Comparison

Abfall vs Interview Transcribe

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

Head to head
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Abfall

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Die kostenlose Abfall-App für den Kreis Soest erinnert zuverlässig per Push-Benachrichtigungen an alle Entsorgungs- und Sammeltermine. Benutzer erhalten per Push-Benachrichtigung ebenfalls wichtige Informationen über Touränderungen und andere Hinweise. Dabei lassen sich ganz leicht mehrere Standorte verwalten und der Erinnerungszeitpunkt festlegen - beispielsweise vor oder nach der Arbeit.

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Interview Transcribe

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Interview Transcribe transcribes your interview recordings directly on your device. No account, no tracking, no server that ever sees your recordings. Built for documentary work and journalism: • On-device speech recognition via whisper.cpp • Speaker detection with word-level confidence • Full-text search across all projects • Marker tracks for editing and topics • Export to Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Premiere, and BWF with timecode • Source protection by default — nothing leaves the device unless you explicitly allow it WHY THIS APP Dictation apps and cloud transcription services aren't built for sensitive documentary material. Interview Transcribe — called abgehört in German — came out of daily practice at bunt.schoen.laut Filmproduktion — a tool that treats source protection as a foundation, not an add-on. UNIVERSAL PURCHASE One purchase, three platforms: iPhone, iPad, and Mac. No subscription, no recurring fees. Restorable via your Apple ID. PROJECT FORMAT Every project is a self-contained .abgehoert bundle. AirDrop it, archive it on an external drive, hand it off to an editing suite — no conversion needed. EXPORT TO YOUR NLE XML for Final Cut Pro 11 with roles and markers. DaVinci Resolve with frame-accurate captions. Premiere markers. EDL. SRT, VTT, plain text. BWF with embedded transcript. FREE MODE You can try Interview Transcribe on up to three projects with five minutes of transcription each, free — plus one project with thirty minutes in one go, so you can take a real interview all the way through. Text export, with an "Interview Transcribe Free" watermark. FULL VERSION One-time purchase — unlocks unlimited projects, unlimited transcription length, every export format, source protection, cross-project search, and the iterative re-run engine. No watermark. PRIVACY Interview Transcribe processes your recordings on your device. There is no server backend, no account, no tracking. The app touches the network in only three places, and you start each of them yourself: the purchase via StoreKit, downloading a larger speech recognition model, and — if you explicitly release a single source for it — cloud transcription or cloud translation. Without that release, no audio leaves your device. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS iOS 17 or later · iPadOS 17 or later · macOS 15.5 or later · The Mac requires Apple Silicon (M1 or newer); Intel Macs are not supported. CONTACT Questions, bugs, feature ideas: apps@buntschoenlaut.de

Screenshots

Abfall4 screens
Interview Transcribe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Abfall at none against Interview Transcribe's 1. Abfall also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Interview Transcribe's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 7 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Interview Transcribe sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Abfall asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Abfall ships an update every 7 months, Interview Transcribe every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Abfall versus Interview Transcribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAbfallInterview Transcribe
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDevLabor GmbHPeter Onneken

In-app purchases

None

Abfall

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Interview Transcribe

One-time1
  • Full Version$12.99

Questions

Is Abfall free?
Abfall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Interview Transcribe free?
Interview Transcribe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Abfall or Interview Transcribe have ads?
Neither Abfall nor Interview Transcribe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Abfall or Interview Transcribe?
Abfall ships an update every 7 months, and Interview Transcribe every 3 days. Most recently, Abfall was updated on October 6, 2026 and Interview Transcribe on October 25, 2026.

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