Comparison

Fast Idea Book vs Voicini

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

Head to head
About

Fast Idea Book

Quickly capture fleeting thoughts via text, voice, or photo with a single tap. Access your ideas through widgets, the Share Sheet, or Siri. Organize and review them later, with advanced features unlocked via subscription.

Highlights
  • One-tap text, voice, and photo capture
  • Home Screen capture widget
  • Share Sheet integration
  • On-device voice transcription
  • Tags and quick review
  • Siri integration
  • iCloud sync
Features
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A frictionless capture pad for the ideas you would otherwise lose. If you have ever woken at 3 AM with a great idea and nothing to write it on, or watched a brilliant phrase evaporate while you opened a heavier app, Fast Idea Book is for you. It is a calm, on-device idea book built around one job — capture the thought before it fades — and one principle: never make you wait or sign in. Open the app and you are already typing. Quick notes save with a single keystroke. Brainstorm freely without folder rituals, then tag entries afterward when your brain wants structure. Voice memo capture for hands-free moments, brain-dump templates for foggy mornings, and a search that surfaces the half-remembered note in seconds. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep the latest idea visible, and the interface ships in 39 languages with full accessibility. Built for writers, founders, students, designers and anyone whose best ideas arrive at the worst possible moment.

About

Voicini

Features
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Voice notes, transcribed right on your iPhone. Voicini turns your speech into text right on your iPhone - it works offline, with no account and no servers of ours. Press and hold to record, speak, and release: in a moment you get a clean card with your audio and its text, easy to find later. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Speech recognition runs on your device - we have no servers and never see your notes • Optional iCloud sync keeps notes only in your own iCloud account • Works even without internet CAPTURE IN A TAP • Press-and-hold recording - or hands-free with Siri, the Action button, Control Center, and widgets • Apple Watch app to record on the go • Live Activity while you record FIND IT INSTANTLY • Freeform, reusable tags with on-device suggestions • Fast full-text search across every note • Chronological feed grouped by date • Attach photos, videos, and PDFs to any note YOURS TO KEEP • Export and import your whole library • 30-day Recently Deleted trash Free to start. Voicini Premium removes the note limit - monthly, yearly, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://voicini.maxfromzero.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Fast Idea Book4 screens
Voicini4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fast Idea Book at none against Voicini's 3. Fast Idea Book also leads on iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). Voicini's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Voicini sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Fast Idea Book asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fast Idea Book ships an update monthly, Voicini weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Fast Idea Book versus Voicini: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFast Idea BookVoicini
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.5 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBahattin DuranMaksym Melnychuk

In-app purchases

None

Fast Idea Book

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Voicini

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$9.99

Questions

Is Fast Idea Book free?
Fast Idea Book is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Voicini free?
Voicini is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fast Idea Book or Voicini have ads?
Neither Fast Idea Book nor Voicini shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fast Idea Book or Voicini?
Fast Idea Book ships an update monthly, and Voicini weekly. Most recently, Fast Idea Book was updated on October 30, 2026 and Voicini on October 31, 2026.

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