Comparison

LocalVoiceNote vs Time Log

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

Head to head
About

LocalVoiceNote

This app converts speech to text using on-device AI for enhanced privacy. It offers offline transcription, summarization, and action generation, with a fallback to a bundled Whisper model for broader language and device support. Transcripts can be saved, searched, revised, and translated.

Highlights
  • On-device speech recognition
  • AI-powered summarization and actions
  • Offline transcription with Whisper fallback
  • Live transcript display
  • Save, rename, and search transcripts
  • Text revision and translation
Features
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LocalVoiceNote turns speech into text directly on your iPhone or iPad β€” built around Apple's own on-device intelligence, with privacy first. Apple Speech comes first. On supported devices, LocalVoiceNote transcribes with Apple's built-in on-device speech recognition β€” the same engine the system uses β€” so you get fast, natural, low-power results with no setup and no account. Apple Intelligence powers the thinking. On devices with Apple Intelligence, your transcripts are polished, summarised, and turned into actions entirely on-device. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored on a server, and none of it costs you a subscription. Whisper keeps you covered. If Apple Speech isn't available for your device or your language, LocalVoiceNote falls back automatically to a bundled Whisper Large model. It ships inside the app, needs no download and no network, and covers languages and older devices Apple Speech doesn't reach β€” so transcription always works. LocalVoiceNote is designed for fast capture: tap once to start recording, speak naturally, and watch your transcript appear live. Save transcripts automatically, rename them, search later, revise text, and translate supported content when needed. Whether you are capturing meeting notes, voice memos, ideas on the go, lecture summaries, bilingual phrases, or quick dictated drafts, LocalVoiceNote keeps the workflow simple and local.

About

Time Log

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Track time spent studying, creating and reading with Start and Stop. Time Log is a simple activity tracker for understanding how you spend your own time. START WITH AN ACTIVITY NAME Add an activity with just a name. Tap Start to save its starting time and see the elapsed time. Switching to another activity ends the current session and starts the next at the same instant. Only one activity runs at a time. DAILY AND WEEKLY TOTALS ON HOME See today’s total and the current week, starting Monday, without opening a separate dashboard. Tap an activity to review its totals and history. Sessions crossing midnight are split across the days they overlap. ADD AND CORRECT PAST SESSIONS Forgot to record a session? Add it in History. Edit start and end times, change the activity or delete a record. Overlapping sessions are rejected to avoid double counting. Archive activities while keeping their history. RESTORE WHEN YOU RETURN Time includes screen lock, app closure and device restarts until you stop. When you return, elapsed time is calculated from the saved starting time. A reminder appears for long sessions so you can check for a forgotten stop. Your activity records stay on your device. No account or proprietary server sync. Free to use with a small banner ad. Recording works even when ads are unavailable. See the privacy policy for advertising SDK data processing. Available in English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese. Dark mode follows your device setting. Daily totals use the device’s current time zone. Manual clock changes cannot always be detected. OS backup restoration is not guaranteed. Designed for personal activity records, not attendance verification, payroll or invoicing.

Screenshots

LocalVoiceNote4 screens
Time Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Time Log at none against LocalVoiceNote's 1. Time Log also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). LocalVoiceNote's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. LocalVoiceNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Time Log asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LocalVoiceNote ships an update weekly, Time Log every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
LocalVoiceNote versus Time Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocalVoiceNoteTime Log
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyWeekly β€” betterEvery 9 days
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS17.015.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size575 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLiang ChengDOTNULL Co.,Ltd

In-app purchases

1 purchases

LocalVoiceNote

One-time1
  • LocalVoiceNote Pro$5.99
None

Time Log

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LocalVoiceNote free?
LocalVoiceNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Time Log free?
Time Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LocalVoiceNote or Time Log have ads?
Time Log shows ads; LocalVoiceNote does not.
Which is updated more often, LocalVoiceNote or Time Log?
LocalVoiceNote ships an update weekly, and Time Log every 9 days. Most recently, LocalVoiceNote was updated on October 31, 2026 and Time Log on October 31, 2026.

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