Comparison

WalkWrite vs Prismical

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

Head to head
About

WalkWrite

This app uses advanced AI to transcribe voice notes and articles directly on your device, ensuring complete privacy. It offers accurate speech-to-text, word-level playback synchronization, and easy export options for both audio and text files.

Highlights
  • 100% On-Device Privacy
  • Accurate AI Transcription (Whisper 3 Turbo)
  • Word-Level Highlight Playback
  • One-Tap Export (.txt or audio)
  • Offline-First Functionality
  • No Subscription Required
Features
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Take notes or write your articles on a walk—state of the art AI transcribing without ever leaving your data in the cloud. WalkWrite turns your iPhone into a pocket‑sized voice notebook powered by Whisper 3 Turbo speech‑to‑text model. Every word is processed locally on your device, so your recordings, transcripts, and highlights never touch a server. Why WalkWrite • 100 % On‑Device Privacy – No login, no tracking, no surprise uploads. • Accurate AI Transcription – Whisper 3 Turbo handles accents, filler words, and background noise. • Word‑Level Highlight Playback – Watch the text light up in sync as you listen. • One‑Tap Export – Email yourself a clean .txt transcript or the original audio file. • Offline‑First – Works in airplane mode; ideal for travel, labs, or secure workplaces. • No Subscription – Core app is free. A single in‑app purchase unlocks unlimited notes & sharing. Perfect For • Quick brain dumps while walking  • Meeting or lecture takeaways • Journaling on walks or daily reflections • Podcasters & creators capturing ideas on the go Free Tier vs. Full Unlock Free – Record and share up to 10 notes, playback with highlights. One‑Time Unlock ($1.99) – Unlimited notes, unlimited length, unlimited export & share, priority for future model updates. This is not a subscription. In the past I have paid a bunch of money in subscriptions for apps like this. This app requires none of that, it has no backend. The only reason I am charging is so I can keep the app up to date for you, add features, and add the latest models as they become available. But with this app: Your Data = Your Business WalkWrite stores audio in Files  - On My iPhone  - WalkWrite/Audio and text in a small encrypted database. Delete a note and it’s gone—no replicas on someone else’s server. FAQ: Why is the app so large? The AI models are included with your app download, no other downloads required, no data sent anywhere. Is there a monthly or annual subscription? No, none. Is there an account required? No, none. Where are the notes stored? On your device and only shared if you chose to share them.

About

Prismical

Features
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Talk freely. AI writes the notes. Prismical is a full AI note taker - not just a meeting recorder. Record a lecture, a client call, a voice memo on the walk home, or a two-minute brain dump. Prismical transcribes it while you talk, then writes it up: summary, decisions, action items. And it is a real notes app underneath. Type when you would rather type. Folders, tags, search and sync are all there - recording just means you never have to type out the part you already said. FREE AND PRO Every feature is free to use, including AI write-ups, Skills, Ask AI, sharing, and connecting your own AI provider key. What the Free plan limits is volume: 600 minutes of cloud transcription a month. Prismical Pro raises that limit for heavy users. Nothing else is locked behind it. Prismical Pro is US$14.00/month or US$119.99/year. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends, and renewal is charged within the 24 hours before that. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://prismical.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://prismical.ai/privacy GOOD FOR - Meetings and calls, in the room or on the phone - Lectures and classes you want to actually listen to - Voice notes and brain dumps, straight into your pocket - Interviews and user research - Research and reading notes - Tasks and project notes that start as a ramble WHAT IT DOES - Live transcript that appears while you are still speaking - An AI write-up of what was said: summary, decisions and action items - Ask questions across everything you have captured, with the source note attached - Keeps recording with the screen locked, and recovers long sessions after an interruption - Pause and resume a recording without losing a word - Search across every note and transcript - Folders, tags and favorites to keep it all in order - Choose from 100+ transcription languages, or let it detect the language for you YOUR AI, YOUR WAY - Skills: write your own AI actions and run them over a whole note or a single recording - Bring your own key - OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter, Groq and more - or just use ours - Vocabulary: teach it names, acronyms and jargon so they come out spelled right - Auto-transcribe every new note and auto-enhance after a recording, if you want them MEETINGS, WITHOUT THE BOT Nothing joins your call. No "a recording assistant has entered the meeting". Connect Google Calendar and your day appears on the home screen, so you can tap a meeting and start a note attached to it. Zoom, Google Meet, Teams or a kitchen table - Prismical records from your device, and nobody else sees a thing. SHARE IT - Invite people to a note by email, as a viewer or an editor - Publish a read-only public link when you just need to send someone the write-up - Organizations, so a team's notes live in one place ON EVERY DEVICE Your notes sync with the Prismical web and desktop apps. Start a note in the hallway on your phone and finish it at your desk. Notes are kept on the device too, so you can read and write with no connection and it catches up when you are back. PRIVACY - Recordings are sent to Prismical to produce your transcript. What is kept, and for how long, is set out in the privacy policy below. - AI write-ups, Skills and Ask AI send the note's text to OpenAI, which does not use it for training. Turn it off in Settings > Privacy. - No ads, and no advertising trackers - You can delete your account, and everything in it, from inside the app at any time - Privacy policy: https://prismical.ai/privacy - Terms of Service: https://prismical.ai/terms Need a hand? Settings > Help & feedback reaches us from inside the app, or write to us at https://prismical.ai/contact

Screenshots

WalkWrite4 screens
Prismical4 screens

Verdict

The call

WalkWrite and Prismical are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. WalkWrite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Prismical sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WalkWrite ships an update every 6 days, Prismical every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
WalkWrite versus Prismical: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWalkWritePrismical
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size370 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMotivation Stack LLCExa Labs LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WalkWrite

One-time1
  • WalkWrite Full Unlock$1.99
2 purchases

Prismical

Subscriptions2
  • Prismical Pro Monthly$14.001 Month
  • Prismical Pro Yearly$119.991 Year

Questions

Is WalkWrite free?
WalkWrite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Prismical free?
Prismical is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WalkWrite or Prismical have ads?
Neither WalkWrite nor Prismical shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WalkWrite or Prismical?
WalkWrite ships an update every 6 days, and Prismical every 4 days. Most recently, WalkWrite was updated on September 29, 2026 and Prismical on October 15, 2026.

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