Comparison

Whisper Notes vs Markd.ly

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

Head to head
About

Whisper Notes

This app records audio and transcribes it into text notes, offering offline processing for enhanced privacy. It supports importing various media formats and exporting transcripts in multiple practical file types.

Highlights
  • Offline audio transcription
  • Record on iPhone and Apple Watch
  • Import audio and video files
  • Export in Markdown, SRT, OPML, PDF
  • Privacy-focused on-device processing
  • Convert speech to organized notes
Features
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Turn meetings, lectures and interviews into notes you can check and use. Whisper Notes transcribes while you record. Afterwards, find a passage, hear it again and keep the important parts within reach. One purchase, no subscription. Record your own audio or import a supported file, then keep the transcript, key points and exports together. SEE WORDS AS YOU RECORD Follow live transcription in a full-screen view. Pause and resume recording when you need a break. Choose the spoken language or use automatic detection, then re-transcribe saved audio if you need a different language setting. FIND THE MOMENT THAT MATTERS Switch between a continuous reading view and timestamped passages. Mark important passages, copy a single passage or search within a note. With saved audio and timestamps, tap a passage to listen, change playback speed or jump 10 seconds forward or back. Where a summary has a matching source quote, open that passage to check the context. TRANSCRIBE ON YOUR DEVICE Speech recognition runs locally without sending audio to a transcription server. A basic model is included; optional model downloads require internet. Once the model is available, recording and transcription can work offline. Choose a model to balance speed, storage and recognition quality on your device. TURN A TRANSCRIPT INTO USEFUL NOTES โ€ข Edit note titles, the full transcript or timestamped segments โ€ข Search saved titles, transcripts and summaries โ€ข Generate or regenerate a local summary โ€ข Review timed passages alongside retained audio Summary methods depend on your device, system and language. Apple Intelligence is used when available; otherwise local methods extract key passages. The app shows which method produced the result. Review transcripts and summaries before relying on them. RECORD FROM MORE PLACES Capture audio on Apple Watch and send it to iPhone for transcription. Start recording through widgets, Siri or App Shortcuts. Follow recording progress with Live Activities and Dynamic Island on supported devices and system versions. IMPORT AUDIO. EXPORT YOUR WORK. Import selected audio from Files or compatible apps through the Share menu. Copy or share text, export Markdown notes, create SRT subtitles from timed segments, or export an OPML outline. Built for meeting minutes, lecture review, interviews, voice memos and subtitle preparation. Keep the conversation useful after the recording endsโ€”with one purchase and no subscription.

About

Markd.ly

Features
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The markdown editor that respects your output. Markd.ly is a native Markdown editor for iPhone and iPad with live preview, built for people who write in plain .md and ship a real deliverable. Open a file, write, and watch the preview render as you type. The same Bravely Account unlocks Markd.ly on Mac, Windows, and Linux too, so the document you start on your phone is waiting on your desktop. WRITE & EDIT โ€ข Native SwiftUI editor with adjustable font size and syntax highlighting โ€ข Live preview with multiple themes, side by side โ€ข Mermaid diagrams render right inside the preview โ€ข KaTeX math, inline and block โ€ข Open .md, .markdown, .mdown, .mkd, and .mkdn files from anywhere DOCUMENT INTEGRATION โ€ข Open files from the Files app and from any Markdown share โ€ข Save back to iCloud Drive, Files, or any document provider โ€ข Multi-document tabs to switch between drafts โ€ข Recent files for one-tap return FOLDER-BASED, NO LOCK-IN Your files stay plain .md on disk โ€” no vault, no proprietary format, nothing to migrate out of later. Git-friendly, and the same files open everywhere else you use Markd.ly. WHAT MARKD.LY IS FOR Blog posts. README files. Documentation. Technical writing. Markd.ly is for writing that lives in markdown but leaves the app as something polished โ€” not a note-graph or a second brain. If you need wikilinks and a graph, use a vault tool. If you want documents that look great when you ship them, this is the editor. ONE PURCHASE, EVERY PLATFORM Markd.ly is a tool, not a service. A single one-time purchase unlocks the complete app on every platform โ€” iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, and Linux โ€” carried by your Bravely Account. Buy it once on any platform and the rest unlock automatically, with no per-feature paywalls. The deeper export pipeline โ€” Pandoc to DOCX, EPUB, LaTeX, and slides, a custom CSS editor, a snippet library, vim mode, encrypted documents, the command-line tool, and an MCP server for AI agents โ€” lives on the desktop builds, included in the same one purchase. SIGN IN Signing in is free. Sign in with Apple, Google, or email โ€” the same sign-in works on every Markd.ly app you install. Try it free, then a single one-time purchase unlocks everything. Already bought Markd.ly on another platform? Sign in to restore it here at no extra charge. SUPPORT Questions, bug reports, and feature requests: support@bravely.dev Privacy: https://bravely.dev/privacy/markdly Terms: https://bravely.dev/terms

Screenshots

Whisper Notes4 screens
Markd.ly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Markd.ly at Free against Whisper Notes's $3.99. Whisper Notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Markd.ly is free to download; Whisper Notes costs $3.99 up front. Markd.ly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $95.99 per year. Whisper Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Whisper Notes ships an update weekly, Markd.ly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Whisper Notes versus Markd.ly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhisper NotesMarkd.ly
Price$3.99Free โ€” better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
MonetizationPaidโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size122 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperๆŒฏ่ฎญ ๆฑ Bravely Studios

In-app purchases

None

Whisper Notes

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Markd.ly

Subscriptions1
  • Bravely Premium (Annual)$95.991 Year
One-time2
  • Markdly Pro$19.99
  • Bravely Premium (Lifetime)$399.99

Questions

Is Whisper Notes free?
Whisper Notes costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Markd.ly free?
Markd.ly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Whisper Notes or Markd.ly have ads?
Neither Whisper Notes nor Markd.ly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Whisper Notes or Markd.ly?
Whisper Notes ships an update weekly, and Markd.ly fortnightly. Most recently, Whisper Notes was updated on October 8, 2026 and Markd.ly on October 9, 2026.

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