Comparison

AI Note Taker・Speech to Text vs Nota

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

Head to head
About

AI Note Taker・Speech to Text

Record and transcribe voice into structured notes with AI. Features include speech recognition in over 100 languages, automatic summarization, and translation. Export notes in PDF for easy sharing.

Highlights
  • Instant recording or import
  • Speech recognition and transcription (100+ languages)
  • AI-powered note structuring and summarization
  • Transcript and digest modes
  • AI chat for clarifications
  • Instant translation
  • PDF export
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Record & Transcribe your voice into clear, structured notes. AI Notes Features ◉ Instant Recording or Import
 Capture conversations, lectures, interviews and meetings, or import existing audio — popular formats supported. ◉ Speech Recognition & Transcription
 Advanced AI converts speech into accurate text in 100 + languages. ◉ Notes Structuring
 The AI engine splits transcripts into chapters, adds time-codes and generates a concise summary for quick review. ◉ Transcript & Digest Modes 
Toggle between full verbatim transcript and polished digest with one tap — then edit or enrich your notes as needed. ◉ AI Chat for Clarifications
 Ask questions such as “What were the key takeaways?” and receive answers with exact time-codes. ◉ Instant Translator
 Translate notes or summaries into any language while preserving meaning and layout. ◉ Boundless Export
 Share structured text in PDF format for seamless collaboration. Use Cases * Lectures & Seminars – Record professors and receive instant study-ready digests. * Business Meetings & Brainstorms – Create transcripts and concise reports for your team. * Journalism & Podcasts – Save hours of manual transcription. * Doctor Visits – Record consultations and keep the key recommendations in writing. * Personal Voice Journaling – Capture ideas, thoughts or family conversations as organized notes. * Foreign Languages – Translate interviews, speeches and presentations effortlessly. With AI Notes, your voice recordings become actionable information — record, transcribe and translate, all in one app. Experience how AI saves you time and makes working with audio effortless! Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

Nota

Features
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Nota is a canvas notebook. Write by hand, type, draw diagrams and annotate PDFs — all on the same page, all saved to your device as you go. HANDWRITING THAT BECOMES TEXT Ink with a pen or your finger. Pause, and what you just wrote turns into an editable text box. Recognition runs entirely on your device, so your writing never leaves it. English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil. A CANVAS, NOT A PAGE OF LINES • Pen, highlighter and eraser, with a press-and-hold straight-line snap • An endless canvas, or real pages: Letter and A4 through A7, portrait or landscape • Blank, ruled or grid paper in six colours • Pinch to zoom, drag to pan, undo and redo across everything TEXT THAT THINKS IN MARKDOWN Type # for a heading, - for a bullet, [] for a checkbox, > for a quote. Bold, italic, size, colour, alignment, font and rotation, all from one ribbon. DIAGRAMS, NOT DOODLES More than 80 shapes across Standard, Flowchart, Containers and UML — class, use case, state and sequence. Connectors snap to ports and keep following a shape when you move or rotate it, with arrowheads, labels and UML relationship presets. PDFs IN, PDFs OUT Import a PDF and every page becomes a page you can write on. Reorder, duplicate, insert or delete pages. Export the whole note, the current page or a range as a PDF or as PNG images, then share it or save it to Files. ORGANISED, AND OFFLINE Nested folders with cover images and a breadcrumb browser. Everything works with no connection at all — notes are written to your device the moment you stop typing. No analytics, no ads. NOTA PRO • Google Drive backup and sync — every note, folder, image and PDF page, in a folder you own • Automatic background sync, or Sync now on any single note • Your whole library back on any device you sign in on • Signatures — draw or type one, style its ink, rule and footer, then place it on any page • A library of up to three saved signatures, ready on every device Everything else is free, with no time limit. Terms of Use: https://nota-solution.quantyr.co/terms Privacy Policy: https://nota-solution.quantyr.co/privacy

Screenshots

AI Note Taker・Speech to Text4 screens
Nota4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Nota at none against AI Note Taker・Speech to Text's shown. On price, in-app purchases, 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. AI Note Taker・Speech to Text sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Nota sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
AI Note Taker・Speech to Text versus Nota: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAI Note Taker・Speech to TextNota
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperForesko LLCNANDAPRIAN RAJASEKARAN

In-app purchases

3 purchases

AI Note Taker・Speech to Text

Subscriptions2
  • AI Notes Premium | 1 week3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • AI Notes Premium | 1 Year$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • +150 Transcription Minutes$3.99
2 purchases

Nota

Subscriptions2
  • Nota Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Nota Pro Monthly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is AI Note Taker・Speech to Text free?
AI Note Taker・Speech to Text is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nota free?
Nota is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AI Note Taker・Speech to Text or Nota have ads?
AI Note Taker・Speech to Text shows ads; Nota does not.

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