Record Lectures vs BeginClass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Record Lectures
This app helps international students by transcribing lectures, providing live translation, and generating AI-powered notes and summaries. It also functions as an AI tutor for exam preparation, allowing users to ask questions based on lecture content.
- Live transcription and translation
- Lecture recording and playback
- AI-generated summaries and notes
- AI tutor for exam Q&A
- Import slides and documents
- Multilingual support (75+ languages)
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Clearly – AI Lecture Note Taker for International Students. Transcribe speech to text, live audio translation and AI note taker - built for study abroad. Struggling to keep up in lectures or seminars? Clearly helps you understand, review, and prep exam with confidence. What You Can Do with Clearly 1. Transcribe Speech to Text & Translation • See live transcription and translation as your professor speaks - with accurate accent recognition and academic terms support. 2. Lecture Recorder & Playback • Record lecture and replay recordings with bilingual transcripts in your native language. 3. AI Summary • Generate key points, concepts, and exam-focused notes in seconds. 4. AI Tutor for Exam Q&A • Ask questions based on your lecture transcripts, notes and imported materials. 5. Import Slides & Documents • View your class materials alongside live transcription and captions. • Supports floating window mode for multitasking with other apps. Lecture mate supports lectures, seminars, academic talks, and training sessions in 75+ languages. Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
BeginClass
This app transforms lectures and classes into searchable text, translations, and AI-generated summaries. It allows users to follow live transcripts, review recordings with synchronized text, and import audio/video files for transcription. Ideal for students and professionals needing to capture and study information from various learning environments.
- Live lecture transcription with timestamps
- Real-time and post-class translation
- Synchronized recording, transcript, and bookmarks
- AI-powered class summaries
- Import and transcribe audio/video files
- Photo and conversation translation
- System audio transcription and floating captions
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Turn every class into text, translations, and study-ready highlights you can revisit anytime. BeginClass is a smart lecture-notes app built for classes, online courses, seminars, and learning across languages. Follow a live transcript while the class is happening, then review the recording, transcript, bookmarks, translations, and AI summary together after class. LIVE LECTURE TRANSCRIPTION Choose the language being spoken and see timestamped transcript segments appear while you record. It is useful for university lectures, online courses, seminars, interviews, meetings, and study discussions. REAL-TIME TRANSLATION Display the original transcript and translated text together for supported language pairs, helping you keep up in a class taught in another language. You can also translate the complete saved transcript after class. RECORDING, TRANSCRIPT, AND BOOKMARKS TOGETHER Each recording stays with its transcript. Listen while you read, add bookmarks during class, and return quickly to the moments you want to review. AI CLASS SUMMARIES Create a structured summary from a saved transcript to identify key ideas, learning points, and review cues. The transcript is sent to the AI service only when you explicitly request a summary. TRANSCRIBE AUDIO AND VIDEO FILES Import recordings, audio, and video from Files or Photos, or send supported media to BeginClass from another app. Turn course recordings, podcasts, talks, and interviews into searchable text. PHOTO AND CONVERSATION TRANSLATION Capture or choose slides, handouts, whiteboards, and other images to recognize and translate their text. Two-way conversation translation helps with office hours, group discussions, and everyday communication. SYSTEM AUDIO AND FLOATING CAPTIONS On supported iPhone and iPad devices, use the system broadcast panel to transcribe course audio playing in another app. Picture in Picture can keep live captions visible while you use other apps. BeginClass does not save screen video. SEARCH, REVIEW, AND SHARE Search notes by title or transcript content, compare original and translated text, listen to the associated recording, and copy or share the text you need. Great for: - International students and multilingual classes - University lectures, online courses, and seminars - Study groups, interviews, and meetings - Course recordings, podcasts, and educational videos - Language learning and cross-language conversations Privacy and requirements: 1. BeginClass requires iOS 26 or later. 2. Speech recognition, text recognition, and Apple Translation use on-device system technologies. An Apple language model may need to be downloaded the first time you use a language. 3. AI class summaries require an internet connection. A transcript is submitted only after you request a summary. 4. System-audio transcription requires authorization and activation through the iOS system broadcast panel. Protected, silent, or unavailable audio may not be captured. 5. Results vary with the device, system language-model support, recording quality, background noise, and speech. 6. All features are free to use. No registration or account is required. Contact: support@miremire.com Privacy Policy: https://beginclass.ai/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://beginclass.ai/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Record Lectures at 5.0 against BeginClass's 4.4. Record Lectures also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). BeginClass's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Record Lectures sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. BeginClass asks for nothing beyond the download.
Record Lectures holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BeginClass has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Record Lectures's written reviews are positive against 100% of BeginClass's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Record Lectures ships an update every 5 days, BeginClass every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Record Lectures | BeginClass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.4 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gravity Tech, Inc. | Beijing Zaomeng Shidai Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Record Lectures
BeginClass
In-app purchases
Record Lectures
- Clearly Pro Weekly$5.997 Days
- Monthly Pro$9.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
BeginClass
No in-app purchases





