Read AI vs Focusly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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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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.
Focusly
This task manager helps individuals with ADHD or busy schedules stay organized without feeling overwhelmed. It offers a focused view of daily tasks, integrated focus sessions with a stopwatch, and flexible planning tools. The app also includes customizable task categories, priority levels, and subtasks for better management.
- Focus Mode for distraction-free work
- Integrated focus sessions with stopwatch
- Day, Week, and Month planning views
- Customizable task categories and priorities
- Subtask creation for complex tasks
- Home screen widgets for quick access
- Satisfying task completion animations
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Focusly - Task Tracker is the task manager designed for real life — whether you have ADHD or just a busy schedule, it helps you stay on top of your day without the overwhelm. STAY FOCUSED Focus Mode shows you only what matters right now — today's tasks, nothing else. No clutter, no distractions. Just what you need to get done. FOCUS SESSIONS Start a focus session and let the built-in stopwatch keep you accountable. Watch your tasks in real time while you work, and feel the satisfaction of checking them off one by one. PLAN YOUR DAY YOUR WAY Switch between Day, Week, and Month views to see exactly what's coming. Tap any day to see your tasks slide up instantly — planning has never felt this smooth. TASKS THAT WORK FOR YOU - Personal and Work categories built in - Create your own custom categories with any color - Set priority levels — Low, Medium, High, or Urgent - Add due dates and times with reminders - Break big tasks into subtasks - Set tasks to repeat daily, weekly, or monthly FEELS GREAT TO USE Completing a task has never been more satisfying — watch the confetti fly every time you check something off. Small moments of celebration keep you motivated all day long. ALWAYS AT A GLANCE Add home screen widgets so you can see today's tasks without even opening the app. Available in small, medium, and large sizes to fit your home screen perfectly. BUILT FOR YOUR STYLE Choose Light, Dark, or System appearance in Settings. [App Name] looks great either way and adapts to your device automatically. SECURE & PRIVATE Your account is protected with email authentication. Change your password, update your email, or manage your account entirely from the Settings tab. Whether you're a student, professional, or someone who just wants to feel more in control of their day — [App Name] is the simplest way to get out of your head and into action. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Read AI at none against Focusly's 1. Read AI also leads on ratings volume (947 vs 1). Focusly's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ads 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. Focusly sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Read AI asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Read AI against 5.0 for Focusly. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Read AI has 947 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of Read AI's written reviews are positive against 100% of Focusly's.
Read AI ships an update every 3 weeks, Focusly every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Read AI | Focusly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (947 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 947 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Read AI | Maximo Seegraves |
Customer experience
Read AI
Focusly
Bugs and 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
Focusly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Read AI
No in-app purchases
Focusly
- Focusly Pro$9.991 Month









