Comparison

Class Notes vs Précis

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

Head to head
About

Class Notes

This intelligent companion transforms lecture recordings and documents into comprehensive study materials using AI. It helps students focus on learning by automating note-taking and generating study aids like flashcards and summaries.

Highlights
  • AI-powered lecture transcription and summarization
  • Import PDFs and text files for analysis
  • Generate study guides, flashcards, and practice questions
  • Concept mapping and key term extraction
  • Organize notes by course and academic term
  • Offline processing and multi-language support
Features
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Remember the last time you left a lecture with a page of half-finished sentences and a nagging feeling you'd missed the one thing that mattered? Class Notes fixes that. Hit record, put your pen down and actually be in the room. Ask the question. Follow the argument. Laugh at the professor's joke. When class ends, your lecture is already turning into notes you can study from. Be present in class Record your lectures with background noise reduction, and Class Notes transcribes every word. Transcription works on your device, so it runs in a basement lecture hall with no signal. Let your notes write themselves Turn on Automatic Notes and Class Notes prepares the notes you choose as soon as a recording finishes. You pick what you want, and it's off until you switch it on. Turn any lecture into study material - Study guides that pull the big ideas into one place - Flashcards ready for the night before the exam - Key points and key terms with clear definitions - Summaries and action items when you need the short version Bring in everything, not just audio Import recordings, PDFs and text files. Your slides, readings and lectures can all live together. Organized the way you study - Group everything by Course and by term - Give each course its own color - Browse as a list, a calendar or a timeline Ask your notes anything Stuck on a concept? Chat with a lecture and get an explanation in plain language, using the latest AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and more. Made for real student life - Works in many languages - Syncs across your devices - Share organized notes with your study group Built for - The student who can't listen and write at the same time - The one who wants to join the discussion instead of racing to keep up - Anyone staring down finals with a stack of recordings and no plan Stop transcribing. Start understanding. Download Class Notes and make every lecture count.

About

Précis

This app records and transcribes meetings on your iPhone, generating structured minutes and actionable follow-ups. It allows you to ask questions across your meeting history and receive cited answers, all while prioritizing user privacy and data security.

Highlights
  • On-device transcription
  • Structured meeting minutes
  • Actionable follow-up tracking
  • Searchable meeting history
  • AI-powered Q&A with citations
  • Customizable templates
  • Private by design
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Meetings should end with clarity, not more admin. Précis records and transcribes on your iPhone, turns each conversation into structured Minutes, keeps the Follow-Ups you choose connected to what was said, and lets you ask across your meeting history with cited answers. STAY PRESENT Précis can transcribe offline, and you don’t need a separate Précis account. Import existing audio, PDFs, text, WebVTT, or SRT transcripts from other apps. LEAVE WITH MINUTES YOU CAN USE • Get clean, editable Minutes with summaries, decisions, commitments, open questions, and suggested Next Moves. • Choose from 28 templates for team meetings, 1:1s, interviews, sales calls, lectures, coaching, appointments, and more. • Customize templates and reprocess past meetings with Précis Pro. TURN COMMITMENTS INTO FOLLOW-THROUGH • Keep meeting-linked Follow-Ups in one focused queue, with priorities, due dates, reminders, waiting states, check-ins, and recurrence. • Calendar-aware Home brings together your next meeting, current Follow-Ups, and recent activity. • Prep Briefs bring back prior decisions, open items, and talking points before the next conversation (Pro). ASK PRÉCIS WITH EVIDENCE • Ask Précis for grounded answers across meetings, with citations back to the source conversations. If the answer isn’t there, it says so instead of guessing (Pro). • Find searches meetings, Minutes, and transcripts as you type (Pro). PRIVATE BY DESIGN Transcription happens on your iPhone. Audio stays on-device unless you enable end-to-end encrypted cloud audio backup (Pro). For AI Minutes, Précis sends transcript text, not audio. Prompts and responses aren’t logged, and your data is never sold or used to train models. No ads. No tracking. Face ID App Lock, retention controls, data export, and in-app account deletion keep you in control. Spotlight search is on by default; you can turn it off in Settings. PRÉCIS PRO Unlimited recordings and imports, Find, Ask Précis, Prep Briefs, template customization, meeting reprocessing, private meeting sharing, encrypted audio backup, Research Cards, and recap drafts. Monthly and annual plans through the App Store. TERMS OF USE https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Class Notes4 screens
Précis4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Class Notes at weekly against Précis's every 2 weeks. Class Notes also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.1 vs 26.5). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Class Notes sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Précis sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Class Notes against 5.0 for Précis. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Class Notes ships an update weekly, Précis every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Class Notes versus Précis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClass NotesPrécis
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.1 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB26 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCalogero CascioPliologik LLC

Customer experience

Class Notes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Précis

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Class Notes

One-time3
  • Starter Pack$4.99
  • Scholar Pack$9.99
  • Academic Pro$19.99
2 purchases

Précis

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Annual$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Class Notes free?
Class Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Précis free?
Précis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Class Notes or Précis?
Class Notes and Précis are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Class Notes or Précis have ads?
Neither Class Notes nor Précis shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Class Notes or Précis?
Class Notes ships an update weekly, and Précis every 2 weeks. Most recently, Class Notes was updated on October 28, 2026 and Précis on October 25, 2026.

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