HappyScribe vs Audio Transcript
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HappyScribe
This AI-powered tool records and transcribes real-life conversations, meetings, and lectures. It provides summaries and action items, making important discussions easily searchable and accessible. Supports over 150 languages and integrates with online meeting platforms.
- AI-powered transcripts
- Meeting summaries
- Action item extraction
- 150+ language support
- Online meeting integration
- Offline recording
- Export to multiple formats
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The AI notetaker for real-life meetings, in 150+ languages. Client visits, interviews, lectures, site walks, the coffee that turns into a decision. Most of your important conversations never had a video link to join. HappyScribe records them on your phone and turns them into a transcript, a summary and a list of action items, in minutes. In the room, your phone is the notetaker: tap record and stay in the conversation, no bot needed. On Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams, connect your calendar and HappyScribe joins the call and takes the notes for you. One app, one place for every meeting. Trusted by more than 1 million people since 2018, rated 4.7 on Trustpilot. WHAT YOU GET AFTER EVERY RECORDING • A full transcript, with each speaker identified • An AI summary you can read in 30 seconds • Action items and decisions pulled out for you • Everything searchable, so no detail gets lost BUILT FOR THE MOMENTS THAT MATTER • One-tap recording: open the app, tap, talk. Your audio uploads and transcribes automatically. • Calendar sync: connect Google or Outlook and the notetaker joins your online meetings on its own. Notes are waiting when the call ends. • Works without signal: record offline, and it syncs the moment you are back online. • 150+ languages, more than any other notetaker: English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Arabic and many more. Mixed-language meetings welcome. • Phone to laptop: start on your phone, edit and share from happyscribe.com. Same account, same files. • Organize and export: rename, delete, and export your transcripts to Word, PDF, TXT, SRT and more. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your recordings and transcripts are encrypted in transit and at rest and hosted in the EU. HappyScribe is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant.
Audio Transcript
This app converts audio recordings into text transcripts and provides AI summaries. It's useful for meetings, interviews, lectures, and content creation, offering editing and export options.
- Unlimited audio recordings
- Fast speech-to-text transcription
- Clean text editor
- Copy and share transcripts
- Export text and audio
- AI summaries
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Audio Transcript helps you turn recordings into clean, readable text, fast. Use it for meetings, interviews, lectures, voice notes, and content creation. Record audio and transcribe them, then edit and export your textand audio in a simple workflow. Key features: • Unlimited Audio Recordings • Fast speech-to-text transcription • Clean editor to fix names and formatting • Copy & share your transcript anywhere • Export your text for your workflow Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://audio-transcript.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Audio Transcript at 5.0 against HappyScribe's 4.5. HappyScribe's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (16 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Audio Transcript sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. HappyScribe asks for nothing beyond the download.
Audio Transcript holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HappyScribe has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HappyScribe ships an update every 2 weeks, Audio Transcript every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HappyScribe | Audio Transcript |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | HappyScribe | Valeri Kluger |
In-app purchases
HappyScribe
No in-app purchases
Audio Transcript
- Pack 1 — 60 min$1.991 Month
- Pro Version Weekly$4.997 Days
- Pack 2 — 60 min + AI$4.991 Month
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- Pack 3 - Unlimited$9.991 Month
- Pro Version Monthly3 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Pro Version3 Days trial$59.991 Year
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