ActiveLens vs Synopsule
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ActiveLens
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ActiveLens turns your calls and meetings into summaries, transcripts, and tasks you can act on. Record a call or a quick voice note, or upload audio you already have. ActiveLens transcribes it, writes a clean summary, and proposes the follow-up tasks for you to review, so nothing from the conversation gets lost. • Calls: every call with its summary, full transcript, and original audio. Search across everything, including what was said in the transcript. • Suggested tasks: after each call, review the proposed follow-ups, edit them, pick an owner, and approve or reject each one. • Tasks: follow-ups from your calls, or created by voice. Set status, priority, due date, assignee, and a checklist. Get notified when a task you assigned changes. • Play it back: listen to the original recording, with the transcript alongside. • Copy or email any summary in a tap. • Light and dark themes. Sign in with Apple, Google, or email. Your data stays in your ActiveLens workspace.
Synopsule
This app transforms your iPhone and Apple Watch into a private transcription studio. It records conversations, provides live transcripts, and identifies speakers locally on your device. Optional AI summaries can be generated using your own keys or through a subscription.
- On-device recording and transcription
- Speaker identification and labeling
- Local AI summarization
- Time-anchored notes and flags
- Full-text search
- Multiple export formats
- Playback and editing tools
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CALENDARS & MEETING REMINDERS Choose Apple calendars, including synced Google accounts, for optional meeting reminders. Recording starts only when you choose Record. Synopsule turns your iPhone and Apple Watch into a private transcription studio. Record any conversation, see a live transcript as you talk, and when you stop, see who said what - all on your device. Everything runs locally by default. Your audio never gets uploaded. RECORD ON iPHONE OR APPLE WATCH Tap record on iPhone for live transcription while you talk. Start from Apple Watch when your phone is not in hand, pause or resume, add markers, and send the saved recording to your paired iPhone for local processing. TRANSCRIBES LOCALLY WITH WHISPER OpenAI's open-source Whisper model runs entirely on your iPhone, optimized for Apple silicon. It transcribes 100 spoken languages: choose one or let Automatic detect it, and optionally translate the speech into English. Accuracy is best for widely spoken languages and larger models. Synopsule itself is available in 41 languages. LABELS AND RECOGNIZES SPEAKERS When a recording finishes, Synopsule figures out who said which line and assigns colored speaker labels on device. Name speakers and reuse saved voices across recordings. Voiceprints stay on your iPhone. NOTES AND FLAGS, ANCHORED IN TIME Jot notes while you record or read. Each note is pinned to the moment, so tap to seek straight back, and your notes can feed into the AI summary as context. OPTIONAL AI SUMMARIES, ON YOUR TERMS Press Summarize, pick a template, and get a structured, speaker-aware recap with action items and open follow-ups. Then choose where it runs: - Bring your own OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google Gemini key. Transcript text goes directly to that provider. - On an Apple Intelligence-capable iPhone, summarize on-device when available. - Or subscribe to Synopsule Pro and run summaries without managing your own key. Synopsule names the destination and asks consent before any text leaves your phone. Your audio is never sent anywhere - only transcript text, only when you ask. SEARCH EVERYTHING Full-text search runs across every transcript. EXPORT ANYWHERE Export to Markdown, Word (.docx), plain text, SRT and VTT subtitles, or interactive HTML. PRIVACY YOU CAN VERIFY - iPhone microphone audio is captured and transcribed on your iPhone. - Apple Watch recordings are stored locally on the Watch until transferred to your paired iPhone for on-device processing. - Transcripts live in protected app storage. Delete any recording whenever you want. - No ads and no cross-app tracking. Optional anonymous product analytics can be turned off in Settings. SYNOPSULE PRO (OPTIONAL) Subscribe monthly ($9.99) or yearly ($99.99) to run AI summaries without managing your own API key. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled; manage or cancel any time in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. The same subscription works on Synopsule for Mac. Requires iOS 17 or later. Apple Watch recording requires watchOS 26 or later and a paired iPhone. Read the full privacy policy at synopsule.com/privacy. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ActiveLens at Free against Synopsule's $4.99. ActiveLens also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Synopsule's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
ActiveLens is free to download; Synopsule costs $4.99 up front. Synopsule sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. ActiveLens asks for nothing beyond the download.
ActiveLens ships an update fortnightly, Synopsule weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ActiveLens | Synopsule |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 214 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ActiveLens | Sunny Nagra |
In-app purchases
ActiveLens
No in-app purchases
Synopsule
- Synopsule Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Synopsule Pro Yearly$99.991 Year





