Comparison

LocalNote vs Onyx

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

Head to head
About

LocalNote

Record, transcribe, and summarize audio privately on your device. This app allows you to capture important moments with bookmarks, generate summaries, and ask questions about your notes. All data remains on your device unless you choose to share it.

Highlights
  • One-tap recording
  • AI-powered transcription
  • Customizable summaries
  • Q&A on notes
  • On-device privacy
  • Searchable transcripts
  • Bookmark important moments
Features
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LocalNote turns meetings, lectures, interviews, and ideas into private, searchable voice notes on iPhone and iPad. Record first. After you stop, LocalNote transcribes the audio, builds a searchable transcript, and keeps the recording ready for replay. CAPTURE WHAT MATTERS - Record with one tap - Mark Bookmark, Important, To-Do, Question, or Idea moments as you go - Pause, resume, and recover from common audio interruptions - Add text-only notes when audio is not needed TURN AUDIO INTO USEFUL NOTES - Review and edit the transcript - Generate Executive, Key Points, or Action Items summaries - Ask questions about one note at a time - Create custom summary formats - Search titles, transcripts, summaries, and tags - Use AI Search to broaden a search when exact words are missing - Share note text and recordings with other apps PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No LocalNote account - No LocalNote cloud-notes backend - Recordings, transcripts, summaries, tags, and answers stay on your device unless you choose to share them - Apple speech and on-device language technologies do the processing; feature availability depends on compatible devices and required downloaded assets TRY IT BEFORE YOU SUBSCRIBE Preview a sample note or record your own example before choosing a plan. A monthly or yearly subscription is required to save notes and unlock the full app. Purchases are processed by Apple through your Apple ID. Please ask permission before recording other people and follow local laws. Privacy Policy: https://localvoicenotes.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://localvoicenotes.com/terms Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Onyx

Features
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Meet Onyx, the private AI assistant that runs entirely on your iPhone. Ask anything. Get instant answers. No account, no internet, nothing shared. A REAL AI ASSISTANT, THE ONE YOU ALREADY KNOW Ask questions, brainstorm ideas, write emails and messages, summarize long texts, translate languages, get explanations on any topic, fix your code, prepare for an interview, plan a trip. Onyx does everything you expect from a modern AI chat, with real conversations and follow-up questions. 100% PRIVATE, BY DESIGN Every question and answer stays on your iPhone. Nothing is sent to our servers, and your data is never used. Not even we can see what you ask. WORKS COMPLETELY OFFLINE Download an AI model once and use it anywhere. On a flight, in the subway, abroad with no signal. Onyx keeps working when other AI apps stop. HUNDREDS OF MODELS, ONE PERFECT FOR YOU Llama, Qwen, Gemma, and many more models, all free. Onyx analyzes your iPhone and highlights the ones that will run best on it, so you get the most capable assistant without guessing. FAST AND BEAUTIFUL Answers appear in real time as the AI writes. Clean formatting, elegant design, smooth from start to finish. No subscription. No data collection. Just you and a powerful AI that respects you. Download Onyx and take back control of your AI.

Screenshots

LocalNote4 screens
Onyx4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Onyx at none against LocalNote's 2. Onyx also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). LocalNote's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. LocalNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Onyx asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
LocalNote versus Onyx: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocalNoteOnyx
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid BalderstonDavid Azancot

In-app purchases

2 purchases

LocalNote

Subscriptions2
  • LocalNote Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • LocalNote Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
None

Onyx

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LocalNote free?
LocalNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Onyx free?
Onyx is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LocalNote or Onyx have ads?
Onyx shows ads; LocalNote does not.

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