Comparison

Read AI vs Clearwhen

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

Head to head
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
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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.

About

Clearwhen

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Read AI4 screens
Clearwhen4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Read AI versus Clearwhen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRead AIClearwhen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRead AIMatthew 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

None

Read AI

No in-app purchases

None

Clearwhen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Read AI free?
Read AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clearwhen free?
Clearwhen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Read AI or Clearwhen have ads?
Neither Read AI nor Clearwhen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Read AI or Clearwhen?
Read AI ships an update every 3 weeks, and Clearwhen every 8 days. Most recently, Read AI was updated on October 24, 2026 and Clearwhen on October 13, 2026.

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