Comparison

LectMate vs TingYIGO

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

Head to head
About

LectMate

This app provides real-time voice-to-text transcription and simultaneous translation with advanced noise reduction. It's designed to help students and professionals understand lectures, meetings, and conversations, even with accents or background noise. Features include AI-powered summarization, note-taking, and multi-language support.

Highlights
  • Real-time voice-to-text transcription
  • Simultaneous translation
  • Audio noise reduction
  • AI keyword summarization
  • Bilingual transcript export
  • Search and replay recordings
  • Supports 71 languages
Features
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LectMate: A must-have for students. Professional recording, real-time voice-to-text transcription, and high-precision simultaneous translation; improve learning efficiency, and top students are using it. [Application scenarios] * Real-time translation for Zoom online classes and video conferences. No need to worry about accents from teachers or classmates, the transcription will still be accurate. * Offline classes can also be translated, with real-time Chinese subtitles to easily understand every sentence. * Take notes easily and export bilingual transcripts at any time to save time on reviewing and not miss any important knowledge. * Record phone calls and no longer fear to communicate with customer service. * Switch to conversation translation mode when going out to avoid social awkwardness and understand the other party's thoughts. * Collect inspirations at any time and improve your oral expression ability. [Core features] * Audio noise reduction: Even in noisy environments or when recording distant sources, high-quality voice-to-text transcription results can be obtained. * Intelligent transcription: The world's leading AI technology, #1 in the 2021 international automatic speech recognition challenge, provides high-precision, accurate, and fast transcription with high recognition rates. * Affordable price: 180 minutes of free transcription time per month, and only 0.27 yuan per hour for VIP members, which is only 1/2 the price of similar services. * Comprehensive functionality: Recording audio, taking notes, viewing translations, and exporting in multiple formats. All functions are available. We will continue to update more useful features to help you easily tackle all learning problems and improve efficiency. [Main features] * Real-time transcription: Record audio and take notes in real-time with high accuracy. Automatically save text and voice records after the session. * Keywords: Automatically extract key content and generate keyword summaries. * Import and export: Import audio files from other applications with one click and automatically generate text notes for efficient processing of audio content. * AI intelligent engine: Recognizes mixed Chinese and English speech, automatically distinguishes uppercase letters, adds punctuation, and corrects mistakes intelligently. * Search and replay: Quickly search for any word or sentence in the whole recording. Replay audio at your preferred speed for efficient review. * Multiple scenarios: Suitable for all classes, meetings, phone calls, interviews, lectures, and daily voice conversations. AI saves you time and effort. [71 supported languages] We stand with users from all over the world, continuously providing the most advanced services, making it easier for you to record every important moment in your daily life. Currently supported languages include: English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Greek, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Afrikaans, Amharic, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Filipino, Galician, Gujarati, Armenian, Icelandic, Javanese, Georgian, Khmer, Kannada, Lao, Macedonian, Malayalam, Mongolian, Marathi, Malay, Burmese, Nepali, Punjabi, Sinhalese, Albanian, Sundanese, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Uzbek, Cantonese, Zulu. [Information confidentiality] We take your privacy and data security seriously. Your data is confidential and will not be transferred to third parties for any reason. You have full control over your data and can delete it from your account at any time. Privacy Policy: https://d1e0dtlz2jooy2.cloudfront.net/inter-web/lect-mate/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://d1e0dtlz2jooy2.cloudfront.net/inter-web/lect-mate/terms.html

About

TingYIGO

Instantly translate conversations and transcribe audio in real-time using your headphones. This app supports meetings, travel, and learning scenarios, enabling seamless communication anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Dialogue translation
  • Real-time transcription
  • Voice broadcast
  • Meeting recording
  • Headphone integration
Features
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TingYIGO deeply integrates technologies such as dialogue translation, real-time transcription, voice broadcast, and meeting recording, covering all scenarios such as meetings, travel, and learning. You can conduct translation and communication anytime and anywhere, turning your headphones into translation headphones in an instant!

Screenshots

LectMate4 screens
TingYIGO4 screens

Verdict

The call

LectMate and TingYIGO both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of TingYIGO's written reviews are positive against 30% of LectMate's. TingYIGO also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 14) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). LectMate's advantage is ratings volume (665 vs 10). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. LectMate sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. TingYIGO asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for LectMate against 4.8 for TingYIGO. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LectMate has 665 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 30% of LectMate's written reviews are positive against 100% of TingYIGO's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LectMate ships an update every 3 weeks, TingYIGO every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LectMate versus TingYIGO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLectMateTingYIGO
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (665 ratings)4.8 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews30.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings665 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015
Further details — not scored
Size280 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoudao (Hong Kong) LimitedLaipic Technology and Culture Pte. Ltd.

Customer experience

LectMate

All ratings665 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral1.4%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews112 reviews
Positive30.4%
Neutral9.8%
Negative59.8%

TingYIGO

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

LectMate

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Sudden loss of membership status
  • Automatic pause during recordings
  • Inability to find account login on different devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Batch export/import functionality
  • Customizable recording duration
  • Improved handling of accented/regional speech

TingYIGO

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

LectMate

Subscriptions8
  • LectMate 会员3 Days trial2 variants$5.997 Days
  • LectMate Pro3 Days trial2 variants$5.997 Days
  • LectMate 会员3 Days trial2 variants$6.997 Days
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  • LectMate Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • LectMate Pro3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • LectMate 会员$49.991 Year
  • LectMate Pro4 variants$49.991 Year
  • LectMate 会员$59.991 Year
None

TingYIGO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LectMate free?
LectMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TingYIGO free?
TingYIGO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LectMate or TingYIGO?
LectMate and TingYIGO are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 665 and 10 ratings respectively.
Do LectMate or TingYIGO have ads?
Neither LectMate nor TingYIGO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LectMate or TingYIGO?
LectMate ships an update every 3 weeks, and TingYIGO every 5 days. Most recently, LectMate was updated on September 25, 2026 and TingYIGO on July 5, 2026.

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