Comparison

Superscribe vs Transcripts

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

Head to head
About

Superscribe

This app records live conversations, automatically transcribing speech, identifying speakers, and generating summaries and outlines. Users can chat with the AI for answers that link directly to specific moments in the audio recording.

Highlights
  • Live transcription with speaker identification
  • AI-generated summaries and outlines
  • Chat for answers linked to audio
  • Tappable transcripts and outlines
  • Cross-device sync
Features
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The live AI note taker. Tap record at the start of your meeting, class, or interview. Superscribe writes a transcript as people talk, names each speaker, and turns the conversation into a summary and outline you can browse. Chat and get answers that link to the key moments. Everything links back to the audio so you can check the app's work: tap any word in the transcript, or outline item to jump to that moment. Every chat answer links back to the relevant moments in the recording — tap any of them to play back and hear it for yourself. - Live transcription: words appear on screen the moment they're spoken. Read along as you record, and never lose your place. - Live speaker identification: Superscribe figures out who's talking from the context of the conversation. Fix any mistakes with a tap — no more "Speaker 1, Speaker 2" guessing games. - Live sync across devices: start recording on your iPhone, watch the transcript come in on your iPad, pick it up on the web later. Everything stays in sync. - Tappable transcripts: tap any word to jump straight to that moment in the recording. - Outlines that link to the audio: a short summary plus a section-by-section outline of what was discussed. Tap any section to play that part of the recording. - AI chat with citations: ask follow-up questions about what was said. Every answer points back to the moments in the audio it came from. Built for iOS 26 with Liquid Glass: feels at home on your device. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://brightenlabs.app/privacy/

About

Transcripts

Record and transcribe audio directly on your iPhone or iPad, with optional Mac integration for enhanced note-taking. Enjoy real-time transcription and secure, on-device processing for genuine privacy.

Highlights
  • On-device audio recording
  • Live speech-to-text transcription
  • Optional Mac integration for notes
  • Speaker identification and summaries (Mac)
  • Offline recording and transcription
  • Multiple cloud storage options
  • Open-source and private
Features
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Transcripts records and transcribes on your iPhone or iPad, and works with Transcripts for Mac to turn those recordings into meeting notes. Continue on your Mac Get Transcripts for Mac from the Mac App Store. Point both apps at the same Transcripts folder in iCloud Drive. The Mac processes your finished mobile recordings, adds speaker names and summaries, and saves the results back to the shared folder for you to read on iPhone or iPad. The Mac app also captures your microphone and the other side of a call, shows a live transcript, and files the finished notes where you keep them. Recording and speech processing happen on your devices; iCloud Drive syncs the files you choose to share. Your iPhone and iPad remain complete recorders on their own. A Mac is optional. Read it while you record Words appear on screen as you speak, using on-device speech recognition. No waiting for a file to upload and come back as text. It keeps recording Lock the screen, switch apps, take a call — capture continues, and a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island shows it is still running. Your files, your folder Recordings are saved as ordinary .m4a audio with a plain-text transcript beside each one. Choose where they go: iCloud Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, or just on your device. There is no proprietary library to escape from and nothing to export — the files are already yours. Genuinely private No servers, no accounts, no analytics, no advertising. Transcripts sends your audio nowhere: it requires on-device speech recognition and switches live text off rather than fall back to a server. Your recordings go only where you put them. Open source The app is open source under the MIT licence, so the privacy claims above are checkable rather than promised. Recording laws vary by location, and some places require the consent of everyone in a conversation. Please make sure you may lawfully record before you do.

Screenshots

Superscribe4 screens
Transcripts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Transcripts at none against Superscribe's 2. Transcripts also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Superscribe's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Superscribe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Transcripts asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Transcripts holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Superscribe ships an update every 3 weeks, Transcripts daily. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Superscribe versus Transcripts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuperscribeTranscripts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrighten LabsDOUGLAS HATCHER

Customer experience

Superscribe

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Transcripts

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Superscribe

Subscriptions2
  • Pro$19.991 Month
  • Pro7 Days trial$119.991 Year
None

Transcripts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Superscribe free?
Superscribe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Transcripts free?
Transcripts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Superscribe or Transcripts?
Transcripts is rated higher. Superscribe averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Transcripts averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Superscribe or Transcripts have ads?
Neither Superscribe nor Transcripts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Superscribe or Transcripts?
Superscribe ships an update every 3 weeks, and Transcripts daily. Most recently, Superscribe was updated on October 28, 2026 and Transcripts on October 9, 2026.

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