Comparison

Smart AI Note Taker vs Read AI

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

Head to head
About

Smart AI Note Taker

This AI-powered app transcribes audio recordings and online meetings into text across over 50 languages. It automatically generates concise summaries with key highlights, decisions, and action items, making it easy to recall important details and share notes.

Highlights
  • Speech to text transcription
  • AI-generated meeting summaries
  • Record face-to-face conversations
  • Transcribe online meetings (Zoom, Meet, Teams)
  • Speaker labeling
  • Export transcripts
  • Integration with productivity apps
Read full description

MeetGeek is the AI-powered note-taking app that allows you to transcribe speech to text and record audio in over 50 languages. Use MeetGeek, the AI Note Taker, to record & transcribe: + face-to-face conversations + online meetings + training courses + webinars + interviews & more From today onward, your meetings can end with an accurate transcript and an AI-generated summary in your inbox that includes key highlights, decisions, and action items discussed. RECORD FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATIONS MeetGeek is a speech-to-text app that allows you to record conversations with just one touch of a button and get voice transcription and a summary of the chat shortly afterward inside the app and via email. This is especially useful if you need to keep records of your business meetings, talks from conferences, or offline meetings with clients. TRANSCRIBE YOUR MEETINGS & CONVERSATIONS + Record audio and transcribe meetings and offline conversations with just one click. + Automatically take meeting notes so you can focus on the conversation. + Have speakers labeled with tags for easy navigation. + Simply invite MeetGeek to meetings on your calendar and you are ready to go WORKS WITH MAJOR VIDEO CALLING APPS MeetGeek's web app helps you get accurate transcriptions and AI-generated summaries of your video calls held on: + Zoom, + Google Meet + Microsoft Teams GET A SMART AI SUMMARY OF YOUR MEETINGS + Get a 5-min summary out of a 1-hour meeting. + MeetGeek detects action items, important moments, and facts from your conversation and automatically tags them. + Use AI Highlights to quickly review the transcripts of your past conversations. + Send an AI summary over email to other participants of the offline conversation or video call. HIGHLIGHT & SHARE TRANSCRIPTS + Scroll back through the transcript to recall important details. + Share voice, video, and text notes with others. + Search past conversations for keywords. + Export transcripts of your conversations as docs. + Integrate with apps like Notion, Slack, ClickUp, Pipedrive, HubSpot, and others. Supported languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Zulu. Term of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Read AI

This app records audio from your device and generates real-time AI-powered transcripts and summaries. It's ideal for capturing lectures, meetings, or brainstorming sessions, providing comprehensive reports that can be shared or kept private.

Highlights
  • Live transcription and summaries
  • Speaker detection
  • In-person meeting recording
  • Integration with communication channels
  • Cross-platform sync
  • Meeting notifications
Read full description

Instantly capture audio from your iPhone and view a real-time AI-generated transcript and summary with Read AI. When you meet in-person, open up Read AI, and start to record the audio from the conversation allowing you to skip manually writing notes on paper or in your notes app. Sitting in a lecture, meeting a client in person, or talking out loud to capture an idea, Read AI will record, transcribe, and summarize the audio in real time. After the conversation is complete, Read will generate a comprehensive report that you can keep private, or share with others. Notes generated from your iOS device are displayed side-by-side with your Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams meetings within the app. Key Features: Live Transcription & Summaries Get accurate, real-time transcriptions and concise summaries to stay focused on what matters. Never ask the question again, what did we talk about? Unique Speaker Detection Read AI recognizes each speaker as a unique contributor in the AI, allowing you to distinguish one speaker from another. Enhanced Recording for In-Person Meetings New capabilities for recording and summarizing face-to-face discussions and brainstorming sessions. Seamless Integration Connects with your favorite communication channels like Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Teams, and CRM systems to simplify sharing and reviewing your notes. Cross-Platform Sync Access your notes and summaries across devices, ensuring you never miss a detail. This includes meetings on Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. Notifications Never miss recording a meeting with iOS notifications that remind you of upcoming meetings, and new meeting reports, and provide a recap before a recurring meeting—no more regrets about not recording a conversation or taking notes.

Screenshots

Smart AI Note Taker4 screens
Read AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Read AI at none against Smart AI Note Taker's 8. Read AI also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (929 vs 162). Smart AI Note Taker's advantage is review sentiment (89% vs 68%) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence and 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

Both are free to download. Smart AI Note Taker sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $15.99 per month. Read AI asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Smart AI Note Taker against 4.9 for Read AI. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Read AI has 929 ratings behind it against 162, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Smart AI Note Taker's written reviews are positive against 68% of Read AI's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart AI Note Taker ships an update monthly, Read AI every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Smart AI Note Taker versus Read AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart AI Note TakerRead AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (162 ratings)4.9 (929 ratings)
Positive reviews88.6% of reviews — better68.0% of reviews
Number of ratings162929 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMeetGeekRead AI

Customer experience

Smart AI Note Taker

All ratings162 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral1.2%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive88.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative8.6%

Read AI

All ratings929 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.8%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive68.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative30.0%

User reviews

Smart AI Note Taker

From 162 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Brilliant summaries
  • 🚀 Productivity booster
  • 👍 Amazing quality
  • 👍 Works every time
  • 👍 Useful for catching up

Room to improve

  • 🐛 AI conversation errors
  • 🐛 Doesn't work
  • 🐛 Cannot delete account
  • 🐛 Stuck in a loop
  • 🐛 Not intuitive

Read AI

From 929 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Productivity booster
  • 👍 Great app
  • 👍 Useful features
  • 👍 Convenient mobile access
  • 👍 Helpful for in-person meetings

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Privacy concerns
  • 🐛 Buggy with playback and other functions
  • 🐛 App loading issues

Bugs and requests

Smart AI Note Taker

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • AI conversation returns error
  • Cannot delete account
  • App stuck in a loop when trying to delete account
  • Bugs in the iOS version

Requested features

2 requests
  • Voice bot capabilities
  • Localisation (non-English support)

Read AI

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Uploading issues causing lost recordings

Requested features

4 requests
  • Chromecast and AirPlay support
  • Full-screen video playback
  • Cloud sync for transcripts and summaries
  • Better mobile support and file format compatibility

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Smart AI Note Taker

Subscriptions8
  • Pro (Monthly)14 Days trial$15.991 Month
  • Pro$19.001 Month
  • Business (Monthly)$27.001 Month
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  • Business$39.001 Month
  • Pro (Yearly)14 Days trial$119.991 Year
  • Pro$180.991 Year
  • Business (Yearly)$204.991 Year
  • Business$349.001 Year
None

Read AI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart AI Note Taker free?
Smart AI Note Taker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Read AI free?
Read AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Smart AI Note Taker or Read AI?
Smart AI Note Taker and Read AI are both rated 4.9 out of 5 on the App Store, from 162 and 929 ratings respectively.
Do Smart AI Note Taker or Read AI have ads?
Smart AI Note Taker shows ads; Read AI does not.
Which is updated more often, Smart AI Note Taker or Read AI?
Smart AI Note Taker ships an update monthly, and Read AI every 3 weeks. Most recently, Smart AI Note Taker was updated on September 23, 2026 and Read AI on September 23, 2026.

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