Comparison

Plaud vs Scriben

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

Head to head
About

Plaud

Capture and transcribe meetings, calls, and conversations to generate summaries, notes, and finished work. Leverage AI to extract context, automate tasks, and create documents from your discussions. Seamlessly syncs across devices with unlimited cloud storage.

Highlights
  • AI-powered transcription and summarization
  • Capture in-person, phone, and online meetings
  • Generate custom documents and reports
  • Integrates with Slack, Notion, Google Calendar
  • Unlimited cloud storage
  • Custom vocabulary support
  • Voice differentiation
Features
Read full description

Plaud is the AI work companion trusted by over 3 million professionals worldwide. Capture meetings, calls and conversations, then turn them into the work you need next. Plaud Intelligence helps you transcribe, summarize, find past context and get work done from every conversation. At the center is Plaud Agent. Give it a task in plain language and it sees it through: drawing on the right context from your Knowledge base, producing finished work in the format you need, and delivering it where it needs to go. CAPTURE IN-PERSON MEETINGS, PHONE CALLS, AND ONLINE MEETINGS Use a Plaud device for in-person meetings, phone calls and conversations on the go. Use Plaud Desktop for online meetings, with no meeting bot required. Capture more than audio. Highlight key moments as they happen, add notes and include images to give Plaud richer context. Everything stays together across Plaud Mobile, Plaud Web and Plaud Desktop. TURN RECORDINGS INTO TRANSCRIPTS AND CLEAR NOTES Get transcripts and AI summaries after every recording, with support for over 112 languages, and custom vocabulary. GET WORK DONE WITH PLAUD AGENT Tell Plaud Agent what you need in plain language. It finds the right context from your conversations and knowledge, then turns it into the work you need. Use Plaud Agent to: - Turn customer calls into a research brief - Draft follow-ups and emails from meetings - Create project updates, reports, and presentations - Bring back relevant context from weeks or months ago - Reuse your preferred workflows with Skills - Automate recurring work with Routines - Work across Slack, Notion, Google Calendar, Linear and more Create ready-to-use documents, presentations, reports and more, with links back to the relevant moments in the original recording for verification. Plaud asks for your confirmation before anything is sent or posted on your behalf. USE PLAUD EVERYWHERE Your recordings, transcripts and knowledge stay in sync across Plaud Mobile, Plaud Web and Plaud Desktop, with unlimited cloud storage. CHOOSE THE PLAN THAT FITS HOW YOU WORK Every Plaud device includes the Starter Plan, so you can start recording, transcribing and using Plaud Intelligence right away. Starter Plan Includes 300 transcription minutes each month. Pro Plan Includes 1,200 transcription minutes each month for professionals who record and transcribe more regularly. Unlimited Plan Unlimited transcription for professionals who capture conversations throughout their day. Team Plan Built for teams, with centralized management, file sharing and shared knowledge capabilities. GLOBAL SECURITY STANDARDS Plaud is compliant with GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27701 and EN 18031. PLAUD Terms of Service & END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT : https://app.plaud.ai/user-agreement Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Scriben

This AI-powered pen records, transcribes, and summarizes conversations in real-time. It offers full transcripts with speaker labels, concise AI summaries, and automatically extracted action items, all without needing to interact with your phone.

Highlights
  • Real ink pen with integrated AI recorder
  • Automatic transcription with speaker labels
  • AI-generated meeting summaries
  • Extracted action items
  • Multilingual support and real-time code-switching
  • Automatic syncing to the app
Read full description

