Comparison

Record It! vs AYCM Manuscript

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

Head to head
About

Record It!

Easily record audio notes, lectures, or meetings with automatic naming and categorization. Transfer recordings to your computer via iTunes or email. Features include screen dimming and background recording.

Highlights
  • Automatic naming and categorization
  • Transfer recordings via iTunes
  • Screen dimming for dark environments
  • Background recording with screen off
  • Adjustable playback volume
  • Edit recording names and categories
Features
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The easiest and most useful recorder on the market - record fast notes or long lectures with ease. The length of your recording is limited only by your storage and battery (about 1 Mbyte per minute, 4 hour lecture hardly drains the battery). Native support for iOS 4.3 and up, including version 7. Supports transferring any recording to other computers. e-mail recordings under 25 minutes or copy any size file to your computer running iTunes. Define your lecture times and Record It! will automatically name, categorize, and store your lectures. When you start your recording, Record It! will automatically choose the lecture for the current time. Recording a non-repeating meeting? No problem: pick a quick category ('general' by default) and record. The results are stored in a list which can be sorted by name, date, or lecture. Features: 1) Copy any length recording to your computer running iTunes. 2) Automatic or manual naming of recordings. 3) Change or edit recording name and lecture category after recorded. 4) Automatic categorization of recordings. 5) Compact recording size. 6) Listen on your device or e-mail or copy to another system. 7) Screen dimming for dark lecture halls. 8) Will continue recording while the screen is turned off. 9) Stored recordings are sorted by Name, Date, or grouped by lecture. 10) Manage recordings- - edit name of recording and related lecture. - Delete unwanted recordings. - e-mail recordings (size limited by your e-mail service). 11) Playback with adjustable volume and allows starting at any point in the track. 12) Lectures are easily defined using name, days of the week, and times it meets. 13) Lecture names and meeting times are easily changed after definition. 14) Help included in program with grouped topics - no network connection required.

About

AYCM Manuscript

This app provides a comprehensive creative ecosystem for novelists, allowing them to manage characters, build worlds, track timelines, and even script comic books. It's designed for writers who need a single platform to organize every aspect of their complex stories.

Highlights
  • Character management
  • World building tools
  • Timeline tracking
  • Comic book scripting
  • Research notes
  • Publishing checklists
Features
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AYCM Manuscript — Your Story's Complete Ecosystem Your story deserves everything. Some stories are too big for a single document. Too layered for a notes app. Too alive to be managed in a spreadsheet. AYCM was built for those stories. A complete creative ecosystem for novelists who don't just write stories — they build worlds, shape characters, and live inside their fiction long before a single word hits the page. ONE ECOSYSTEM. EVERY LAYER OF YOUR STORY. Great fiction isn't just words. It's the character whose childhood shaped every decision they make. The city with a history that predates your protagonist by three hundred years. The magic system with rules your readers will test. The timeline that has to hold together across four hundred pages. AYCM holds all of it. Together. Connected. Characters Not a character sheet. A living record of who your people are — their relationships, their contradictions, their arcs, their secrets. Connected to every scene, every location, every moment in your story. World Building From a single street to an entire civilisation. Languages, cultures, mythologies, histories — your world exists inside AYCM the same way it exists inside your head. Completely. Timelines The backbone of every great story. Track events, threads, and character arcs with a timeline that keeps your narrative honest — and your continuity airtight. NEW — Comic Studio Your ecosystem just expanded. Plan, script, and build comic books directly inside your story world — same characters, same locations, same universe. Full panel scripting, dialogue management, and issue planning, all woven into the world you've already built. The Rest of Your World Magic systems. Technology frameworks. Sports and games. Research notes. Publishing checklists. Cultural traditions. If it lives in your story, it lives in AYCM. THIS IS WHAT A COMPLETE CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM FEELS LIKE Not a writing app. Not a notes app. Not a world-building app. All of it. One place. Your story — every layer, every thread, every world — finally in an ecosystem built to hold it. AYCM is for the novelist who knows their story is bigger than any single tool ever gave them credit for. PREMIUM Unlimited projects. Full ecosystem access. Every feature, every tool, every layer of your story — unlocked. Start with a 2-week free trial. No commitment required. Subscription renews monthly. Cancel anytime. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Record It!4 screens
AYCM Manuscript4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AYCM Manuscript at 100% against Record It!'s 14%. AYCM Manuscript also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.8 vs 2.7). Record It!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On ratings volume, 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

AYCM Manuscript is free to download; Record It! costs $0.99 up front. AYCM Manuscript sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Record It! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AYCM Manuscript holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Record It!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of AYCM Manuscript's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Record It! ships an update every 9 months, AYCM Manuscript every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Record It! versus AYCM Manuscript: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecord It!AYCM Manuscript
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.7 (6 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings66
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB574 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCreative Mindset Software, LLCAYCM, LLC

Customer experience

Record It!

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%

AYCM Manuscript

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Record It!

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

AYCM Manuscript

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Features14 Days trial$5.991 Month
One-time1
  • 500 AI Credits$9.99

Questions

Is Record It! free?
Record It! costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AYCM Manuscript free?
AYCM Manuscript is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Record It! or AYCM Manuscript?
AYCM Manuscript is rated higher. Record It! averages 2.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while AYCM Manuscript averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Record It! or AYCM Manuscript have ads?
Neither Record It! nor AYCM Manuscript shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Record It! or AYCM Manuscript?
Record It! ships an update every 9 months, and AYCM Manuscript every 2 weeks. Most recently, Record It! was updated on September 28, 2026 and AYCM Manuscript on October 15, 2026.

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