Comparison

Letterly vs The Lore

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

Head to head
About

Letterly

Instantly transform your speech into polished text for notes, messages, social media, and more. Organize with custom tags, use offline, and choose from over 25 rewrite styles. Supports over 90 languages and syncs across all your devices.

Highlights
  • Speech to text transcription
  • Customizable text rewriting
  • Note organization with tags
  • Offline recording
  • Multi-language support
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Audio file upload transcription
Features
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Turn your speech into brilliant text – instantly. Write anything, anytime. Perfect for notes, messages, emails, meeting summaries, journal entries, social media posts, and much more. Find your own unique use case! HOW IT WORKS This isn’t just a transcription tool. Just record any speech, and get polished, ready-to-use text immediately. USE CASES - Note-taking: ideas, to-dos, shopping lists, plans - Communication: messages, emails, comments - Content creation: social media posts, articles, newsletters, scripts - Journaling: thoughts, emotions, memories, gratitude - Meetings: summaries, minutes, action plans USEFUL FEATURES - Tags: organize notes with custom tags for easy navigation - Offline mode: capture thoughts anytime, even without internet - Any device: iPhone, Web, Mac, or iPad – notes stay synced across all platforms - Rewrite options: choose from 25+ premade rewrite styles or create your own - 90+ languages: speak freely – language is detected automatically - Widget: start recording instantly from your home screen - Translate: convert voice notes to any language in seconds - Quick sharing: send your text anywhere via Share button or integrations like Zapier - Audio upload: transcribe recordings made outside the app - Long recordings: record up to 90 minutes per note with unlimited recordings Download and try it today! We’ve designed the app to be simple, intuitive, and perfect for daily use. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

The Lore

Features
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A quiet place to gather what matters. Lore is an archive for your group's shared history — built around a ritual rather than a feed. One memory of the day, surfaced from what you've collected together. Quiet, considered, worth pausing for. What you can preserve — Artifacts: photos, scans, documents, recordings — Stories: the context that gives an artifact meaning — People: who was there, who it mattered to — Places, recipes, traditions — anything worth keeping How it works Each day, one memory surfaces from your group's archive. A photo from twenty years ago. A story someone wrote down. A recipe passed down. A recording of a voice you'd otherwise forget. You read it, respond if you like, and let it pass — until tomorrow. Members submit what they want to preserve. Each piece is curated and scheduled before it surfaces. The archive grows with intention, not noise. Built for any group with shared history — Families across generations — Camps, churches, neighborhoods, bands — Anyone whose memory is bigger than one person's Not a social network. Not a feed. A library with a heartbeat. Begin an archive. Invite the people who share it. Let one memory at a time keep what would otherwise be lost.

Screenshots

Letterly4 screens
The Lore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Lore at none against Letterly's 9. Letterly's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. Letterly sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. The Lore asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Letterly ships an update every 10 days, The Lore every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Letterly versus The Lore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLetterlyThe Lore
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB42 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAnton LebedevRyan Buckley

Bugs and requests

Letterly

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • When I get phone calls, I lose the entire recording

Requested features

3 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Ability to use the artificial intelligence to search through all of my old notes for similar topics or keywords

The Lore

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Letterly

Subscriptions7
  • PRO Subscription (1 month)$19.991 Month
  • PRO Subscription (3 months)$44.903 Months
  • PRO Subscription (1 Year)7 Days trial$69.991 Year
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  • PRO Subscription (1 Year)7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • PRO Subscription (1 Year)7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • PRO Subscription (12 months)7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • PRO Subscription (12 months)14 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time2
  • PRO Subscription (Lifetime)$199.99
  • PRO Subscription (Lifetime)$249.99
None

The Lore

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Letterly free?
Letterly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Lore free?
The Lore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Letterly or The Lore have ads?
Neither Letterly nor The Lore shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Letterly or The Lore?
Letterly ships an update every 10 days, and The Lore every 8 days. Most recently, Letterly was updated on October 20, 2026 and The Lore on October 18, 2026.

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