Comparison

Private AI Note Taker vs Mobile

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

Head to head
About

Private AI Note Taker

Record voice memos, meetings, or lectures and get instant transcripts, summaries, and task lists. This AI-powered tool processes everything on your device, ensuring 100% privacy and offline functionality. Customize the look and choose from various subscription plans for full access.

Highlights
  • On-device AI processing
  • Voice recording
  • Automatic transcription
  • Meeting summaries
  • Task list generation
  • Offline functionality
  • Customizable themes
Features
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Private Notes is an AI note taker that never sends your words anywhere. Record a meeting, a lecture or a quick thought, and get a transcript, a summary and your tasks, all made on your iPhone. 100% private, and it works offline. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR IPHONE Your recordings, transcripts and notes stay on your device. There is no account to create and no cloud AI: the speech recognition and the AI that writes your notes both run on your iPhone. No ads, no tracking. RECORD, THEN READ • One tap to record meetings, classes, interviews, calls on speaker and voice memos • A full transcript of everything that was said • A short summary, the key points and a checklist of tasks • Play back the audio, copy or share any part IN YOUR LANGUAGE • Transcripts in 99 languages, with automatic language detection • The app itself in 25 languages TWO ON-DEVICE ENGINES • Apple Intelligence: fast, built into supported iPhones and languages, nothing to download • Private AI: open models that run entirely on your iPhone and cover all 99 languages, downloaded once, then fully offline MAKE IT YOURS Pick from three looks (Paper, Studio and Bold), in light or dark. PLANS Unlock Private Notes with a weekly or yearly subscription, or pay once for lifetime access. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in your Apple Account settings. Requires an iPhone with 6 GB of memory or more. Apple Intelligence requires a supported iPhone and language. Terms of Use: https://shortcast.me/notes/terms Privacy Policy: https://shortcast.me/notes/privacy

About

Mobile

Features
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Mobile-O — AI That Lives on Your Device Create images, understand visuals, and edit photos, all without an internet connection. Mobile-O is a unified multimodal AI app that runs entirely on your iPhone, with no cloud required. What can Mobile-O do? Generate Images from Text: Describe any scene and Mobile-O will create a high-quality image in seconds, directly on your device. Understand Any Image: Upload or snap a photo and get intelligent descriptions, visual question answering, OCR, and multimodal reasoning in a flash. Why Mobile-O? - Fully on-device with zero data collection. Nothing is sent to the cloud, nothing is stored on our servers. Your data stays on your phone and nowhere else. - Lightweight with a minimal memory footprint - Fast generation and understanding in seconds - No subscriptions, no server calls, no waiting Built by researchers at MBZUAI, Mobile-O packs a powerful unified architecture into a single app that fits in your pocket. It combines a state-of-the-art vision-language model with a diffusion-based image generator, no compromises. Your AI. Your device. Your privacy.

Screenshots

Private AI Note Taker4 screens
Mobile3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mobile at none against Private AI Note Taker's 4. On price, update cadence, 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. Private AI Note Taker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Private AI Note Taker ships an update every 6 days, Mobile weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Private AI Note Taker versus Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrivate AI Note TakerMobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB56 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRLabs d.o.o.Abdelrahman Shaker

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Private AI Note Taker

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Plan$5.997 Days
  • Monthly Plan1 Month trial$10.001 Month
  • Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Private Notes Lifetime$49.99
None

Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Private AI Note Taker free?
Private AI Note Taker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mobile free?
Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Private AI Note Taker or Mobile have ads?
Neither Private AI Note Taker nor Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Private AI Note Taker or Mobile?
Private AI Note Taker ships an update every 6 days, and Mobile weekly. Most recently, Private AI Note Taker was updated on November 9, 2026 and Mobile on November 5, 2026.

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