Capture Your Thoughts vs Word Count ™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Capture Your Thoughts
Record your thoughts and get instant, private transcriptions offline. This app organizes your ideas and allows easy sharing to other applications.
- One-tap recording
- Offline AI transcription
- Private and secure
- Searchable text notes
- Organized idea storage
- Easy sharing
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Capture Your Thoughts turns speech into text wherever you can use a custom keyboard. Use the Capture keyboard in Messages, Mail, Notes, Safari, and other apps to dictate without losing your place. Choose Transcribe to keep the spoken language, or Translate to English for supported speech. VOICE TO TEXT, ANYWHERE • Start and stop a capture from the custom keyboard • Insert the finished transcript at the cursor exactly once • Choose Original, Rewrite, Email, List, Note, or one of your own rewrite styles PRIVATE, ON-DEVICE PROCESSING • Whisper transcribes or translates speech on your iPhone • Temporary audio is deleted after processing • No account is required • Internet is needed to download your selected speech model before first use MAKE EACH CAPTURE USEFUL • Optional Apple Intelligence rewrite styles clean up wording or format the result on supported devices • Quick Notes keep captured ideas organized and searchable • A personal dictionary preserves the spelling of names and specialized terms • The untouched original transcript remains available when a rewrite is applied iOS requires the containing app to handle microphone recording, so tapping the keyboard microphone briefly opens Capture. Return to the previous app while recording, stop from the keyboard, and the completed text is inserted into the active field.
Word Count ™
Instantly count words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs. Analyze your writing for key statistics, estimate reading time, and share detailed reports. This tool is perfect for writers, students, and professionals needing precise text metrics.
- Word, character, sentence, paragraph counting
- Identify most used words
- Estimate reading time
- Check file size
- Share detailed reports
- Offline functionality
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Count words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs in seconds. Identify your most used words and track key statistics. Estimate reading time and check file size. Share your detailed report by email, message, or social media. Works offline and supports any text. Perfect for writers, students, editors, and professionals who need accurate metrics for every project. Start improving your writing today—download now! Count Word Analyzer app is free. You can use it forever, at no cost. However, Count Word Analyzer does offer premium features for its subscribers. If you decide to purchase an upgrade, you will unlock additional features. Terms of Use: https://olivetapp.github.io/Word-Count/term-of-use Privacy Policy: https://olivetapp.github.io/Word-Count/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Word Count ™ at 4.6 against Capture Your Thoughts's 3.0. Word Count ™ also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.4). Capture Your Thoughts's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Word Count ™ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Capture Your Thoughts asks for nothing beyond the download.
Word Count ™ holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Word Count ™ has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Capture Your Thoughts ships an update every 7 months, Word Count ™ every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Capture Your Thoughts | Word Count ™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.6 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shivasubramaniam Kavindpadi | Kartika Ardiani |
Customer experience
Capture Your Thoughts
Word Count ™
In-app purchases
Capture Your Thoughts
No in-app purchases
Word Count ™
- Word Count Pro - 1W$1.997 Days
- Character Counter Pro - 1M$3.991 Month
- Word Count Pro - 1Y3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Word Counter Pro$39.99
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