Comparison

Tempo vs Lyonesse

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

Head to head
About

Tempo

Features
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Tempo - Time Tracker will let you organize the most important events with custom reminders before and after the event to never forget them when it really matters!

About

Lyonesse

Record audio or video and get instant, on-device transcriptions. This app allows you to ask questions about your content, generate summaries, and identify speakers, all without uploading your data to the cloud. It supports various file formats and offers offline functionality for ultimate privacy and convenience.

Highlights
  • On-device AI transcription
  • Speaker labeling
  • Summaries and action items
  • Q&A across library
  • Import various file types
  • Offline functionality
  • Export in multiple formats
Features
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Record a meeting or lecture and read the words as people speak. Ask a question about what was said, get a summary in seconds, and find any moment later with search. The transcription and AI run on your device. Lyonesse is a private workspace for the things you record and the documents you read. Recording, transcription, summaries, speaker labels, and Q&A happen locally. There is no cloud transcription provider, so it keeps working with no internet and your audio is not uploaded to be processed. No account to create. Optional iCloud sync is off by default. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Transcribe live recordings, or import an audio or video file you already have. On Mac you can also capture system audio from any app, call, or video playing on your device. - Get AI summaries in the style you want: concise, bullets, action items, or a structured outline. - Ask Lyonesse: chat across your whole library. Notes, transcripts, PDFs, and images, with follow-up questions and citations back to the source. - Read your documents. Import a PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint file or an image, then summarize it, pull out the key points, or ask it questions. - Run a private meeting assistant: link your calendar, see full-screen live captions, get on-device speaker labels, and turn a recording into drafted minutes with action items. PICK YOUR ENGINE Lyonesse ships Apple Speech and a downloadable Parakeet model for transcription, plus Apple Intelligence and a downloadable Qwen 3 model for on-device AI. Auto picks the best one available for your language and device. In our published LibriSpeech benchmark, Apple's Speech API outperformed the Whisper models Lyonesse used to ship (read it at lyonesse.app/blog/apple-speech-api-benchmark.html). BUILT FOR STUDY AND WORK - Turn a recording into study sheets, meeting minutes, or follow-up notes with Smart Drafting. - Organize notes into Projects that file themselves, then ask questions across a whole project. - Export to PDF or text with an optional summary, Q&A, and full transcript. Send action items to Apple Reminders. - Full-text search across recordings, transcripts, documents, and action items. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your recordings, documents, and transcripts stay on your device. Recording, transcription, summaries, speaker labels, document analysis, and Q&A run on-device, with no cloud AI provider in the loop. A private alternative to cloud tools like Otter, Fireflies, Rev, and ChatPDF. Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with transcription and summaries in 15 languages. Lyonesse is free to download and there is a free tier. For unlimited use, choose a subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase. No per-minute fees. Privacy Policy: https://lyonesse.app/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://lyonesse.app/terms.html

Screenshots

Tempo3 screens
Lyonesse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tempo at none against Lyonesse's 4. Tempo also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 days) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Lyonesse's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price and ads 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. Lyonesse sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Tempo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tempo ships an update daily, Lyonesse every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tempo versus Lyonesse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTempoLyonesse
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAntonino CannistraciJOSIP MARKOVIC

In-app purchases

None

Tempo

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Lyonesse

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Subscription$3.997 Days
  • Lyonesse Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Lyonesse Annual$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lyonesse Unlimited$59.99

Questions

Is Tempo free?
Tempo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lyonesse free?
Lyonesse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tempo or Lyonesse have ads?
Neither Tempo nor Lyonesse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tempo or Lyonesse?
Tempo ships an update daily, and Lyonesse every 3 days. Most recently, Tempo was updated on October 28, 2026 and Lyonesse on October 28, 2026.

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