Comparison

Note Taker AI vs TextDeck

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

Head to head
About

Note Taker AI

Record and transcribe conversations, meetings, and lectures locally on your device. AI analyzes audio to provide summaries, action items, and speaker identification without needing an internet connection. Organize and chat with your recordings for enhanced productivity.

Highlights
  • On-device AI analysis
  • Automatic transcription in 15 languages
  • Speaker identification
  • Smart summaries and action items
  • Offline operation
  • Privacy-focused design
  • Apple Watch and Live Activity integration
Features
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You paid for an iPhone with Apple Intelligence built in. Notetaker AI is the app that finally puts it to work. Record any conversation, meeting, interview, lecture, or voice note. In seconds, get a full transcription, then let Apple Foundation Models — running entirely on your device — correct the text, identify speakers, generate a summary, extract key points, surface action items, and organize next steps. No internet. No subscription. No account. No data leaving your phone. This is not another recorder tied to a cloud plan. Notetaker AI is built natively for iOS 26 using Apple Speech for transcription, Apple Foundation Models for analysis, and Apple ActivityKit for Live Activities. You already own the hardware. Notetaker AI is the missing piece. RECORD ANYTHING Start with one tap. Pause and resume anytime. Audio is captured in high-quality AAC 48 kHz, the same codec used by Apple Voice Memos. A Live Activity on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island shows elapsed time and audio levels in real time. You can also start, pause, and save recordings from your Apple Watch. INSTANT TRANSCRIPTION IN 15 LANGUAGES Powered by Apple SpeechAnalyzer, Notetaker AI supports French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Russian, Turkish, and Polish. Long recordings are automatically split, processed, merged, and structured with speaker detection. AI ANALYSIS WITH APPLE FOUNDATION MODELS No ChatGPT. No API key. No cloud. Your iPhone generates: • corrected transcription with punctuation • speaker identification • smart summaries • key discussion points • action items and next steps • topic tags • auto-generated titles Everything runs on the Neural Engine, offline and on-device. CHAT WITH YOUR RECORDINGS Ask questions like: “What decisions were made?”, “List all action items,” or “What did Marie say about the budget?” The AI answers using the full transcription context, entirely on-device. DESIGNED FOR PRIVACY Zero data leaves your iPhone. No account. No sign-in. No tracking. Recordings stay stored locally in your Documents folder, protected with Face ID and passcode lock. No server. No cloud. No third party. SMART ORGANIZATION Notetaker AI automatically generates useful titles instead of “New Recording.” Favorite important recordings, filter by date or duration, and quickly find what matters. Calendar integration detects upcoming meetings, sends “Record now” reminders before calls, and a home screen widget gives you instant access to quick recording. APPLE WATCH + LIVE ACTIVITY Control recordings directly from your wrist and monitor them in real time. On iPhone, recording status stays visible on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island with timer, waveform, and pause state always in view. WHY IT’S FREE Because Apple Intelligence already runs on your iPhone. Notetaker AI simply orchestrates the native frameworks Apple built into the device you already paid for. No servers to maintain. No AI API costs. Just your iPhone, unlocked to its full potential. Requires iOS 26 and Apple Intelligence enabled on device.

About

TextDeck

Streamline your typing with reusable text templates and AI-powered prompt enhancement. Create custom snippets with fill-in blanks that paste directly into any app. All processing happens on-device for maximum privacy and offline functionality.

Highlights
  • Reusable text snippets with fill-in blanks
  • On-device AI for prompt improvement and placeholder suggestions
  • Global hotkey for instant access
  • Frecency sorting for frequently used templates
  • Community prompt library with offline access
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • 100% local processing and privacy
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The text you retype, one shortcut away. TextDeck keeps your snippets, replies and AI prompts as reusable templates with fill-in blanks — hit the shortcut, fill the blanks, and it pastes straight into the app you came from. HOW IT WORKS Create a snippet like: "Write a {{Tone}} email to {{Recipient}} about {{Topic}}" — then just fill in the blanks each time. One tap copies or pastes the finished text. Done. ON-DEVICE AI - Improve any prompt with one tap — Apple Intelligence rewrites, shortens, or sharpens it - Paste raw text and let AI suggest reusable {{placeholders}} — you choose which to keep - Runs entirely on your device. Nothing is sent to any server. No account, no API key - Requires a device with Apple Intelligence (iOS 26 / macOS 26 or later) INSTANT ACCESS - Global hotkey opens TextDeck instantly from any app - Frecency sorting puts your most-used templates at the top - Search across all templates and categories in seconds GLOBAL PROMPT LIBRARY - Browse and install free community prompt packs - Works offline and updates automatically - Open source — anyone can contribute on GitHub - Organize everything into your own categories and collections ALWAYS FREE - No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads — ever - Free, and it stays free SYNC & PRIVACY - iCloud sync keeps your templates on all your Apple devices - 100% local — no accounts, no tracking, no analytics - AI runs on-device — no third-party AI services - Your data never leaves your device unless you enable iCloud Works on Mac, iPad and iPhone. Build your text library once, use it everywhere you type. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Note Taker AI4 screens
TextDeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TextDeck at 5.0 against Note Taker AI's 4.8. TextDeck also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Note Taker AI's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TextDeck holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Note Taker AI has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Note Taker AI ships an update every 2 weeks, TextDeck every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Note Taker AI versus TextDeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNote Taker AITextDeck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperConnected MateJonas Hoettler

Customer experience

Note Taker AI

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

TextDeck

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Note Taker AI

No in-app purchases

None

TextDeck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Note Taker AI free?
Note Taker AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TextDeck free?
TextDeck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Note Taker AI or TextDeck?
TextDeck is rated higher. Note Taker AI averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while TextDeck averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Note Taker AI or TextDeck have ads?
Neither Note Taker AI nor TextDeck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Note Taker AI or TextDeck?
Note Taker AI ships an update every 2 weeks, and TextDeck every 9 days. Most recently, Note Taker AI was updated on October 28, 2026 and TextDeck on October 13, 2026.

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