Comparison

Voice Memos vs Meetly

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

Head to head
About

Voice Memos

This AI-powered app records and transcribes audio from meetings, lectures, and everyday voice memos into text. It offers smart organization, easy export, and speaker separation for clear summaries. Focus on the conversation while the app handles note-taking.

Highlights
  • Voice memo transcription
  • Meeting recording and transcription
  • Smart organization and search
  • Easy export of audio and text
  • Speaker separation for summaries
  • Real-time dictation
  • Lecture note-taking
Features
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AI Speech-to-Text Transcription app for meetings, lectures, and more. Easily transcribe speech to text with an advanced AI assistant—perfect for meetings, lectures, seminars, interviews, and everyday voice memos. Capture every word with accurate real-time speech recognition and high-quality audio recording. Focus on what matters and let the app handle your notes. Key Features: - Voice memo transcription — Convert voice memos to text instantly, making your thoughts easy to organize and share. - Meeting recording & transcription** — Record meetings and automatically transcribe the audio with a built-in notes manager. - Smart organization — Sort, search, and categorize all your recordings for quick access. - Easy export — Instantly share transcripts or audio files with colleagues and friends. - Speaker separation — Automatically detects each participant’s speech for clear, well-structured meeting summaries. - Real-time dictation app — Speak and watch as your words appear on the screen in real-time. - Lecture note taker — Automatically capture, transcribe, and summarize classroom sessions and lectures. - Record donversations — Save important interviews or discussions and access them anytime. STORE EVERY IMPORTANT MOMENT Never miss a detail. Record and save every word with AI-powered speech recognition technology that converts audio to text in real time. CONVENIENT AND EFFICIENT No more manual note-taking. Stay present in the moment while your assistant organizes and transcribes everything for you. All recordings are automatically saved and easy to manage. PROFESSIONAL QUALITY Advanced noise reduction and crisp audio ensure clear speech capture—even in noisy environments. Ideal for business meetings, lectures, seminars, and interviews. Start transcribing today! Download the app for free and never miss another detail. Payment & Subscription Terms: Choose between the following subscription options for unlimited access to all features: - Annual Subscription - Month Subscription - Weekly - You may cancel your subscription at any time Your account will be automatically charged for renewal, based on the annual subscription plan, within 24 hours before the end of the 7 days free trial period. You can cancel auto-renewal at any time, given that the cancellation is at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Privacy policy: https://ervi.dev/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://ervi.dev/terms-of-use

About

Meetly

Record, transcribe, and summarize conversations privately on your device. This app turns meetings, lectures, and interviews into searchable notes with AI-powered summaries in over 90 languages. Export your notes as PDF or text.

Highlights
  • On-device recording and transcription
  • AI-powered summaries
  • 90+ language support
  • Unlimited recording length
  • Background recording
  • Export to PDF/text
Features
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Your private conversation memory. Record. Ask what was said. Hear it again. Transcribed on your device. Free to start, no account needed. Press Record and put your phone down. Meetly works out the language and who spoke, then keeps a summary, the transcript and the original audio together. Later, find the decision, the quote or the action item, and replay the exact words. For client calls, interviews, lectures, one-to-ones and the ideas you say out loud, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Free and Pro • Free: up to 5 conversations, up to 25 minutes each. • Meetly Pro: more conversations, recordings with no length limit, up to 300 hours of summaries a month and more AI features. The price is shown in the app before you subscribe. Private by design • Stays on your device: recording, transcription and speaker recognition. Works offline after a one-time model download. • Only if you turn it on: cloud summaries, which send transcript text, never audio. You can turn them off in Settings. • Only if you connect it: an AI assistant can read your library until you revoke access in Meetly. Depending on the connection mode, Connect AI may store encrypted conversation data. • Record with the knowledge and permission of the people involved. What you get • A summary with key points, decisions and action items. • Search across every transcript, with replay of the original audio. • Tag a voice once and Meetly recognizes it next time. • Your own notes beside each conversation, with photos, files and tagged people. • Find & Replace for transcripts, and your own instructions for summaries. • PDF export with speaker labels, and ZIP backup of your library. Works with Claude and ChatGPT Connect Meetly to Claude or ChatGPT in one tap, then ask about any conversation: turn a client call into a follow-up, a brainstorm into a brief, or a product discussion into a spec. Other compatible AI apps can connect too. Available actions depend on your assistant. Your Apple devices, one memory Optional private iCloud sync keeps conversations across iPhone, iPad and Mac. Audio sync is a separate choice. On Mac, record calls on Zoom, FaceTime, WhatsApp, Microsoft Teams and other calling apps, with no meeting bot joining, and with everyone's permission. Your language Meetly detects the language first and picks the right model: English and 24 European languages, specialized models for Chinese and 22 Indian languages, and 50+ more. Availability varies by model. Conversation Insights (beta) On iPhone and iPad, see recurring topics, conversation types, who you talk with and speaking shares over 7 or 30 days. Insights are estimates based on transcripts and speaker labels. Meetly Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Connected AI services have their own features, limits and terms. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getmeetly.ai/privacy

Screenshots

Voice Memos3 screens
Meetly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Meetly at 100% against Voice Memos's 0%. Meetly also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Voice Memos sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Meetly sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Meetly holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Voice Memos's written reviews are positive against 100% of Meetly's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Voice Memos ships an update every 5 days, Meetly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Voice Memos versus Meetly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVoice MemosMeetly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (14 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB135 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperERVI FIRST LLCEdgeFirst LLC

Customer experience

Voice Memos

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Meetly

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Voice Memos

Subscriptions3
  • Unlimited Access3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Unlimited Access$19.991 Month
  • Unlimited Access$139.991 Year
12 purchases

Meetly

Subscriptions10
  • Meetly Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Meetly Pro (Monthly)$7.991 Month
  • Meetly Pro (Monthly)$9.991 Month
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  • Meetly Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Meetly Pro Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Meetly Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Meetly Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
  • Meetly Pro Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Meetly Pro Yearly7 Days trial$78.001 Year
  • Meetly Pro Yearly$79.001 Year
One-time2
  • Meetly Plus Lifetime$4.99
  • Meetly Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Voice Memos free?
Voice Memos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Meetly free?
Meetly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Voice Memos or Meetly?
Meetly is rated higher. Voice Memos averages 4.6 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Meetly averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Voice Memos or Meetly have ads?
Voice Memos shows ads; Meetly does not.
Which is updated more often, Voice Memos or Meetly?
Voice Memos ships an update every 5 days, and Meetly every 3 days. Most recently, Voice Memos was updated on October 28, 2026 and Meetly on October 30, 2026.

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