Letterly vs The Lore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Speech to text transcription
- Customizable text rewriting
- Note organization with tags
- Offline recording
- Multi-language support
- Cross-device syncing
- Audio file upload transcription
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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
The Lore
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Letterly | The Lore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Anton Lebedev | Ryan 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
Letterly
- 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
- PRO Subscription (Lifetime)$199.99
- PRO Subscription (Lifetime)$249.99
The Lore
No in-app purchases









