Comparison

Smart Notes vs Linva

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

Head to head
About

Smart Notes

Record your thoughts and have them transcribed into text. This app organizes your spoken words into searchable notes and can generate summaries, recaps, or action items using AI. Customize vocabulary for better accuracy and manage your notes locally.

Highlights
  • Speech-to-text transcription
  • AI-generated summaries
  • Personalized vocabulary dictionary
  • Local note storage and search
  • Multiple language support
  • Export notes and dictionary
Features
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Speak your thoughts. Keep what matters. Smart Voice Notes turns speech into text and helps you organize it into notes you can revisit. Capture a meeting discussion, talk through a lesson, or save an idea before it slips away. SEE YOUR WORDS AS YOU SPEAK Tap record to transcribe with Apple's native speech recognition. Confirmed text stays clear while a blue cursor follows new words. Choose Chinese, English, Japanese, or Korean on the home screen before recording, matching the language being spoken. MAKE LONG NOTES USEFUL Create a summary, detailed recap, key points, meeting notes, or action items. Copy the result, save it separately, or keep it with the original text. Review AI-generated content before relying on it. FIND YOUR WAY BACK Notes are stored on your device. Search, edit, sort, and delete them, so a quick thought can become something you return to and build on. PREPARE YOUR VOCABULARY Add names, product terms, and specialist vocabulary to your personal dictionary to provide hints for speech recognition. KNOW WHAT YOU SHARE Transcription and local notes work without an account. The app does not retain original audio recordings. Speech recognition may require a network connection depending on your device, system, and language. AI summaries use on-device capabilities when available. Before cloud processing, the app explains the recipients and purpose and asks for your consent to send the selected text. Cloud AI requires Sign in with Apple. Export notes and dictionary entries or delete local data in Privacy Settings. MADE FOR EVERYDAY MOMENTS • Turn meeting discussions into points to review and next steps. • Talk through what you are learning and keep a study note. • Capture an idea now and refine it later. • Keep useful parts of interviews and conversations with participants' consent. The interface is available in English and Simplified Chinese. Recognition language is selected manually; automatic spoken-language detection is not provided. The free plan includes 30 transcriptions and 10 AI summaries each month. Monthly and yearly Pro subscriptions remove usage-count limits for transcription and AI summaries while active. Feature availability depends on your device, system, network, and service availability. SUBSCRIPTIONS Payment is charged to your Apple account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple account subscription settings. Prices are shown on the purchase screen. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Linva

Learn languages through immersive, AI-powered lessons. Generate lessons from any text, practice pronunciation with real-time feedback, and engage in AI-driven conversations. Track progress and build vocabulary with a comprehensive approach.

Highlights
  • AI-generated lessons from any text
  • Native-quality text-to-speech audio
  • Bilingual reading with synced phonetics
  • Real-time pronunciation scoring
  • Shadowing with pitch waveform analysis
  • AI conversation practice
  • Dictation and vocabulary building
Features
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Linva turns the language you want to learn into something you live in. Type or paste any text and Linva instantly translates it and voices it with natural, native-quality audio — a ready-made bilingual lesson in seconds. Read along sentence by sentence with the target language, your own language and IPA phonetics aligned together. Switch to immersive reading, or shadow the audio while a real-time pitch waveform shows how closely you match a native speaker. When you finish, get a pronunciation score down to the word and the individual sound, so you know exactly what to improve. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Generate a lesson from any text with AI translation + text-to-speech • Import your own audio — or a video — and Linva transcribes and translates it • Read bilingual text with synced audio and phonetics; tap any word for its in-context meaning • Shadow with a live waveform and loop any sentence • Score your pronunciation at the word and phoneme level • Dictation practice: hear the audio or see your language, then write the target word by word — streaks, sparks and sound effects keep you hooked • Watch videos and study perfectly synced subtitles • Chat with an AI to actually use what you just learned • Take a placement test to find your level • Keep a library of recordings, track your progress, and listen in the background even when locked Linva is built on comprehensible input: you acquire a language fastest by understanding real content slightly above your level — listening, reading and speaking until it becomes natural. Available on iPhone, iPad and Mac, with the interface in Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French and Spanish. Start your immersion today. EULA:https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Smart Notes4 screens
Linva4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Linva at every 2 days against Smart Notes's every 2 months. Linva also leads on device support (3 vs 1). 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. Smart Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Linva sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 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 Smart Notes against 5.0 for Linva. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Notes ships an update every 2 months, Linva every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Smart Notes versus Linva: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart NotesLinva
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB40 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperShiSen Li贵博 董

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Smart Notes

Subscriptions2
  • WhisMemo Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • WhisMemo Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
2 purchases

Linva

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial2 variants$2.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Smart Notes free?
Smart Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Linva free?
Linva is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Smart Notes or Linva?
Smart Notes and Linva are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Smart Notes or Linva have ads?
Neither Smart Notes nor Linva shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Notes or Linva?
Smart Notes ships an update every 2 months, and Linva every 2 days. Most recently, Smart Notes was updated on October 30, 2026 and Linva on October 31, 2026.

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