Comparison

AI Dictation vs SoloPDF

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

Head to head
About

AI Dictation

Transform spoken words into text for messages, emails, notes, and documents. Offers a dedicated keyboard for seamless integration into other apps or direct recording within the app. Supports cloud and offline processing with advanced formatting options.

Highlights
  • Voice-to-text keyboard integration
  • Direct recording and transcription
  • Cloud and offline processing modes
  • Customizable personal dictionary
  • Voice shortcuts for frequent phrases
  • Transcription history search
  • Live Activity for monitoring
Features
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Turn your voice into useful text on your iPhone. AI Dictation is a voice-to-text app and keyboard for messages, email, notes, documents, and longer recordings. Start from the keyboard in apps that support third-party keyboards, or record directly in AI Dictation, then insert, copy, or share the finished text. DICTATE WITH LESS TYPING Open a text field, switch to the AI Dictation keyboard, and start speaking. Your finished transcription is ready to insert where you were writing. CHOOSE HOW YOUR SPEECH IS PROCESSED Use Cloud, Offline, or Automatic mode. On iOS 17 and later, you can download the offline model for on-device speech recognition. Cloud transcription sends audio only after you give permission. Optional cloud formatting may send the transcript to organize or clean up the result, even when speech recognition runs offline. MORE THAN BASIC VOICE TYPING Choose the result that fits what you are recording: • Dictation for direct speech-to-text • Notes for structured ideas and action items • Meetings for summaries, speaker labels, timestamps, and action items MAKE IT YOURS • Add names and specialized terms to your personal dictionary • Create voice shortcuts for text you use often • Search your recent transcription history • Replay locally saved recordings • Copy or share previous results KEEP TRACK WHILE YOU DICTATE On iOS 17 and later, a Live Activity shows when AI Dictation is listening or processing and gives you a quick way to stop. GET STARTED 1. Open AI Dictation and follow the setup guide. 2. Enable the AI Dictation keyboard in Settings. 3. Choose Cloud, Offline, or Automatic mode. 4. Open a supported text field, switch keyboards, and start speaking. Whether you are replying to a message, capturing an idea, or turning a longer conversation into notes, AI Dictation helps your words keep up with your thoughts.

About

SoloPDF

Features
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SoloPDF is a clean, fast, fully local PDF reader — no ads, no account, nothing ever uploaded. • Reading: multiple tabs, outline, page thumbnails, full-text search, fit-width/fit-page zoom. Huge files open instantly thanks to on-demand loading. • Highlights become notes: highlight any text and the annotation is saved as a Markdown notes file (.annotations.md) right next to the PDF — open, edit, and version it with any editor (including our SoloMD). solopdf:// links inside the notes jump straight back to the highlighted passage. • Forms: fill AcroForm PDFs (text fields, checkboxes, dropdowns) and save the result. • Export to Markdown: turn a whole PDF into a Markdown document, outline headings included. • Dark mode with smart page inversion for comfortable night reading. • Interface in English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, and 日本語. Everything runs on your device. No network calls, no data collection.

Screenshots

AI Dictation4 screens
SoloPDF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: SoloPDF at 4 against AI Dictation's 2. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AI Dictation ships an update weekly, SoloPDF every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
AI Dictation versus SoloPDF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAI DictationSoloPDF
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArtsiom Vysotski向东 李

In-app purchases

None

AI Dictation

No in-app purchases

None

SoloPDF

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AI Dictation free?
AI Dictation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SoloPDF free?
SoloPDF is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AI Dictation or SoloPDF have ads?
Neither AI Dictation nor SoloPDF shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AI Dictation or SoloPDF?
AI Dictation ships an update weekly, and SoloPDF every 2 weeks. Most recently, AI Dictation was updated on October 30, 2026 and SoloPDF on October 31, 2026.

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