Comparison

MyLLMChat vs Voice Memo to Text Notes

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

Head to head
About

MyLLMChat

Features
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MyLLMChat is a fully local AI chat app deeply optimized for Apple Silicon. All inference runs on your device — no chat content, prompts, or personal data ever leaves your Mac. Privacy is the default, not an upgrade. Highlights: • Fully offline — no internet required after a model is downloaded • Broad model support: Llama 3, Gemma 2, Qwen 2.5, DeepSeek, Mistral, and more • Built on mlc-llm + Metal — squeezes every drop of performance out of your M-series chip • Multimodal: image understanding, plus PDF / Word / Markdown document RAG with cited sources • Voice mode: on-device Whisper STT and high-quality TTS for natural voice conversations • Rich rendering: Markdown, LaTeX math, Mermaid diagrams, syntax highlighting for 50+ languages • End-to-end encrypted iCloud sync across Mac, iPhone, and iPad • Built-in OpenAI-compatible local API server — wire your local model into any third-party tool • Pro sampling controls: Temperature, Top P, Top K, Min P, frequency / presence / repeat penalties Built for lawyers, doctors, researchers, developers, and creators — anyone who needs serious AI help without handing data to the cloud.

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Voice Memo to Text Notes

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Say it once, find it forever. Echo turns a rushed voice memo into a transcript you can search a month later — without your words ever leaving your phone. Most recorders give you a list of untitled clips. Echo gives you a vault of ideas you can actually open: every memo transcribed on-device with Apple's speech engine, tagged with words pulled from what you said, filed into folders, and mined for the themes you keep circling back to. WHAT YOU GET • Capture a thought in one tap, with pause and resume when the moment interrupts you • Read what you said — every memo is transcribed on the device, so recall never means re-listening • Find any idea by typing a word from the title, transcript, tags, or notes • Skip the naming chore — Echo suggests tags from the transcript the second you stop recording • Get through a long memo fast with 0.5x to 2x playback, 15-second skips, and a waveform you can scrub • See what your mind keeps returning to with tag frequency and weekday-recording charts in Patterns PERFECT FOR • Founders and creators who catch their best ideas on a walk, not at a desk • Journalers who process the day out loud and want to reread it later • Students and researchers turning lecture and interview audio into searchable text • Anyone who talks faster than they type and hates losing the thread WHY NOT JUST USE THE BUILT-IN RECORDER? A stock recorder saves audio. Echo saves the meaning: the words become text you can search, tags you can filter, and patterns you can read. Add folders with their own colors and icons, per-memo notes, and a playback screen built for skimming, and the difference is the gap between "I recorded that somewhere" and having it on screen in two seconds. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Transcription runs on your iPhone using Apple's on-device speech recognition. Recordings, transcripts, tags, and notes are stored locally. No account, no sign-in, no cloud upload, no ads, and no analytics of your voice. FULL ACCESS Echo is a paid app. Full access is available as an auto-renewing weekly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in your App Store account settings. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Record your next idea with Echo and read it back before you forget why it mattered. Terms of Service: https://pnkl26.web.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://pnkl26.web.app/privacy-policy Support: pnkhanhlinh0206@gmail.com

Screenshots

MyLLMChat4 screens
Voice Memo to Text Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: MyLLMChat at 3 against Voice Memo to Text Notes's 1. Voice Memo to Text Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. MyLLMChat sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Voice Memo to Text Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
MyLLMChat versus Voice Memo to Text Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyLLMChatVoice Memo to Text Notes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJiangsu Chengge Technology Co., Ltd.Linh Phan Nhat Khanh

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MyLLMChat

One-time2
  • 7-Day Free TrialFree
  • Lifetime Premium$2.99
3 purchases

Voice Memo to Text Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Echo Premium Weekly$5.997 Days
  • Echo Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Audio Recorder Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is MyLLMChat free?
MyLLMChat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Voice Memo to Text Notes free?
Voice Memo to Text Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MyLLMChat or Voice Memo to Text Notes have ads?
Neither MyLLMChat nor Voice Memo to Text Notes shows ads.

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