Comparison

Diction vs AIrClock

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

Head to head
About

Diction

This app provides a voice-to-text keyboard that works across all applications. It offers features like tap-to-fix for editing, customizability, and on-device processing for privacy. An optional subscription unlocks advanced cloud models and AI companions for enhanced text generation and editing.

Highlights
  • Speech to text in any app
  • Tap-to-fix smart editing
  • Customizable keyboard layout
  • On-device offline dictation
  • Private voice input
  • Transcription history and search
Features
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Speech to text keyboard for iPhone. Tap the mic, talk, and watch your words appear in any app. Free to start, private by design, 99 languages. Dictate messages, emails, and notes. Works in any app you type in: Notion, WhatsApp, Slack, and everywhere else. No switching, no copy-pasting. Smart QWERTY keyboard. Autocorrect fixes typos as you type and splits run-together words. Word suggestions appear above the keys. Correct a suggestion back once and Diction stops offering it. Tap-to-fix. Select a word and smart alternatives appear. Spelling fixes, grammar corrections, better phrasing. One tap to accept. Save to My Words. Teach Diction your names and jargon for better accuracy over time. Transcription history with search. Copy, retry, and review past dictations. Failed transcriptions retry automatically so nothing gets lost. The Diction app has zero analytics, zero tracking, and zero data collection. AES-256-GCM encryption. X25519 key exchange. Diction One (paid subscription): highest-accuracy cloud speech models and Writing Tools. Turn natural speech into polished text, edit or rewrite by voice, translate on the fly. Select text and dictate what to change. Free trial included. On-device mode: runs locally on your iPhone with no internet needed. Audio never leaves your device. Self-hosted: run your own speech recognition server. Your network, your data, your models. Pairing is a scan: your server prints a QR code, you point the app at it, and keys rotate themselves after that. Writing Tools works there too, free, because it is your hardware. Open-source server on GitHub. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

AIrClock

Features
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ネオミニマルなデザインで、毎日の時間管理をもっとスマートに。 AIrClock は、アラーム・タスク・メモ・タイマー・時報をひとつにまとめた時間管理アプリです。落ち着いたダークテーマとネオンカラーの洗練されたUIで、必要な機能を迷わず使えます。 主な機能 ・タグで整理できるアラーム 「仕事」「夜勤」などタグ別にアラームを分類 曜日ごとの繰り返し設定、「○分後」のクイック設定に対応 アラーム音は端末の音源から自由に選択 停止するまで鳴り続ける設計。音量ボタン・ワイヤレスイヤホンの操作でも止められます ・タグ・曜日で管理できるタスク タグ別にタスクを分類し、あとからいつでも変更可能 期日(日付・時刻)を設定してリマインド 「月・水・金だけ」など曜日を指定すれば、対象外の日は自動で完了扱いに ドラッグ、またはタップした順に並べ替え ・メモ 思いついたことをその場でサッと記録 タイムスタンプ付きで後から見返しやすい ピン留めで重要なメモを上部に固定 ・音声入力(AI) 話しかけるだけでアラーム・タスク・メモを自動登録 1回の発話で複数の予定をまとめて登録 「30分後に会議」のような相対的な時刻表現にも対応 無料プラン(ご自身のOpenAI APIキー)とプレミアムプラン(APIキー不要)の両方に対応 ・3モードのタイマー 1回きり/リピート/ポモドーロ(作業・休憩の自動切り替え) モードごとに最後に使った時間を記憶 ・時報 毎正時(と30分ごと)に音でお知らせ シンプルだけど頼れる。AIrClock で時間を味方につけましょう。 利用規約: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Diction4 screens
AIrClock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Diction at 17.0 against AIrClock's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Diction sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and AIrClock sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diction ships an update fortnightly, AIrClock every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Diction versus AIrClock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDictionAIrClock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOndrej Machalakazuaki morooka

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Diction

Subscriptions2
  • Diction Cloud$5.991 Month
  • Diction Cloud$59.991 Year
2 purchases

AIrClock

Subscriptions2
  • プレミアム月額プラン$1.991 Month
  • プレミアム年額プラン$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Diction free?
Diction is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AIrClock free?
AIrClock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Diction or AIrClock have ads?
Neither Diction nor AIrClock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Diction or AIrClock?
Diction ships an update fortnightly, and AIrClock every 9 days. Most recently, Diction was updated on October 25, 2026 and AIrClock on October 10, 2026.

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