Your pen captures it. Vera remembers it. The work gets done. Scriben is an AI pen for professionals. It writes with real ink — just like any pen you've used for years. The difference: while you're writing, it's also listening, understanding, and turning the conversation into finished work. Your meeting ends. Your notes are done, your follow-ups are drafted, and nothing has been forgotten. No new habits. No awkward devices on the table. No explaining to a client why you're recording them. Just your pen, doing more than a pen ever has. IMAGINE YOUR NEXT MEETING You walk into a meeting. You carry your pen. By the time you walk out, you have a full transcript, a summary, the action items — and the follow-up email already written, waiting for you to send it. You never touched your phone. That's Scriben. BUILT FOR PROFESSIONALS WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS A WORD • Attorneys — every deposition, client meeting, and negotiation • Founders — never lose a board meeting, investor call, or brainstorm • Physicians — document patient visits and clinical notes hands-free • Financial Advisors — a full record of every client conversation • Consultants, Therapists, Real Estate Agents, and anyone whose work lives in conversation IT CAPTURES Full Transcript A clear transcript with speaker labels, and multilingual support with real-time code-switching for mixed-language meetings. AI Summary What was discussed, what was decided, and the context you need. Readable in under 60 seconds. Action Items Commitments and follow-ups pulled out automatically — what needs to happen, and who said they would do it. IT REMEMBERS Meet Vera, the assistant that actually remembers. Ask her anything from any conversation you've ever had. Last Tuesday's pricing call. That hiring decision from March. What you promised the client in the hallway. She answers from what was actually said, and shows you where. She looks forward, too — what's coming, what you committed to, what's about to slip. IT WORKS FOR YOU Vera writes the follow-up email. She stages the calendar invite. She lines up what comes next. Then she stops and waits for you. Nothing is sent, booked, or shared until you read it and approve it. Every action is a proposal, never a surprise. BUILT FOR THE ROOM, NOT THE CALL Most AI note-takers listen to your laptop. They need a video call to exist. Scriben listens to the table — the in-person meeting, the client lunch, the conversation in the hallway afterward. The ones that were never being recorded at all. The pen that remembers everything you don't. YOUR CONVERSATIONS ARE YOURS Encrypted on your device. Never sold, never used for advertising, never used to train anyone else's models. Delete your account and it all goes with it. Terms of Service: https://scriben.ai/policies/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://scriben.ai/policies/privacy-policy Recording laws vary by location. You are responsible for obtaining consent where it is required.

Screenshots

Plaud4 screens
Scriben4 screens

Verdict

The call

Plaud and Scriben both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Scriben's written reviews are positive against 72% of Plaud's. Scriben also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Plaud's advantage is ratings volume (24K vs 4) and chart position (#27 vs unranked). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Plaud sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Scriben sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Plaud against 5.0 for Scriben. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plaud has 24K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Plaud's written reviews are positive against 100% of Scriben's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plaud ships an update weekly, Scriben daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Plaud versus Scriben: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlaudScriben
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (24K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24K — better4
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#27 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size207 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPLAUD LLCSleepMind, Inc.

Customer experience

Plaud

All ratings24,123 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews1,510 reviews
Positive72.4%
Neutral6.3%
Negative21.3%

Scriben

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Plaud

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Transcription errors, especially for non-English languages
  • Exporting issues with audio and text files
  • Inconsistent performance and app crashes
  • Connectivity problems between device and app

Requested features

6 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to pause and resume recordings
  • Improved summary quality and customization
  • Better organization and folder structure for notes
  • Integration with other productivity tools
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  • Support for more languages beyond English

Scriben

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Plaud

Subscriptions12
  • Pro Plan(Monthly)$14.991 Month
  • Pro Plan(Monthly)$17.991 Month
  • Unlimited Plan(Monthly)$23.991 Month
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  • Unlimited Plan(Monthly)3 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • Unlimited Plan(Monthly)2 variants$29.991 Month
  • Pro Plan(Annually)$99.991 Year
  • Pro Plan(Annually)7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Pro Plan(Annually)3 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Unlimited Plan(Annually)7 Days trial$239.991 Year
  • Unlimited Plan(Annually)$239.991 Year
  • Annual Unlimited3 Days trial$239.991 Year
  • Unlimited Plan(Annually)1 Month trial$239.991 Year
One-time4
  • 120 Minutes Package$2.99
  • 600 Minutes Package$12.99
  • 3000 Minutes Package$59.99
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  • 6000 Minutes Package$99.99
1 purchases

Scriben

Subscriptions1
  • Scriben Monthly1 Month trial$12.991 Month

Questions

Is Plaud free?
Plaud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scriben free?
Scriben is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plaud or Scriben?
Scriben is rated higher. Plaud averages 4.9 out of 5 from 24K ratings, while Scriben averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Plaud or Scriben have ads?
Neither Plaud nor Scriben shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plaud or Scriben?
Plaud ships an update weekly, and Scriben daily. Most recently, Plaud was updated on November 3, 2026 and Scriben on October 9, 2026.

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