Note to Self Memos vs Takt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Note to Self Memos
This app transforms your voice into organized, searchable notes using on-device AI. It prioritizes your privacy by processing all data locally, offering offline transcription and smart organization features.
- On-device AI transcription
- Offline operation
- Automatic title generation
- Intelligent tagging
- Privacy-focused design
- Data export and import
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Turn Your Voice Into Organised Notes - Completely Offline Note to Self is the privacy-first voice recording app that transforms speech into intelligent, searchable notes using powerful on-device AI. Record, transcribe, and organise your thoughts without ever sending data to external servers. Key Features: - Press & Hold Recording - Intuitive interface with haptic feedback - Offline AI Transcription - Multilingual speech recognition - Smart Organisation - Automatic title generation and intelligent tagging, all editable after generation. - Complete Privacy - All processing happens on your device - Export & Import - ZIP-based data portability with conflict resolution True Offline Operation: After initial setup, the app works completely offline. Download the AI models once, then enjoy unlimited transcription and organisation without internet connectivity. Privacy by Design: - Zero network requests after model download - No data collection or analytics - Complete user control over data
Takt
Effortlessly track your daily activities with a single tap. Monitor your time usage, review detailed timelines, and export your data in various formats. Unlock advanced features with a one-time purchase or subscription.
- One-tap activity tracking
- Live Activities integration
- Detailed timeline review
- CSV, JSON, PDF export
- Activity and tag limits (free version)
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Takt is a fresh take on finding your biggest time wasters during your day. Starting, stopping, or switching tracking to another activity is always just one tap. Through simple but effective integration with Live Activities, what you're tracking always remains visible at a glance on your Lock Screen or in the Dynamic Island. Using Takt tracking you can manually or semi-automatically keep an underlying Live Activity running that puts tracking access just a tap away, all day. Review your days in as little or as many details as you want with Takt's Timeline, or export your days, weeks, and months to CSV, JSON, or a clean PDF. Takt is free with up to 3 active Activities and 5 Tags. Want more? A lifetime Full version is available, or subscribe monthly and after 12 payments, even non-consecutively, the Full version unlocks permanently. And we're just getting started. Better Mac integration and Tablet optimization, Siri & Shortcuts, Focus Mode integration, and an Apple Watch companion app are all on the way. Takt Terms available at https://taktapp.net/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Takt at 100% against Note to Self Memos's 0%. Takt also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.5) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Note to Self Memos's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Takt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month. Note to Self Memos asks for nothing beyond the download.
Takt holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Note to Self Memos's written reviews are positive against 100% of Takt's.
Note to Self Memos ships an update every 3 weeks, Takt every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note to Self Memos | Takt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Saleh Kayyali | Philip Kartin |
Customer experience
Note to Self Memos
Takt
In-app purchases
Note to Self Memos
No in-app purchases
Takt
- Takt Full monthly$1.001 Month
- Takt Full Lifetime$9.00
