Bits AI vs Lecture Recorder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bits AI
Enhance your learning with smart flashcards and spaced repetition. Organize study materials with detailed cards, track progress, and efficiently retain knowledge for exams, languages, or new subjects.
- Spaced Repetition learning
- Quick Revise mode
- Detailed flashcard creation
- Progress tracking
- Chapter organization
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Bits AI is a flashcard app for students, exam prep, language learning, and everyday revision. Build your study system with spaced repetition, clear deck organization, and AI tools designed around the cards you already make. Create flashcard decks your way • build decks for classes, certifications, languages, and personal learning • add text, extra details, and images to both sides of a card • organize large topics with chapters • review your material in one clean place Study with focused review modes • review due cards with spaced repetition • open Today to see how many cards are due across your decks • review an entire deck when you want full coverage • keep your progress moving with a simple, fast study flow Bits AI Premium unlocks more powerful study tools • unlimited decks and flashcards • Quick Revise for fast scrolling review sessions • Archive for decks you are not using right now • AI multiple-choice quizzes from your flashcards • AI deck summaries with key points and memory cues • AI tutor chat about the content in a deck • PDF to flashcards for machine-readable PDF files Why students choose Bits AI • focused study experience with no ads • great for school, university, languages, and self-study • built for retention, not just storage • easy to start, fast to review, and flexible as your decks grow Whether you are preparing for exams, revising lecture notes, or learning one deck at a time, Bits AI helps you study faster, stay organized, and remember more. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Lecture Recorder
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Earnote takes notes in your lectures for you. Put your iPhone on the desk, start recording and turn the screen off. When the lecture is over, your notes are ready: structured, with the key terms, open tasks and flashcards to study with. FREE AND PRIVATE • No account, no ads, no subscription • Your recording stays on your iPhone • Speech recognition runs on the device HOW YOUR NOTES ARE WRITTEN – YOU CHOOSE • On this iPhone: offline, everything stays on the device (newer iPhones) • With your Mac: your iPhone records, Earnote on your Mac writes the notes and sends them back • Free with Google or OpenRouter: with your own key, set up in three steps RECORD LIKE A VOICE RECORDER • Keeps going with the screen off, for hours • Pauses for phone calls, continues with AirPods • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Start from Control Center, the Action button, a widget or Siri STUDY • Flashcards from every lecture, quiz yourself right in the app • PDF study sheets • Export for Anki • Areas for each subject, with your own instructions for the notes EVERYWHERE YOU WORK • Automatically to Notion, Obsidian, a folder, Todoist or Reminders • Share as text, PDF or Anki file • Import recordings from Voice Memos or WhatsApp EARNOTE PRO – ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION • Recognize speakers: who said what • Ask questions about your notes • Tap “Important” – the moment lands in the exam radar • Translate notes and transcripts Try every feature three times for free. Everything else stays free. Earnote is open source (MIT) and also available for the Mac: earnote.dev Please get everyone's consent before recording – in lectures, the lecturer's permission.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bits AI at every 3 days against Lecture Recorder's every 11 days. Bits AI also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Bits AI sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Lecture Recorder sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bits AI ships an update every 3 days, Lecture Recorder every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bits AI | Lecture Recorder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Trout | LOUIS MANUEL KLINKE |
In-app purchases
Bits AI
- Premium$4.991 Month
- Premium$49.991 Year
- Premium$99.99
Lecture Recorder
- Kleines Trinkgeld$1.99
- Mittleres Trinkgeld$3.99
- Earnote PRO$8.99









