Comparison

Talkdown vs GPT Realtime Assistant

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

Head to head
About

Talkdown

Features
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Talkdown turns your voice into polished, organized notes. RECORD & TRANSCRIBE Hit record and start talking. Talkdown transcribes your voice with automatic formatting, punctuation, and smart title generation. Notes are categorized automatically. Supports 50+ languages. RICH EDITOR A full rich-text editor with formatting toolbar. Type or dictate to shape your notes exactly the way you want. Bold, italic, headings, lists, quotes โ€” everything you need. VOICE EDITING (Pro) Say what you want to change and watch it happen. Extract action items, format as meeting notes, add structure, rewrite in a different tone, split into sections, or translate to any language. Works with selected text or the entire note. CONVERSATIONS (Pro) Record meetings and interviews with automatic speaker identification. Each voice gets its own lane, producing clean dialogue you can search and reference later. Edit speaker names and messages after recording. Resume and continue later. SMART LIBRARY Every note is auto-titled, categorized, and searchable. Browse by topic, star your favorites, and find anything across months of recordings in seconds. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Notes sync via iCloud. Audio is processed securely via OpenAI and never stored on our servers. No account required. Terms of Use: https://talkdown.cc/terms Privacy Policy: https://talkdown.cc/privacy

About

GPT Realtime Assistant

Features
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GPT Realtime Assistant is a live AI assistant for iPhone and iPad. It listens to the conversation you are in and helps while it is still going on: it translates speech into the language you choose, writes a live transcript, and answers questions during meetings, interviews and lectures. LIVE TRANSLATION Meeting relatives who speak another language, or a client or a doctor abroad? Start a translation session and choose the language to translate into. The spoken language is detected automatically, and each sentence appears translated moments after the speaker pauses, and can also be read aloud. Dozens of languages are available, including Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Brazilian and European Portuguese, Mexican Spanish and Canadian French. LIVE TRANSCRIPT AND ANSWERS In a meeting, interview or lecture, what is said appears as a transcript while people speak, with the assistant's answers beside it: a fact, a better phrasing, the next step. Interrupt an answer by speaking, choose brief, balanced or detailed answers, and have them read aloud if you like. 17 READY-MADE TEMPLATES Interview, negotiation, sprint planning, daily standup, sales demo, incident review, user research, lecture notes, one-on-one, translation and more, each with roles and instructions already written. Or start a blank session and write the instructions yourself. AFTER THE SESSION Each session stays as a record in its project. Useful moments become tasks with status, priority and dates, and sessions can be scheduled with reminders. CONTEXT AND PRACTICE โ€ข Add a photo or a screenshot, and the assistant answers with it in view. โ€ข Karaoke readback highlights each word as you read aloud, to rehearse a talk or practice a language. PRIVACY Sessions start and stop only when you say so. During a session, audio goes from your device directly to OpenAI's Realtime API; our servers never receive your audio or transcripts, and your sessions are stored on your device. Ask people before you record them: the rules differ by country, workplace and school. Sessions on iPhone and iPad need an internet connection. SUBSCRIPTION Free to download; a monthly subscription is needed to use it. It includes 2,000 AI credits a month, and packs of 1,000 or 5,000 credits add more. Credits are spent on the audio and text a session uses. One subscription covers iPhone, iPad and Mac, and it renews until canceled in your Apple Account settings at least 24 hours before the period ends. GPT Realtime Assistant is made by Arte Soft and is not affiliated with OpenAI. Website: https://gpt-realtime-assistant.arte-soft.com/ Privacy Policy: https://gpt-realtime-assistant.arte-soft.com/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Talkdown4 screens
GPT Realtime Assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Talkdown at weekly against GPT Realtime Assistant's every 3 months. GPT Realtime Assistant's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Talkdown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and GPT Realtime Assistant sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Talkdown ships an update weekly, GPT Realtime Assistant every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Talkdown versus GPT Realtime Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTalkdownGPT Realtime Assistant
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size6 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRuslan ShashkovArte Soft Ltd

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Talkdown

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$49.99
3 purchases

GPT Realtime Assistant

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly GPT Assistant$9.991 Month
One-time2
  • 1,000 Credits$4.99
  • 5,000 Credits$19.99

Questions

Is Talkdown free?
Talkdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GPT Realtime Assistant free?
GPT Realtime Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Talkdown or GPT Realtime Assistant have ads?
Neither Talkdown nor GPT Realtime Assistant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Talkdown or GPT Realtime Assistant?
Talkdown ships an update weekly, and GPT Realtime Assistant every 3 months. Most recently, Talkdown was updated on November 5, 2026 and GPT Realtime Assistant on November 5, 2026.

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