Comparison

AI Note Taker vs Class Notes

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

Head to head
About

AI Note Taker

This app records and transcribes voice to text, then uses AI to generate smart notes, summaries, and action points. It can process local audio/video files, web links, and even YouTube videos, offering various AI-powered text refinement and translation options.

Highlights
  • Voice to text transcription
  • AI-powered note summarization
  • Transcribe audio/video files
  • Record meetings and lectures
  • AI text rewriting and translation
  • Organize notes with folders
  • Integrations with Notion and Zapier
Features
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VoicePen is your AI note taker that records and transcribes voice to text, then summarizes it into smart, AI-powered notes. Skip the typing — record meetings, lectures, or voice memos and turn them into accurate speech to text transcriptions, summaries, action points, proofread texts and more. Transcribe and summarize any imported audio or video — from local files to YouTube videos, podcasts, and Zoom recordings. Works seamlessly on your iPhone, Watch, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro. # AI Note Taker for Lectures and Meetings: - Record unlimited meetings, lectures, interviews — up to 2 hours each - Record in the background and offline with Live Activities - Get fast, accurate transcriptions with speaker labels and timecodes powered by OpenAI Whisper - Get AI notes in multiple formats: Summary, Takeaway, Action Points, Study Note, Definitions, Quiz and more - Export notes and recordings to PDF or DOC and share via any app - Organize notes into folders and quickly search through them to recall anything # AI Note Taker for Personal Notes: - Skip typing - record quick notes and voice memos on the go and turn them into clear text - Capture ideas fast with recording widgets and Siri voice commands - Convert to accurate transcripts instantly with OpenAI Whisper - Rewrite using AI styles like Clear Text, Proofread, Journaling, and more - Organize your notes into folders like in any note-taking app - Automate your workflow with integrations to Notion, Zapier, and Make # Voice Typing for Emails and Messages: - Dictate messages instead of typing, then refine with AI to your preferred style - Start dictating with widgets or by saying “Siri, Dictate in VoicePen” - Enhance text with AI styles: Proofread, Professional, Casual, Short, Elaborated - Instantly translate dictations to any language - Copy, paste, send, or share final output in any app # Transcription and Summaries for any Audio and Video Files, YouTube, Podcasts, Zoom: - Upload any audio or video file, or paste a link - Get accurate transcriptions, AI summaries and key points in seconds - Build your second brain — store and organize all audio / video content from the internet ---- ** Multiplatform Access - Works on iPhone, Watch, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro - Sync between devices securely with your private iCloud - One subscription covers all your Apple devices ** Features - Long recordings up to 2 hours each - Speaker separation and transcript time codes - Off-screen and Offline recordings with Live Activities - Widget and Siri commands for quick recordings - Files, Audios, Videos, Web Links, YouTube, Podcasts support - Over 25 built-in ai rewrite options - Personal rewrites with custom prompts - Over 80 languages, translations, multi-language notes - Folders and Search through all notes - Share and export to other Apps, Pdf, Doc - Zapier, Notion, Make, n8n integrations via webhooks ** Accessibility Built In - Voice typing for motor difficulties - Live transcription for hearing difficulties ** Privacy First: - No audio or transcripts are stored on our servers - Your recordings stay in your private iCloud - We only collect anonymous usage analytics (like button taps) ** Supported languages: Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi, Maori, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, and Welsh. ** Up to 2-hour recordings and imports available with a Premium subscription ** Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Class Notes

This intelligent companion transforms lecture recordings and documents into comprehensive study materials using AI. It helps students focus on learning by automating note-taking and generating study aids like flashcards and summaries.

Highlights
  • AI-powered lecture transcription and summarization
  • Import PDFs and text files for analysis
  • Generate study guides, flashcards, and practice questions
  • Concept mapping and key term extraction
  • Organize notes by course and academic term
  • Offline processing and multi-language support
Features
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Remember the last time you left a lecture with a page of half-finished sentences and a nagging feeling you'd missed the one thing that mattered? Class Notes fixes that. Hit record, put your pen down and actually be in the room. Ask the question. Follow the argument. Laugh at the professor's joke. When class ends, your lecture is already turning into notes you can study from. Be present in class Record your lectures with background noise reduction, and Class Notes transcribes every word. Transcription works on your device, so it runs in a basement lecture hall with no signal. Let your notes write themselves Turn on Automatic Notes and Class Notes prepares the notes you choose as soon as a recording finishes. You pick what you want, and it's off until you switch it on. Turn any lecture into study material - Study guides that pull the big ideas into one place - Flashcards ready for the night before the exam - Key points and key terms with clear definitions - Summaries and action items when you need the short version Bring in everything, not just audio Import recordings, PDFs and text files. Your slides, readings and lectures can all live together. Organized the way you study - Group everything by Course and by term - Give each course its own color - Browse as a list, a calendar or a timeline Ask your notes anything Stuck on a concept? Chat with a lecture and get an explanation in plain language, using the latest AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and more. Made for real student life - Works in many languages - Syncs across your devices - Share organized notes with your study group Built for - The student who can't listen and write at the same time - The one who wants to join the discussion instead of racing to keep up - Anyone staring down finals with a stack of recordings and no plan Stop transcribing. Start understanding. Download Class Notes and make every lecture count.

Screenshots

AI Note Taker4 screens
Class Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Class Notes at free with in-app purchases against AI Note Taker's subscription. Class Notes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). AI Note Taker's advantage is ratings volume (530 vs 1) and device support (5 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. AI Note Taker sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Class Notes sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Class Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AI Note Taker has 530 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
AI Note Taker versus Class Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAI Note TakerClass Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (530 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings530 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimur KhairullinCalogero Cascio

Customer experience

AI Note Taker

All ratings525 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews244 reviews
Positive88.1%
Neutral2.5%
Negative9.4%

Class Notes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

AI Note Taker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Transcription issues with multiple speakers
  • App crashing or not loading
  • Incorrect language transcription

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to combine/continue recordings
  • Speaker identification in transcripts
  • More customization options
  • Sync between devices
  • Export transcripts by date range

Class Notes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

AI Note Taker

Subscriptions8
  • Premium Access$1.997 Days
  • VoicePen Premium$2.997 Days
  • VoicePen Premium2 variants$4.997 Days
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  • VoicePen Premium2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Unlimited AI Voice Notes$9.991 Month
  • VoicePen Premium3 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • VoicePen Premium7 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Unlimited AI Voice Notes7 Days trial$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$149.99
3 purchases

Class Notes

One-time3
  • Starter Pack$4.99
  • Scholar Pack$9.99
  • Academic Pro$19.99

Questions

Is AI Note Taker free?
AI Note Taker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Class Notes free?
Class Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AI Note Taker or Class Notes?
Class Notes is rated higher. AI Note Taker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 530 ratings, while Class Notes averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do AI Note Taker or Class Notes have ads?
Neither AI Note Taker nor Class Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AI Note Taker or Class Notes?
AI Note Taker ships an update weekly, and Class Notes weekly. Most recently, AI Note Taker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Class Notes on October 24, 2026.

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