Comparison

Lecture Recorder vs ReQuest

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

Head to head
About

Lecture Recorder

Capture lectures, generate transcripts, and create study materials like summaries, flashcards, and quizzes. Organize your learning materials and ask questions about your lectures for deeper understanding.

Highlights
  • Record lectures with one tap
  • AI-powered transcripts and summaries
  • Create flashcards and quizzes
  • Visualize topics with mind maps
  • Timestamped note-taking
  • Upload and review slides
  • Ask questions about lecture content
Features
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Turn every lecture into organized study material. Lecture Recorder is the AI-powered lecture companion built for students who want to capture more, review faster, and study better. Record live lectures or import audio you already have, then turn each session into a searchable transcript, clear summaries, flashcards, quizzes, mind maps, notes, and more. Instead of juggling voice memos, scattered notes, and last-minute cramming, you get one focused workspace for learning. Whether you are sitting in class, revising before an exam, or catching up on a missed lecture, Lecture Recorder helps you go from listening to understanding to remembering. WHY STUDENTS USE LECTURE RECORDER • Record lectures with one tap • Import audio from classes, seminars, or voice notes • Turn recordings into searchable transcripts • Generate AI summaries to review faster • Create flashcards and quizzes from your own lectures • Visualize topics with mind maps • Take timestamped notes while you listen • Upload slides and review them alongside the lecture • Organize courses and subjects with folders • Ask questions about your lecture and get grounded answers • Export and sync your study material BUILT FOR REAL STUDY WORKFLOWS Lecture Recorder is not just for recording. It is built for the full learning cycle. Use it during class to capture the lecture and write notes in real time. Come back later to review the transcript, jump to key moments, revisit important explanations, and turn your lecture into active study tools. Instead of re-listening to everything from the beginning, you can quickly find the part you need, review the summary, test yourself with quiz questions, and reinforce memory with flashcards. POWERFUL ON IPHONE. EVEN BETTER ON IPAD On iPad, Lecture Recorder becomes a focused study workspace. Open transcript, notes, and slides together in split view for a more natural way to review long lectures, annotate material, and study side by side. PERFECT FOR • University lectures • Class revision • Exam preparation • Online courses • Guest lectures and seminars • Language and theory-heavy subjects • Students who want better notes without extra friction FREE TO START Get started for free, then upgrade to Pro for more transcription time and premium study features. If you want one app that helps you capture lectures, stay organized, and actually study from what you recorded, Lecture Recorder is built for you. Privacy Policy: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Use: https://backoffice.nicolaeusebi.com/Legal/PrivacyBody

About

ReQuest

Features
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Ask your own lectures, meetings and PDFs, and get an answer that shows you exactly where it came from. Record a class or a client call, drop in the slides and the reading, then simply ask: "what did we agree on the budget?", "how did she define elasticity?" Every answer points back to the exact second or page it came from, so you can hear it in the speaker's own words instead of taking the AI's word for it. The AI doing that work sits on your iPhone. The transcription model and the language model are both downloaded onto the device, so there is no account, nothing is uploaded, and it all works in Airplane Mode. For anything confidential, that matters more than any feature on this list. WHILE YOU RECORD Words appear on screen as they are spoken. Photograph a slide or a whiteboard and it is pinned to that exact second of audio, so tapping it later jumps you straight back to the moment it was explained. No scrubbing through ninety minutes to find the part you missed. AFTER IT ENDS A structured summary of what was discussed is written for you automatically, topic by topic, next to the full transcript you can search. FOR WORK Meetings, interviews and workshops stay on your device, not on someone else's server. Keep a notebook per client or project, add its PDFs and Word documents, and ask across all of it at once. With Pro, speaker labels show who said what. FOR STUDY Flashcards are built from your own lectures and notes, then scheduled with spaced repetition so each one comes back right before you would have forgotten it. Quizzes, mind maps and infographic posters turn a semester of recordings into something you can revise from. IN YOUR LANGUAGE ReQuest speaks 17 languages, its own interface included. Record in any of them and your transcript, summary and flashcards come back in that same language. INCLUDED FREE • Unlimited recording and on-device transcription • Live transcript as you record • Slide and whiteboard photos synced to the audio timeline • AI summaries of every recording • AI flashcards with spaced repetition • Ask questions across everything you have saved, with citations • Import PDFs, Word documents, notes and images • Up to 3 notebooks • Try quizzes, mind maps and infographic posters, 15 times each REQUEST PRO (requires a paid subscription) • Unlimited notebooks, one per course, client or project • Unlimited quizzes built from your own material • Unlimited mind maps and infographic posters • Export to Markdown, PNG and PDF • Speaker labels, so you can tell who said what WHY ON-DEVICE MATTERS A lecture recording carries your professor's voice. A meeting recording carries your colleagues' and your clients'. Most transcription apps upload both to a server you have never heard of. ReQuest does not have a server. Whisper handles transcription locally, a local language model writes everything else, and neither needs a connection. If you are signed in to iCloud, your material syncs between your own devices through your personal iCloud account. We never receive a copy. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS ReQuest Pro is an auto-renewable subscription: • ReQuest Pro Monthly: $4.99 per month • ReQuest Pro Yearly: $29.99 per year (about $2.50 per month) Prices are in USD and may vary by region; the exact price is always shown before you confirm a purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your device's Settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://clumsycode.com/request/terms Privacy Policy: https://clumsycode.com/request/policy

Screenshots

Lecture Recorder4 screens
ReQuest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ReQuest at every 8 days against Lecture Recorder's every 2 weeks. Lecture Recorder's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Lecture Recorder sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and ReQuest sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lecture Recorder ships an update every 2 weeks, ReQuest every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Lecture Recorder versus ReQuest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLecture RecorderReQuest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (26 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB58 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperNicola EusebiViet Anh Nguyen

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Lecture Recorder

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$99.991 Year
2 purchases

ReQuest

Subscriptions2
  • ReQuest Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • ReQuest Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Lecture Recorder free?
Lecture Recorder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ReQuest free?
ReQuest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lecture Recorder or ReQuest have ads?
Neither Lecture Recorder nor ReQuest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lecture Recorder or ReQuest?
Lecture Recorder ships an update every 2 weeks, and ReQuest every 8 days. Most recently, Lecture Recorder was updated on October 15, 2026 and ReQuest on October 12, 2026.

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