️ Slow transcription speed
  • 🔋 Resource-intensive
  • 🤔 Inconsistent formatting

Bots

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easily My Favorite App
  • 🚀 Amazing AI assistant
  • 🚀 User-friendly text generation gem
  • 🚀 Great tool
  • 🚀 Does amazing images! Highly recommended!

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Horrible customer service
  • 🐛 Inaccurate dates, not trustworthy for accuracy
  • 🐛 Freezing, unusable
  • 🐛 Not ready for primetime yet on Vision Pro

Bugs and requests

Aiko

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Repeated sentences
  • Incorrect language detection
  • Transcription loss on app exit

Requested features

4 requests
  • Support for multiple speakers
  • Ability to select transcription model
  • Export options for timestamps and speaker labels
  • Background transcription mode

Bots

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Removed user's work history without warning
  • Crashing issues
  • Unresponsive app after special feature mode

Requested features

2 requests
  • Improve speaking AI assistant
  • Add dark mode option

In-app purchases

None

Aiko

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Bots

Subscriptions9
  • Premium3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Premium7 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Premium3 Days trial$7.997 Days
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  • Premium$9.997 Days
  • Premium$19.991 Year
  • Premium$20.001 Month
  • Premium$24.991 Year
  • Premium$49.991 Year
  • Premium3 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Aiko free?
Aiko costs $24.00, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bots free?
Bots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Aiko or Bots?
Aiko is rated higher. Aiko averages 4.7 out of 5 from 331 ratings, while Bots averages 4.6 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Aiko or Bots have ads?
Neither Aiko nor Bots shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aiko or Bots?
Aiko ships an update every 6 weeks, and Bots every 5 days. Most recently, Aiko was updated on November 12, 2026 and Bots on November 12, 2026.

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