Comparison

Stenographer vs Untrack Links

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

Head to head
About

Stenographer

This app offers on-device audio recording and transcription, ensuring complete privacy as your data never leaves your device. It utilizes advanced AI for accurate speech processing, summarization, and multilingual support, with a one-time purchase for unlimited use.

Highlights
  • 100% on-device processing
  • No subscriptions, one-time purchase
  • Discreet background recording
  • AI-powered transcription and summarization
  • Intelligent search and tagging
  • Multilingual transcription and translation
  • Cross-device synchronization
Features
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Record conversations. Keep the words. Revisit what mattered. Stenographer 3.0 brings local recording, transcription and source-linked Chat into a cleaner workspace on iPhone and iPad, with Apple Watch recording as a companion. • Record on iPhone or Apple Watch and keep continuous capture together as one conversation. • Read transcripts, play original audio, search words and tags, and edit speaker names. • See live text when processing is available; saved audio remains available when processing is deferred. • Ask about a conversation or your library. Numbered sources open the captured passages behind an answer. • Review action targets before opening, playing, sharing or deleting recordings. LOCAL RECORDING AND TRANSCRIPTION Audio is recorded locally. Watch audio transfers to the paired iPhone for processing. Small multilingual transcription is included and works offline. Settings also offers downloadable Large multilingual; it needs more memory and processing time. Settings also offers optional Distil English-only transcription. Your multilingual settings are saved for switching back. The app shows the selected and actual model, preparation progress and recovery options. Some model failures can use Small while preserving your Large selection. LOCAL AI Apple Intelligence is the default local Chat option on supported, ready devices. You can download and select Qwen3.5-4B for local use. Automatic summaries and tags stay local. Keep the phone app active and idle for pending automatic work to finish. Model availability and speed vary with device, OS, language, downloaded assets and workload. OPTIONAL CLOUD CHAT Bring your own OpenAI, Anthropic or OpenRouter API key and choose a provider model. Keys are stored in device Keychain. Explicit consent is required before cloud Chat sends your current question, selected transcript passages and recording dates and identifiers to the selected provider. Audio files and voice profiles are not sent. OpenRouter may route to another provider. Provider data policies and account charges apply. Failed requests do not silently switch providers. AI, transcripts and speaker attribution can contain mistakes or omissions. Check the original audio and source passages. Sharing uses your chosen destination; deletion requires confirmation.

About

Untrack Links

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Clean links before you share them. Untrack removes UTM parameters, fbclid, gclid, and other tracking codes directly from the native iOS share sheet. No account. No analytics. No background tracking. Open source under the MIT license. WHAT IT DOES • Instantly strips trackers from any URL you share • Preserves the actual content and non-tracking parameters • Works from Safari, Chrome, Messages, Mail, and any app that supports sharing TWO ACTIONS • Untrack - Cleans locally and instantly • Untrack and expand - Follows redirects first, then cleans the final destination URL PRIVACY • Everything happens on your device • "Untrack and expand" only contacts the destination to follow redirects • No data is ever collected or sent to servers Perfect for sharing clean links in messages, emails, and social media. Lightweight (under 1 MB) and built for privacy. Also includes Shortcuts support ("Untrack Link" action) and a simple manual cleaner in the app.

Screenshots

Stenographer4 screens
Untrack Links4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Untrack Links at Free against Stenographer's $4.99. Stenographer's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.5 vs 26.2). On 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

Untrack Links is free to download; Stenographer costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stenographer ships an update every 9 days, Untrack Links every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Stenographer versus Untrack Links: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStenographerUntrack Links
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.5 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size501 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCaleb PhillipsVarun Adiyeri Parambath

In-app purchases

None

Stenographer

No in-app purchases

None

Untrack Links

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stenographer free?
Stenographer costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Untrack Links free?
Untrack Links is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stenographer or Untrack Links have ads?
Neither Stenographer nor Untrack Links shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stenographer or Untrack Links?
Stenographer ships an update every 9 days, and Untrack Links every 6 weeks. Most recently, Stenographer was updated on November 4, 2026 and Untrack Links on October 31, 2026.

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