Comparison

Voice Note Pro | AI Notes vs ActionNote

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

Head to head
About

Voice Note Pro | AI Notes

Features
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Voice Note Pro helps you capture thoughts, meetings, ideas, reminders, and follow-ups by voice, then turn them into organized notes and actions you can actually use. Record a voice note and get local transcription on your device. When you want more structure, optional AI can create titles, summaries, action items, tags, calendar suggestions, reminders, and follow-up tasks. OFFLINE FIRST Transcription runs locally on your device using Whisper AI. No account is required for the offline capture flow. With AI turned off, recording and transcription stay on your phone. OPTIONAL AI WHEN YOU WANT IT Enable AI to turn your voice notes into: Clear titles Concise summaries Interactive to-do lists Suggested tags Calendar-ready events Follow-up reminders Searchable context for Ask AI Structured actions for planning FROM NOTE TO ACTION Voice Note Pro is more than a recorder. Your notes can become: Action items with priorities, due dates, and times Daily Review items Calendar suggestions Smart reminders Task Board cards Searchable memory for later Follow-up plans linked back to the original note DAILY REVIEW See what needs your attention today. Review overdue items, reminders, recent captures, open todos, unscheduled tasks, and follow-ups from your notes. Plan items for today, tomorrow, next week, or a custom date and time. ACTION CENTER Use the Action Center to process tasks, reminders, and calendar suggestions from your notes. Quickly schedule follow-ups, create calendar entries, plan unscheduled work, and keep your captured thoughts moving forward. TASK BOARD Move follow-ups from notes into a visual task board. Organize projects, waiting items, next actions, and planned work while keeping tasks connected to the original voice note. SMART REMINDERS AND CALENDAR Voice Note Pro can detect dates, times, appointments, and follow-ups so you can create reminders or calendar events without rewriting everything manually. ASK AI AND MEMORY Ask questions across your notes and use AI Memory to keep important context available for later. Turn scattered voice captures into searchable, reusable knowledge. ORGANIZE EVERYTHING Use folders, categories, tags, pinned notes, search, filters, done states, priorities, due dates, and task workflows to keep your captured thoughts under control. BUILT FOR Professionals capturing meeting notes and follow-ups Students recording lectures and study thoughts Creators saving ideas on the go Busy people who think better out loud Anyone who wants private voice notes that become useful actions BACKUP AND SECURITY App lock with PIN, password, or biometrics Encrypted local backups Google Drive and OneDrive backup and restore Light, dark, and AMOLED black themes Home screen widget for quick capture Apple Watch support for quick voice capture FREE VS PRO Free gives you private voice recording, local transcription, text notes, and limited AI usage. Pro unlocks the advanced workflow: more AI usage, Daily Review, Action Center, AI Memory, Ask AI, richer organization, task workflows, board actions, custom planning, backup and sync tools, and productivity features designed to help you act on what you capture. PRIVACY Voice Note Pro is built around private capture. Offline transcription runs locally on your device. Optional AI features use encrypted connections when enabled and can be turned off anytime. Voice Note Pro is built for fast capture, private transcription, and practical organization. Privacy Policy: https://voicenotepro.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ActionNote

Capture ideas and commitments through voice, text, or photos, and transform them into actionable tasks with reminders. Track promises made by you and others, and get meeting summaries with named speakers and decisions. Access your notes and calendar in one place for a clear overview of your day.

Highlights
  • AI-generated summaries and actions from notes
  • Bilingual (Arabic/English) note-taking
  • Voice, text, and photo input
  • Meeting recording and transcription with speaker identification
  • Integrated calendar and task view
  • Actionable reminders and promise tracking
Features
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Never forget what you promised. Talk, type or snap a page, and ActionNote turns it into actions with reminders, in Arabic, English or both in one sentence. Meet Noto, the little paper friend who keeps your word with you. WHAT YOU SAY BECOMES WHAT YOU DO • Every note gets a title, a summary, key points and real actions with dates and reminders • "You promised" and "Others promised" keep track of promises both ways, with names • Your own words are kept under the summary, word for word • Speak Arabic and English in the same sentence; the note keeps both CAPTURE IT ANY WAY • Talk, type, photograph a page or import audio • Share voice notes, text or pictures in from WhatsApp and any app • Record from the Your day and Quick Record widgets, Control Center, Siri or your Apple Watch • The ActionNote keyboard puts a microphone in every app you type in MEETINGS WITH WHO SAID WHAT Record a meeting and get minutes with the speakers named, decisions, open questions and actions for each person. Recording on this iPhone is free; cloud minutes with speakers are part of Pro+. A notification tells you when your minutes are ready, even with the app closed. ASK YOUR NOTES "What did I promise Omar?" Get the answer with the notes it came from. YOUR DAY, AT A GLANCE Today shows what is due, what you promised and your calendar on one screen. The Daily Noto is your morning paper. Recordings and meetings show on your lock screen and in the Dynamic Island. EVERY PROMISE KEPT Every action you finish becomes a paper star in Noto's jar, and a kept promise earns a gold one. Noto earns things for his room from what you really do. Nothing is for sale and nothing is taken away. No streaks, no guilt. YOURS Notes live on your iPhone and your own iCloud. Audio is sent to be transcribed and is not kept. Works on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, in Arabic, English, Spanish and French. PLANS Start free, no account needed for your first note. Pro and Pro+ are auto renewing subscriptions; Pro Lifetime is a one time purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID and renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://getactionnote.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://getactionnote.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Voice Note Pro | AI Notes4 screens
ActionNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

Voice Note Pro | AI Notes and ActionNote 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 · 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. Voice Note Pro | AI Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and ActionNote sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Voice Note Pro | AI Notes ships an update weekly, ActionNote every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Voice Note Pro | AI Notes versus ActionNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVoice Note Pro | AI NotesActionNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size299 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDenis CencigKhaled Shemy

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Voice Note Pro | AI Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Annual Pro7 Days trial$89.991 Year
5 purchases

ActionNote

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • ActionNote Pro+ Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Premium Annually$29.991 Year
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  • ActionNote Pro+ Yearly$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • ActionNote Pro Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Voice Note Pro | AI Notes free?
Voice Note Pro | AI Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ActionNote free?
ActionNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Voice Note Pro | AI Notes or ActionNote have ads?
Neither Voice Note Pro | AI Notes nor ActionNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Voice Note Pro | AI Notes or ActionNote?
Voice Note Pro | AI Notes ships an update weekly, and ActionNote every 6 days. Most recently, Voice Note Pro | AI Notes was updated on November 5, 2026 and ActionNote on November 10, 2026.

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