Vox.md vs WizardNote

Vox.md is a local-first quick capture app for Obsidian vaults and Markdown folders. Send text, links, photos, files, document scans, sketches, and voice to the right note without stopping to organize first. CAPTURE MORE THAN VOICE Add typed Markdown, a URL, photos or screenshots, files, a document scanner with on-device OCR, a sketch, or a voice recording. Combine several items in one capture, preview the result, then save it as plain Markdown. SEND IT WHERE IT BELONGS Capture Presets remember the destination and formatting for workflows such as your inbox, journal, task list, or meeting notes. Create a note, append or prepend to an existing file, insert beneath a heading, or write to rolling daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly notes. Each preset can keep its own template, metadata, attachment folder, filename rules, placement, and processing preferences. Override a destination or template for one capture without changing the preset. CAPTURE FROM MORE PLACES Use Vox.md from the app, Share Sheet, custom keyboard, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Shortcuts, or Apple Watch. Pending and failed deliveries remain available for retry, so a temporary folder permission or sync issue does not lose your work. PRIVATE VOICE TRANSCRIPTION Transcribe speech into text on your device with Apple Speech, Whisper, or Parakeet, depending on your settings and device. Audio and transcripts are never sent to Vox.md servers. Use offline dictation and voice typing from the custom keyboard, record on Apple Watch, or export transcripts as TXT, Markdown, JSON, or YAML. PLAIN FILES, NO LOCK-IN Vox.md writes standard Markdown to the folders and Obsidian vaults you choose. You do not need an account or a proprietary notes database. Your files remain readable in any Markdown app. New Capture and transcription require paid access. Choose Individual or Family: weekly, yearly, or lifetime. Eligible subscriptions include a seven-day free trial, then renew automatically at the displayed price until canceled in Apple Account settings. Existing purchases remain valid. Viewing and exporting existing history require no new purchase. PRIVACY Capture contents are processed on your device and saved or sent only to destinations you explicitly configure. This version removes custom app usage analytics and advertising attribution. Optional HTTP delivery sends the capture payload to your chosen endpoint; model downloads, quotes, and other connected features are described in the Privacy Policy. Permissions are requested for the capture features you choose. Earlier versions and retained service records are covered separately. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://vox.isolated.tech/privacy.html

WizardNote turns your voice into finished notes. Tap once to capture a thought, meeting, or idea — the app transcribes it right on your iPhone and saves it as a markdown note to a folder you choose. A perfect companion for Obsidian. NO REQUIRED SUBSCRIPTION, NO ACCOUNT • Transcription runs entirely on device (Whisper) — works offline • Recordings, transcripts, and notes stay with you; no telemetry • Pro is a one-time purchase; WizardNote Cloud is an optional subscription FREE FEATURES • One-tap recording that keeps going with the screen locked • On-device transcription in many languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Czech and more, even mixed), with a background queue • Summaries via ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini: the app prepares the transcript with instructions, you paste it into the chat and paste the reply back. Your chat subscription is enough, no API key needed • Markdown notes, player, archive, audio sharing • Action Button, Control Center, widget, Siri, Live Activity WIZARDNOTE PRO (one-time) • Automatic AI summaries with action items — Apple Intelligence, your own server (LM Studio/Ollama, incl. Tailscale), OpenAI, Anthropic, or Azure AI Foundry (your own keys, stored in Keychain only) • Tasks: action items from summaries as a checklist, sent to Reminders or Calendar in one tap • More accurate transcription models • On-device speaker recognition — who said what, with speakers you can rename • Save directly to your own folder — e.g. an Obsidian vault on iCloud • Or to Apple Notes — automatically via a shortcut • Summary templates for meetings, lectures, or journaling; share note/transcript/summary • Shortcuts: find a note (searches transcripts, not just titles), pull its transcript, summary, tasks or whole markdown note, stop a recording, hand an audio file over for transcription • Notes label AI content: provider and model in the frontmatter, and a line under the summary stating that a model wrote it WIZARDNOTE CLOUD (optional subscription) • AI summaries without your own keys or servers — monthly or yearly, with a quota of transcript hours and optional top-ups • Transcription still happens on your iPhone; only the transcript text goes to the WizardNote server in the EU (Microsoft Azure) • The subscription renews automatically until you cancel it in your Apple ID settings Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://wizardnote.app/privacy Great for quick notes, meetings, ideas on the go, journaling, and getting tasks out of your head into your system.