AI Dictation vs SpeechDraft
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
SpeechDraft
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Made for iPhone Duo: half-open on the lectern, the phone is its own teleprompter stand. You have a speech to give — a wedding toast, a keynote, a eulogy, a pitch. SpeechDraft is the whole job in one app: plan the speech block by block (opening, story, point, toast), write every word right inside the blocks, rehearse it against the clock, and stand up with full-screen cue cards or a teleprompter that follows your plan. From first idea to public speaking — plan it, write it, say it on time. PLAN IT BLOCK BY BLOCK • Over 25 templates shaped by how great speeches actually work — wedding speeches, best man, maid of honor, father or mother of the bride, keynotes, investor pitches, stand-up sets, storytelling nights, eulogies, the 90-second job-interview answer, master of ceremonies, panel moderating and more • Every block carries a coaching hint: what belongs there and why — shown on the part you are about to write • Set a target length and watch the total build as you plan • Set the date you speak, and the home screen counts down to it WRITE IT IN PLACE • Speech writing where the structure is: every word lives inside its block — no separate document to lose • Add photos or illustrations to your cue cards • Reorder with a drag when the story wants a different shape DELIVER IT WITH CONFIDENCE • Full-screen cue cards with a pace line per card: it fills as you speak, turns amber when it's time to land, red if you've gone over • A teleprompter that takes its pace from the timings you set — "Match my plan" solves the scroll rate that lands the speech exactly on time, and a pace chip flags the moment you drift • One big total clock — so you always know if the speech fits the slot • Dark stage mode, adjustable text size, and the screen stays awake • Tap either side or swipe to move — works with a thumb, from a podium • Finish inside your plan and the closing check turns green WHEN YOU NEED PAPER OR WANT TO SHARE • Export a clean PDF, Word or Excel rundown of the whole speech • Preview matches the export exactly PRICING SpeechDraft is free to try: build and write your first two speeches in full, take the first three cards on stage — on the cue cards and the teleprompter alike — and export a PDF with a small SpeechDraft mark. One purchase — no subscription — unlocks unlimited speeches, the whole speech on stage, and clean PDF, Word & Excel exports. Works on iPhone, iPad and Mac (Apple Silicon) — start on one device and finish on another. Made by Vardnir — in Norway.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AI Dictation at none against SpeechDraft's 1. 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
Both are free to download. SpeechDraft sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AI Dictation asks for nothing beyond the download.
AI Dictation ships an update weekly, SpeechDraft every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AI Dictation | SpeechDraft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Artsiom Vysotski | TOR ERIK HUMLEN |
In-app purchases
AI Dictation
No in-app purchases
SpeechDraft
- SpeechDraft Pro$9.99









