Read AI vs Clearwhen
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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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.
Clearwhen
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Weather apps answer the wrong question. "Rain today" — because of a 1 AM shower you'll sleep through. Clearwhen shows the weather for the parts of your day that actually matter. Set up your windows — Commute 7–9, Workday 9–5, Dog Walk at 6 — and get one honest answer per window, per day, across the whole week. • YOUR SCHEDULE, NOT THE CALENDAR'S — up to five custom time windows with names, icons, and per-weekday scheduling (no commute row on Saturday) • WORST-CASE WINS — if it rains at all during your commute, your commute shows rain. No averaging away the downpour. • TAP TO TRUST — any cell unfolds an hour-by-hour strip so you can see exactly when • A WEEK AT A GLANCE — 7 days across, your windows down, one bubbly icon per cell • HOME SCREEN WIDGET — today's windows without opening the app • YOUR PLACES — current location plus saved cities Free. No ads. No accounts. No tracking — your location never leaves your device except to fetch the forecast. Powered by Apple Weather with a National Weather Service fallback. Made with by Demers Design and Development.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Clearwhen at every 8 days against Read AI's every 3 weeks. Read AI's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Read AI ships an update every 3 weeks, Clearwhen every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Read AI | Clearwhen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 68.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Read AI | Matthew Demers |
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
Clearwhen
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Read AI
No in-app purchases
Clearwhen
No in-app purchases









