Comparison

Scribbler vs JustTranscribe

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

Head to head
About

Scribbler

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Scribbler turns a video or an audio file into a document you can read, search, fix and export. Everything happens on your iPhone or iPad. The media never leaves your device. No account, no upload. Once the language pack is on your device, it works in airplane mode. A transcript you can work with. Tap any word to jump to the second it was said, and watch the text light up as the audio plays. Fix a wrong word in two taps. Search the whole document and move between matches. Read it in another language, still on device. Translate a finished transcript and read it in your language. Search, editing and export work on the translation too. Record or import. Record a lecture, a meeting or an interview and watch the text appear while you speak, within about two seconds in Fast mode. Or bring in a file you already have: voice memos, video, podcasts. A voice message or a video shared from another app is transcribed in a popup, without leaving that app. Export where you need it. Plain text, Markdown, PDF, and SRT subtitles, with or without timestamps. Free every day. The free plan comes with transcription minutes that renew every day, with every feature included. No trial, no account, no card. Pro removes the daily limit. Transcribes in English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Translates into around twenty languages, so a recording made in one language becomes a document you can read in yours. Your transcripts sync across your devices through your own iCloud account. The media stays on the device that made it. Requires iOS 26 and a device that supports on-device speech recognition. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

JustTranscribe

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Record your interview. Know exactly who said what. JustTranscribe turns your recording into a clean, written transcript and labels each speaker for you. No scrubbing back through audio. No typing it up yourself. KNOW WHO SAID WHAT Most transcribers hand you one wall of text. JustTranscribe separates the voices and tags each turn (Speaker A, Speaker B, Speaker C), so interviews and group conversations stay readable. HOW IT WORKS • Hit record and capture your interview, meeting, or lecture • It writes everything up and labels each speaker for you • Copy or share the finished transcript wherever you need it Clean paragraphs, labelled speakers, usually ready in minutes. NOT JUST FOR INTERVIEWS Speaker labels are the headline, but it's a proper transcription app underneath. Interviews, meetings, lectures, your own voice notes. If you can record it, you can transcribe it. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your audio is deleted the moment your transcript is ready. We don't keep your recordings. NO SUBSCRIPTION Start with 20 minutes free, no card needed. After that you buy minutes only when you need them, and they never expire. No monthly fee. Made for journalists, researchers, students, podcasters, and anyone who records conversations and needs them in writing.

Screenshots

Scribbler4 screens
JustTranscribe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: JustTranscribe at 15.1 against Scribbler's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Scribbler sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and JustTranscribe sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scribbler ships an update fortnightly, JustTranscribe every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Scribbler versus JustTranscribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScribblerJustTranscribe
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMassimo GolloRichard Carruthers

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Scribbler

Subscriptions1
  • Scribbler Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Scribbler Pro Lifetime$34.99
3 purchases

JustTranscribe

One-time3
  • Topup 2 hours$4.99
  • Topup 3 hours$6.99
  • Topup 5 hours$9.99

Questions

Is Scribbler free?
Scribbler is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JustTranscribe free?
JustTranscribe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Scribbler or JustTranscribe have ads?
Neither Scribbler nor JustTranscribe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scribbler or JustTranscribe?
Scribbler ships an update fortnightly, and JustTranscribe every 3 weeks. Most recently, Scribbler was updated on October 14, 2026 and JustTranscribe on October 25, 2026.

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