Comparison

Transcribe vs Turnscript

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

Head to head
About

Transcribe

Effortlessly convert audio and video files into accurate, editable text. This app supports multiple file types, automatically detects languages, and offers easy editing and export options for enhanced productivity.

Highlights
  • Seamless audio/video transcription
  • Import multiple file types
  • Automatic language detection
  • In-app text editor
  • Direct export and sharing
  • Privacy and security focus
Features
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Transcribe: Voice to Text+ is a powerful and intuitive app that revolutionizes the way you convert speech to text. With its advanced technology, you can effortlessly transcribe various audio and video files into accurate and editable text, making it a must-have tool for students, professionals, journalists, and anyone seeking a convenient and efficient transcription solution. Key Features: * Seamless Transcription: Transcribe audio and video files with ease, allowing you to convert spoken words into written text effortlessly. The app utilizes cutting-edge speech recognition technology to ensure accurate and reliable transcriptions. * Import Multiple File Types: Not limited to just voice recordings, Transcribe: Voice to Text+ enables you to import various file formats, including videos, voice memos, and other supported audio files. This flexibility ensures that you can transcribe content from diverse sources. * Automatic Language Detection: With automatic language detection, Transcribe: Voice to Text+ eliminates the need for manual language selection. The app intelligently detects the spoken language and adapts its transcription capabilities accordingly, providing a seamless user experience. * Edit and Refine: The app provides a user-friendly text editor that allows you to edit and refine transcriptions according to your needs. Make necessary changes, add punctuation, and format the text to create professional-looking documents quickly. * Export Options: Once you have completed the transcription, you can share it directly via email, messaging apps, or cloud storage services. This flexibility ensures seamless integration with your existing workflow. * Privacy and Security: Your data privacy is of utmost importance. Transcribe: Voice to Text+ ensures the highest level of security and confidentiality for your files. Whether you need to transcribe lectures, interviews, meetings, or simply want to convert voice memos into written notes, Transcribe: Voice to Text+ offers a comprehensive and user-friendly solution. Experience the convenience of converting spoken words into accurate text effortlessly. Download Transcribe: Voice to Text+ today and unlock a new level of efficiency in your transcription tasks. Privacy: https://transcribe.ardasen.com/privacy.html Terms: https://transcribe.ardasen.com/terms.html

About

Turnscript

This app creates accurate meeting transcripts with speaker identification and timestamps, all processed locally on your device. It supports multiple languages and offers various export formats, working entirely offline. Syncs privately via iCloud.

Highlights
  • On-device transcription
  • Speaker separation and attribution
  • Timestamp synchronization
  • Multi-language support
  • Offline functionality
  • Multiple export formats (Markdown, TXT, JSON, SRT, WebVTT)
  • Private iCloud sync
Features
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Turnscript turns a meeting recording into a transcript that says who spoke, when, and in the language they actually spoke. It runs on your device. Record in the app or import a file you already have, and the transcription, the speaker separation and the timestamps all happen locally. No audio leaves your Mac, iPhone or iPad. There is no account to make and nothing to sign in to. WHO SAID WHAT Speakers are separated as part of transcription rather than guessed at afterwards, so each passage arrives already attributed. Rename Speaker 1 to a real name and every line updates at once. FIFTEEN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING MIXED ONES German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Thai, Vietnamese, Turkish, Urdu and Tagalog. You do not pick a language beforehand. A meeting where someone answers a German question in English stays exactly that way; nothing is translated or tidied into one language. BUILT AROUND THE RECORDING Tap a timestamp to jump there. The current passage highlights as the audio plays, at speeds from 0.75x to 2x. Search across every transcript you have, in any script. Fix a word without losing what the model originally wrote, and reset it whenever you like. EXPORT Markdown, plain text, JSON, SRT and WebVTT, plus the recording itself. OFFLINE FROM THE FIRST LAUNCH The speech model, about 1 GB of it, ships inside the app. There is nothing to download: recording, transcription, playback, search and export all work with no network at all. SUPPORTED DEVICES iPhone 15 Pro or newer, iPad with M1 or later, iPad mini (A17 Pro), and any Mac with Apple silicon. How much of a meeting fits in one pass depends on how much memory the device has, so the app works it out and tells you the figure in minutes before it starts. Longer recordings are split into parts, and a speaker keeps one name across all of them. The Apple Watch companion needs watchOS 26.4. For a good experience the device needs 8 GB of memory or more. With less, Turnscript works in shorter blocks and says so on launch. ON THE WRIST Record a meeting on Apple Watch for up to 90 minutes, in five-minute parts. Each part goes to the iPhone as it finishes and arrives as one meeting, ready to transcribe. If the watch stops recording, it taps you firmly so you can continue with one tap. SYNC WITHOUT GIVING ANYTHING AWAY Transcripts sync through your own private iCloud database, and recordings through iCloud Drive, so your library follows you between devices without passing through anyone else's server. Turnscript uses MOSS-Transcribe-Diarize 0.9B, an open speech model from the OpenMOSS Team at Fudan University, under the Apache 2.0 license. Requires Apple Silicon.

Screenshots

Transcribe4 screens
Turnscript4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Turnscript at 100% against Transcribe's 0%. Turnscript also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). Transcribe's advantage is price (Free vs $7.99) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On 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

Transcribe is free to download; Turnscript costs $7.99 up front. Transcribe sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Turnscript asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Transcribe ships an update fortnightly, Turnscript every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Transcribe versus Turnscript: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTranscribeTurnscript
PriceFree — better$7.99
Rating3.5 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB1.2 GB
Age rating+417+
DeveloperArda SenJonathan Vogelbusch

Customer experience

Transcribe

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Turnscript

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Transcribe

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time2
  • 1 Hour of Transcription$9.99
  • 10 Hours of Transcription$49.99
None

Turnscript

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Transcribe free?
Transcribe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Turnscript free?
Turnscript costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Transcribe or Turnscript have ads?
Transcribe shows ads; Turnscript does not.
Which is updated more often, Transcribe or Turnscript?
Transcribe ships an update fortnightly, and Turnscript every 2 months. Most recently, Transcribe was updated on November 3, 2026 and Turnscript on November 6, 2026.

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