Margin vs Dicta
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Margin
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Turn any article into a short, intelligent summary you can read โ or listen to, hands-free. Margin is the reader's companion for busy people. Paste a link and Margin delivers a concise AI summary in your language, ready to play aloud while you commute, cook, walk, or work. The articles you meant to read finally get read. โ WHY MARGIN โ โข Read more in less time. Key points, no filler. โข Listen instead of read. Adjustable playback speed for every moment. โข Break the language barrier. Summarize foreign articles in your own language. โข Never lose a good link. Every summary is saved in your searchable library. โ HOW IT WORKS โ 1. Copy any article link, from anywhere. 2. Paste it in Margin โ or tap "Share to Margin" from Safari, News, Mail, or any social app. 3. Get an AI-powered summary in seconds. 4. Tap play to listen, or read right there. โ FEATURES โ โข AI summaries powered by a state-of-the-art language model with live web access, so even today's news is fair game. โข Automatic translation to your device language. Read a Brazilian op-ed in English, or a New York Times piece in Portuguese โ same app. โข High-quality text-to-speech with adjustable speed, from a relaxed pace to double-time for skimming by ear. โข Share Extension: summarize directly from Safari, Apple News, Mail, Twitter/X, Reddit, LinkedIn, or any app that shares links. โข Local summary library. Search past summaries, revisit them offline, share them onward. โข Editorial design built for focused reading โ serif typography, generous margins, light and dark modes. โข Accessibility-first. Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and Reduce Motion supported throughout. โ PLANS โ โข Free: 5 summaries per month to try Margin, no subscription required. โข Basic: 15 summaries per week at $2.99/week or $39.99/year. โข Pro: unlimited summaries plus short, long, and bullet-point formats at $5.99/week or $79.99/year. Pro Yearly includes a 7-day free trial. Basic and Pro are auto-renewable subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings at least 24 hours before the renewal date; any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. โ PRIVACY โ Margin doesn't ask for your contacts, camera, microphone, or location. Your library syncs through your private iCloud account so it follows you across devices and reinstalls โ it never leaves your iCloud. โ TERMS OF USE โ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Give yourself your time back. Download Margin.
Dicta
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Talk. Dicta handles the rest. Tap once and start talking. Dicta turns what you said into text, then writes the summary for you. Walking out of a meeting, sitting through a lecture, or catching an idea before it disappears. Record it now, read it later. RECORD Starts with one tap. You can also import audio files and documents you already have. AI SUMMARY You don't have to sit through a forty minute recording again. Dicta breaks every note into three parts: - Overview: what it was about - Key Points: what you shouldn't miss - Action Items: what came out of it TRANSCRIPT Everything spoken gets written down. When more than one person is talking, Dicta separates the speakers so you can tell who said what. You name them yourself. AI CHAT Ask your recording a question. Say "what did we decide about the budget?" and the answer comes back with the timestamp underneath, so you can jump straight to that part and hear it. Chat with one recording or across all your notes at once. FOLDERS Sort by project, class, or client. A recording can live in more than one folder. Most people using Dicta are the ones who never get a free minute between meetings to write anything down, and students who record the lecture and study from the summary later. Privacy Policy: https://usedicta.app/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://usedicta.app/terms/ Support: https://usedicta.app/contact/
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Verdict
Margin and Dicta are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Margin sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Dicta sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Margin | Dicta |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Diego Santos | TUNAHAN GOKCE |
In-app purchases
Margin
- Basic Plan3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Pro Plan$5.997 Days
- Basic Yearly$39.991 Year
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- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year
Dicta
- Weekly3 Days trial$7.997 Days
- Annual$99.991 Year









