Comparison

Audio Transcript vs Simply Transcribe

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

Head to head
About

Audio Transcript

This app converts audio recordings into text transcripts and provides AI summaries. It's useful for meetings, interviews, lectures, and content creation, offering editing and export options.

Highlights
  • Unlimited audio recordings
  • Fast speech-to-text transcription
  • Clean text editor
  • Copy and share transcripts
  • Export text and audio
  • AI summaries
Features
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Audio Transcript helps you turn recordings into clean, readable text, fast. Use it for meetings, interviews, lectures, voice notes, and content creation. Record audio and transcribe them, then edit and export your textand audio in a simple workflow. Key features: • Unlimited Audio Recordings • Fast speech-to-text transcription • Clean editor to fix names and formatting • Copy & share your transcript anywhere • Export your text for your workflow Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://audio-transcript.com/privacy

About

Simply Transcribe

Record audio and convert it to text with this on-device transcription app. It supports numerous languages and offers features like speaker labeling and filler word removal. All processing happens locally for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • On-device audio recording
  • Automatic transcription
  • 25 language support
  • Speaker labeling
  • Filler word removal
  • Import audio files
  • Searchable transcripts
Features
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A voice recorder that transcribes your audio to text on your iPhone. Record a meeting, an interview or a quick note, or import your Voice Memos, and read the words a few minutes later in any of 25 languages. The recording comes first. If a call interrupts, what you recorded before it is saved, the recording keeps going while the phone is locked, and Stop from the Lock Screen works even after the app was swiped away. The audio stays whether or not a transcript exists, and a transcription that gets cut off picks up where it stopped. Nothing leaves the phone. There is no account and no upload, the App Store privacy label is Data Not Collected, and it works in airplane mode. Long recordings are a single purchase, never a subscription. Pick the language of a recording so the app does not have to guess. If your recordings mix languages, turn on Auto and the app works the language out as it transcribes. You can also transcribe a single recording in another language without changing your default. On iPhone 12 Pro, 13 Pro, 14 and newer you get all 25 languages, speaker labels and Auto. On iPhone 11, 12, 13 and SE the app transcribes English, and speaker labels and Auto are not offered. Everything else works the same. NEW IN 1.1 Speaker labels show who said what on iPhone 12 Pro, 13 Pro, 14 and newer. Tap Speakers on a finished transcript and each turn gets its own label, with up to 8 voices told apart on your iPhone. You can rename a speaker or move a passage to the right one. Remove filler words gives you clean text without the ums and uhs. The switch is off until you turn it on, and switching it off brings the words back. Transcription now runs on its own. Tap Stop and you are back in your recordings while the words stream in, and it keeps going when you lock the phone or switch apps. Long recordings and imports transcribe faster, and two-hour files finish. WHAT ELSE IT DOES You can record in the app, from Control Center or from a Home Screen widget, and pause, resume or stop from the Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island. Audio files import from Voice Memos, Files and other apps. Every recording gets a name from its opening words, from the imported file or from you, and search covers all recordings and transcripts. A waveform drawn from the recording's own audio sits under the transcript. Tap a line to hear that moment, and keep holding on the waveform for 10-minute precision in hours of audio. Transcripts copy, share and save as plain text, and the audio can be shared too. A Shortcuts action, Live Activities and widgets come with it. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Recording, transcription and speaker detection all happen on your iPhone, and the app has no analytics. The only thing that uses the internet is an App Store purchase. 25 LANGUAGES English, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Ukrainian. Bulgarian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Maltese have no App Store page of their own, so in their own words they are български, eesti, latviešu, lietuvių and Malti. MADE FOR Interviews, meetings, lectures, voice memos, dictation and voice notes in a second language. GOOD TO KNOW The first transcription after you install the app takes about a minute longer while the speech model is prepared. After that, transcriptions start at once. PRICE Recordings up to 5 minutes are free. One purchase unlocks longer recordings for good, with no subscription and no minute quota. Your audio is saved either way.

Screenshots

Audio Transcript3 screens
Simply Transcribe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Simply Transcribe at free against Audio Transcript's free with in-app purchases. Audio Transcript's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Audio Transcript sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Simply Transcribe sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Audio Transcript against 5.0 for Simply Transcribe. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Audio Transcript ships an update every 3 weeks, Simply Transcribe every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Audio Transcript versus Simply Transcribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudio TranscriptSimply Transcribe
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB832 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperValeri KlugerFusion Codeworks, LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Audio Transcript

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Version Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Pro Version Monthly3 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Pro Version3 Days trial$59.991 Year
1 purchases

Simply Transcribe

One-time1
  • Long Transcription Unlock$9.99

Questions

Is Audio Transcript free?
Audio Transcript is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simply Transcribe free?
Simply Transcribe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Audio Transcript or Simply Transcribe?
Audio Transcript and Simply Transcribe are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Audio Transcript or Simply Transcribe have ads?
Neither Audio Transcript nor Simply Transcribe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Audio Transcript or Simply Transcribe?
Audio Transcript ships an update every 3 weeks, and Simply Transcribe every 5 weeks. Most recently, Audio Transcript was updated on November 5, 2026 and Simply Transcribe on November 6, 2026.

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