Comparison

NoteX vs SourceKeeper

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

Head to head
About

NoteX

This AI-powered app transcribes meetings and lectures in real-time, providing smart summaries, action items, and organized notes. It can automatically join online meetings and sync with your calendar for seamless note-taking. Transform your audio and notes into presentations, flashcards, or audio explanations.

Highlights
  • Live AI transcription
  • AI meeting agent
  • Multilingual support
  • Calendar sync
  • Voice to notes conversion
  • Smart summaries and visual insights
  • Presentation slide generation
Features
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NoteX: AI Note Taker, AI Meeting Agent, AI Notebook & Voice to Notes Live Transcription, Meeting Agent & Smart Summaries NoteX is an all-in-one AI note taker and intelligent notebook that transforms meetings, lectures, and conversations into clear notes, summaries, and presentations. Designed for professionals, students, and teams, NoteX helps you stay focused while AI captures, organizes, and turns information into actionable knowledge. Live Transcription and Multilingual Meetings NoteX provides real-time AI transcription for meetings, lectures, and discussions with high accuracy. It supports multilingual meetings, allowing you to transcribe and translate conversations across multiple languages, making it ideal for global teams, international classes, and remote collaboration. AI Meeting Agent for Online Meetings With the built-in AI meeting agent, NoteX can automatically join online meetings using a meeting link and capture everything for you. It supports Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and WebEx, ensuring you never miss important discussions even when you cannot attend live. Calendar Sync for Automated Note Taking Connect your calendar to NoteX and let AI prepare for upcoming meetings automatically. Notes, transcripts, and summaries are generated and organized without manual setup, creating a seamless workflow from scheduling to follow-up. Voice to Notes and Meeting Minutes Record or upload voice and instantly convert speech into structured notes, meeting minutes, key points, and action items. NoteX delivers fast, reliable results so you can focus on the conversation instead of typing. AI Notebook That Connects Your Knowledge All your notes live in one intelligent AI notebook that links related information, improves search, and helps you rediscover insights when you need them. Your notebook becomes smarter as you use it. Smart Summaries, Visual Insights, and Slides NoteX automatically creates concise summaries and visual insights from your notes. You can generate mind maps to understand complex topics and instantly turn notes into clean, professional slide decks for presentations, recaps, or study review. Study Tools and Knowledge Sharing Turn notes into flashcards and quizzes to improve learning and retention. Convert your notes into audio or video explanations to share ideas quickly with others. Built for Work, Study, and Creation NoteX is perfect for professionals who need accurate meeting minutes and action summaries, students who want to transform lectures into organized study materials, and creators who want to turn conversations and research into reusable content. Why Choose NoteX NoteX combines live transcription, multilingual support, an AI meeting agent, calendar sync, and an intelligent notebook into one simple app. It is secure, private, and designed to save time while increasing clarity and productivity. Do not just take notes. Let AI attend meetings, capture conversations, and transform information into knowledge. Download NoteX today and experience the next generation of AI note taking. Privacy Policy: https://notexapp.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://notexapp.com/tos Feedback and support: hello@notexapp.com

About

SourceKeeper

Effortlessly create properly formatted citations for various source types. Organize your research by project and export bibliographies or footnotes directly to your word processor. Customize the app's appearance with multiple themes and color options.

Highlights
  • Automated source scanning (barcode, photo)
  • Manual source entry
  • Supports Chicago, MLA, and APA styles
  • Organize sources by project
  • Export bibliographies and footnotes
  • Customizable themes and colors
Features
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SourceKeeper is the research companion built for students, academics, and anyone who needs properly formatted citations without the headache. Scan a book's barcode and SourceKeeper looks up the title, authors, publisher, and publication details automatically. Photograph a journal article page and it reads the metadata for you. Or skip the scanning entirely and enter sources by hand — whatever fits your workflow. Cite every source type Books, journal articles, book chapters, websites, and newspaper or magazine articles — all formatted correctly in Chicago 17th edition, MLA 9th edition, or APA 7th edition. Stay organized by project Create a project for each paper, chapter, or course. Your sources stay grouped, your bibliography stays clean. Export in one tap Generate a formatted bibliography or footnote list for any project, or a master bibliography across all your projects. Export as RTF and open directly in Word, Pages, or Google Docs — italics and formatting intact. Built for real research Citations follow current style guide rules for author formatting, title case, volume and issue numbers, DOIs, edited volumes, and more. Footnote and bibliography formats are both generated for every source. Make it yours Four built-in themes — Academia, Midnight, Botanical, and Slate — plus full color pickers for accent, background, and card colors. Adjust button shape from square to fully rounded.

Screenshots

NoteX4 screens
SourceKeeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SourceKeeper at 100% against NoteX's 67%. SourceKeeper also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). NoteX's advantage is ratings volume (726 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. NoteX sells 19 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and SourceKeeper sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SourceKeeper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NoteX has 726 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of NoteX's written reviews are positive against 100% of SourceKeeper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NoteX ships an update every 8 days, SourceKeeper every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
NoteX versus SourceKeeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoteXSourceKeeper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (726 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings726 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size139 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSota LabsNATHANIEL J MOREHOUSE

Customer experience

NoteX

All ratings726 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral1.5%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews232 reviews
Positive66.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative26.7%

SourceKeeper

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

NoteX

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Transcription errors, especially with YouTube videos
  • Inability to access purchased plans or features
  • Sudden changes to subscription tiers

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved speaker identification
  • Enhanced mind map functionality
  • Seamless flashcard extraction
  • PDF export option
  • Apple Watch support

SourceKeeper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

19 purchases

NoteX

Subscriptions15
  • NoteX Pro Weekly7 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • NoteX Pro Weekly$5.997 Days
  • NoteX Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • NoteX Weekly BTS7 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • NoteX Pro Weekly7 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • NoteX Pro Weekly$9.997 Days
  • NoteX Pro Monthly1 Month trial$16.991 Month
  • NoteX Pro Monthly2 variants$16.991 Month
  • NoteX Monthly HLW1 Month trial$17.991 Month
  • NoteX Pro Quarterly3 Months trial$49.993 Months
  • NoteX Plus Yearly 2026$89.991 Year
  • NoteX Pro Yearly 2026$99.991 Year
  • NoteX Yearly Xmas1 Year trial$99.991 Year
  • NoteX Pro Yearly7 Days trial$149.991 Year
  • NoteX Pro Yearly$149.991 Year
One-time4
  • Essential Upgrade to Unlimited$49.99
  • NoteX Plus Lifetime$69.99
  • NoteX Essential Lifetime$99.99
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  • NoteX Lifetime Pro$199.99
2 purchases

SourceKeeper

One-time2
  • ProMode$1.99
  • Pro Mode$1.99

Questions

Is NoteX free?
NoteX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SourceKeeper free?
SourceKeeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NoteX or SourceKeeper?
SourceKeeper is rated higher. NoteX averages 4.6 out of 5 from 726 ratings, while SourceKeeper averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do NoteX or SourceKeeper have ads?
Neither NoteX nor SourceKeeper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NoteX or SourceKeeper?
NoteX ships an update every 8 days, and SourceKeeper every 9 days. Most recently, NoteX was updated on October 27, 2026 and SourceKeeper on October 25, 2026.

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