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.
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.
- 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
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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/
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.
- Live transcription and summaries
- Speaker detection
- In-person meeting recording
- Integration with communication channels
- Cross-platform sync
- Meeting notifications
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Record any in-person conversation and get a transcript, summary, and action items when you're done. Read AI turns your iPhone into an AI notetaker for client meetings, interviews, lectures, and brainstorms. Open Read AI, tap record, and stay in the conversation. Read transcribes and summarizes in real time, then builds a full report you can keep private or share with others. Your in-person notes appear next to your Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams meeting reports, so everything you discussed lives in one place. Key Features: Live Transcription and Summaries Follow along with a real-time transcript and get a concise summary at the end, so you never have to ask what was decided. Speaker Detection Read AI tells speakers apart, so you can see who said what. Built for In-Person Meetings Record face-to-face meetings, classes, and brainstorming sessions without opening a laptop. Easy Sharing Send your notes to Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Teams, and your CRM to share and review them. Sync Across Devices Access your notes and summaries on any device, alongside your Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams meetings. Meeting Reminders Get notified before upcoming meetings, when a new report is ready, and with a recap before recurring meetings, so you never forget to record.
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Verdict
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 (1.1K vs 170). Smart AI Note Taker's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 69%) and iOS requirement (16.4 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
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.
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 1.1K ratings behind it against 170, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Smart AI Note Taker's written reviews are positive against 69% of Read AI's.
Smart AI Note Taker ships an update every 5 weeks, Read AI every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.
| Parameter | Smart AI Note Taker | Read AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (170 ratings) — better | 4.9 (1.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.5% of reviews — better | 68.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 170 | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MeetGeek | Read AI |
Customer experience
Smart AI Note Taker
Read AI
User reviews
Smart AI Note Taker
From 170 App Store ratingsWhat 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 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Smart AI Note Taker
- 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
Read AI
No in-app purchases
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