Comparison

Read AI vs Numerus

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
Read full description

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

Numerus

Read full description

Numerus is a calculation notebook: write expressions and see results beside each line. Keep the notes and reasoning that give your numbers context. CALCULATE AS YOU WRITE Use arithmetic, percentages, variables, functions, dates and unit conversions. Continue with previous results and summarize lists with aggregates. ORGANIZE YOUR THINKING Create pages, rename them, duplicate examples and find your work with search, tags and favorites. Explore the example library without leaving the app. SHARE AND KEEP YOUR WORK Export pages as PDF or editable .numerus files. Import pages and save a workspace backup. Page files can also be opened in Numerus desktop. WORK AT YOUR OWN PACE Local calculations work offline. Currency conversions use Frankfurter reference rates when connected and saved rates when available; they are not real-time market quotes. NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED There is no registration, advertising or in-app analytics. Pages are stored on your device, and you choose when to export them. System backups depend on your device settings. English and Spanish interface and examples, light and dark themes, and layouts that adapt to phones and tablets. BUILT TO USE AND SHARE Numerus began at Viento Digital as a tool for our own everyday calculations. We share it for free, without subscriptions or in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Read AI4 screens
Numerus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Numerus at 16.4 against Read AI's 18.0. 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Read AI versus Numerus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRead AINumerus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRead AIViento Digital

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

Numerus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Read AI

No in-app purchases

None

Numerus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Read AI free?
Read AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Numerus free?
Numerus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Read AI or Numerus have ads?
Neither Read AI nor Numerus shows ads.

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