Comparison

IMPACT MINDS 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

IMPACT MINDS

Connect with event attendees, speakers, and the community through an exclusive social network. Access the agenda, rate content, provide feedback, and participate in surveys to enhance your event experience.

Highlights
  • Exclusive social network for event participants
  • Connect and message other attendees
  • Send questions to speakers
  • Access event agenda
  • Rate content and provide feedback
  • Participate in surveys
Features
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Latimpacto will host its 5th annual conference, Impact Minds: Collective Makers. With this app, you can access an exclusive social network for the event, make new connections, send questions to speakers, exchange messages with other participants, and engage with the event community. In addition, you can check the agenda, rate the content, provide feedback, and answer surveys.

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

IMPACT MINDS3 screens
Read AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Read AI at 947 against IMPACT MINDS's 3. Read AI also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.7) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). IMPACT MINDS's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Read AI holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Read AI has 947 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IMPACT MINDS ships an update weekly, Read AI every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
IMPACT MINDS versus Read AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIMPACT MINDSRead AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings)4.9 (947 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—68.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3947 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB37 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRED LATINOAMERICANA DE INVERSION SOCIAL Y FILANTROPIA ESTRATEGICARead AI

Customer experience

IMPACT MINDS

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Read AI

All ratings947 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive68.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative30.0%

Bugs and requests

IMPACT MINDS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

None

IMPACT MINDS

No in-app purchases

None

Read AI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IMPACT MINDS free?
IMPACT MINDS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Read AI free?
Read AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IMPACT MINDS or Read AI?
Read AI is rated higher. IMPACT MINDS averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Read AI averages 4.9 from 947 ratings.
Do IMPACT MINDS or Read AI have ads?
Neither IMPACT MINDS nor Read AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IMPACT MINDS or Read AI?
IMPACT MINDS ships an update weekly, and Read AI every 3 weeks. Most recently, IMPACT MINDS was updated on September 9, 2026 and Read AI on September 28, 2026.

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