Comparison

Voca vs Scriba

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

Head to head
About

Voca

Features
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Record a meeting or an interview, get a clean transcript with each speaker labelled, and a summary you can actually send to your team. Everything happens on your iPhone. Your audio never leaves the device — there is no server, no account, and nothing to sign up for. WHO IS SPEAKING Voca separates voices automatically and marks every line with the person who said it. Tap a name to rename it, tap a line to jump straight to that moment in the audio. If the automatic labelling gets something wrong, you can move a line to another speaker in one gesture. WATCH IT WRITE The transcript appears while you are still talking. Minimise the app and the recording keeps going. CHOOSE WHAT RECORDS Pick the microphone before you start — the iPhone, your AirPods, or any mic you have connected. AirPods record in full quality, not phone-call quality. ON A VIDEO CALL If you are on a call with headphones in, Voca tells you before you hit record: sound playing in your headphones never reaches the microphone, so only your own voice would be captured. Put the call on speaker and everyone is recorded. BUILT FOR TWO JOBS Meetings — decisions and tasks, each task attributed to the person who committed to it. Interviews — topics and the substance of what was said, with exact wording preserved for quoting. NO LIMITS THAT MAKE NO SENSE No cap on recording length. No monthly quota of transcripts. No minutes to buy. Because the work happens on your device, there is nothing for us to meter. LANGUAGES On-device transcription supports English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Summaries are generated on device using Apple Intelligence. The app itself is available in 31 languages — switch it any time in Settings. VOCA PRO Recording, transcripts and speaker labels are free and unlimited, always. Pro adds the summary, the tasks and the decisions on every recording — the first three are free — plus export to PDF and text. Premium Monthly — $4.99 per month Premium Yearly — $19.99 per year Prices are in US dollars and vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://voca.gexik.app/privacy.html PRIVACY, PLAINLY No audio upload. No transcript upload. No analytics on your content. Recordings stay in your own iCloud, or only on your phone if you prefer. Requires iPhone with Apple Intelligence for summaries. Transcription and speaker labelling work on any supported device.

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Scriba

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Transcribe a lecture, a meeting or a voice message on your iPhone, then read it, search it and export it. Nothing is uploaded. Free up to 5 minutes per recording; Pro for longer. FREE UP TO 5 MINUTES, THEN A FLAT PRICE Every recording is transcribed in full on your iPhone. Up to 5 minutes is completely free: full transcript, summary, concept map, study cards and action items. For a longer recording you read the first 5 minutes free, and Scriba Pro unlocks the rest instantly, with no re-processing. No per-minute fees, no credits to buy, no weekly plan. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR IPHONE Your recordings and transcripts are never uploaded to a server. No account, no sign-in, no tracking. After a one-time language download, Scriba works in airplane mode, in a basement lecture hall and on the metro, at the same speed. BRING ANYTHING IN • Record with a live transcript as you speak • Import audio files: MP3, M4A, WAV, AIFF • Import a video and Scriba pulls out the audio track • Tap a marker while recording to flag a moment you want to find again • Choose the language, or let Scriba detect it from the ones on your iPhone READ IT PROPERLY • Tap any line to jump the audio there • The line playing now is highlighted as you listen • Playback speed from 0.75x to 2x • Automatic chapters from the speaker's own pauses • Search inside every transcript, and find your notes from iPhone search TURN IT INTO SOMETHING USEFUL • A summary and the key points • A concept map of how the ideas connect • Question-and-answer study cards and a glossary of the terms used • Action items, with who owns them where a name was said All generated on the device from what was actually said. BUILT FOR STUDY AND WORK Students recording lectures. Journalists with interviews. Teams that need the decisions from a meeting. Anyone who gets long voice messages and would rather read them. EXPORT AND SEND Plain text is free. Markdown, PDF, Word-compatible RTF and SRT subtitles come with Scriba Pro. LANGUAGES Scriba transcribes on the device in the languages your iPhone supports, among them English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Settings shows the full list. Requires iOS 26 and an iPhone or iPad that supports on-device speech recognition. SCRIBA PRO (OPTIONAL) • Yearly: USD 39.99 per year, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers • Monthly: USD 6.99 per month • Lifetime: USD 59.99, one payment, no subscription Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Prices are for the United States; in other countries the price is shown in the app and on the App Store before you confirm. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://edgemarket.app/scriba/privacy Questions or problems: info@edgemarket.app

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Verdict

The call

Voca and Scriba are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Voca sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Scriba sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Voca versus Scriba: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVocaScriba
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoman BogomolovDanjel Durmo

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Voca

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly Access$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly Access3 Days trial$19.991 Year
4 purchases

Scriba

Subscriptions3
  • Scriba Pro — Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Pro — Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Scriba Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Scriba Pro — Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Voca free?
Voca is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scriba free?
Scriba is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Voca or Scriba have ads?
Neither Voca nor Scriba shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Voca or Scriba?
Voca ships an update every 3 weeks, and Scriba every 3 weeks. Most recently, Voca was updated on October 28, 2026 and Scriba on October 25, 2026.

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