Comparison

Wave vs Thinkdown

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

Head to head
About

Wave

Features
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Wave adds a private dictation keyboard to your iPhone. Tap the Wave keyboard in any text field, speak in the Wave app, and send the finished transcript back to paste wherever you were typing. Features: - Custom keyboard mic button - On-device speech-to-text - Local speech model choices - Optional filler word cleanup - Clipboard copy and optional transcription history - English translation output option Wave is built for quick drafts, messages, notes, and any place you want speech to become text without sending audio to a transcription service.

About

Thinkdown

This app transforms spoken thoughts into clean, organized notes. It offers various writing styles, learns your vocabulary, and syncs across devices. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience with offline access.

Highlights
  • Voice-to-text transcription
  • Customizable note styles
  • Vocabulary learning
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Offline access
  • Folder and tag organization
Features
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Your AI voice note app and AI journal in one. Talk the way you think, and Thinkdown turns it into a clear note or a journal entry that sounds like you. Tap record and just talk: half sentences, tangents, "wait, no". Thinkdown transcribes it and writes a clean note in the style you pick, with a title and tags. Your recording and transcript stay with the note, so you can always check what you really said. AI JOURNAL • Talk through your day and get a journal entry in your own voice, not a summary. • A daily streak and milestones keep the habit going. • Ask your journal anything, like "what was I worried about last month?", and get an answer from your own entries with the sources it used. • Places on each entry, with Show on map. IT KNOWS YOU • The more you talk, the better it knows you. Every note suggests the people, places and words it heard; one tap saves them to Memory, and from then on they're spelled right. • It fixes itself. Select a word it got wrong, tap Fix and say what you meant. The note updates and Thinkdown remembers how it misheard you, so it doesn't happen again. • It knows where you are. Neighborhood and town names near where you record help it spell local places right. • Add documents as background, so notes about a project get its names and references right. SAY IT YOUR WAY • Record on iPhone from the app, the Lock Screen or Siri, on the Mac with a keyboard shortcut, or on Apple Watch. • Pause and pick up again, or add more to a note later. • 21 voice languages, and you can mix them in one note. READ IT CLEAN • Styles turn the same thought into a clear note, a journal entry, a list, an email or a prompt for an AI assistant. Make your own, too. • Rewrite any note at any time, with every earlier version kept. • Combine several notes into one. • Connect Claude, ChatGPT or another AI app to your notes from Settings > AI apps. • Import notes from other apps on the Mac. MAKE IT YOURS • Choose the colors you like, in light or dark. ON ALL YOUR DEVICES • Notes sync between iPhone, iPad, Mac and the web, and you can read your latest notes on Apple Watch. • Everything works offline and catches up when you're back online. • Tags, pins, search and a 30-day Deleted page. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Sign in with Apple or a code sent to your email. No passwords. • No ads, no tracking, and your notes are never used to train AI models. • Delete your account and all of its data from Settings at any time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Thinkdown Terms of Service: https://thinkdown.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://thinkdown.app/privacy

Screenshots

Wave4 screens
Thinkdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wave at none against Thinkdown's 2. Wave also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Thinkdown's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Thinkdown sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Wave asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Wave versus Thinkdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWaveThinkdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSantiago Alonso AlexandreHONGQUAN XIE

In-app purchases

None

Wave

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Thinkdown

Subscriptions2
  • Thinkdown Pro Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Thinkdown Pro Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Wave free?
Wave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thinkdown free?
Thinkdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wave or Thinkdown have ads?
Neither Wave nor Thinkdown shows ads.

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