Comparison

Sayo vs Weiming Note

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

Head to head
About

Sayo

Record voice memos and have them instantly transcribed and organized. The app automatically extracts tasks, ideas, and events from your recordings, with options to sync with your calendar and reminders. Enjoy privacy-focused, on-device AI processing for all your notes.

Highlights
  • On-device AI transcription
  • Automatic task, idea, and event extraction
  • Sync tasks to Apple Reminders
  • Sync events to Apple Calendar
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
  • Home screen widget
Features
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Sayo turns what you say into what you have to do. Tap record and talk, the way you'd talk to a person. Sayo writes it down, then pulls out the parts that matter: the tasks, the dates, the ideas you'd otherwise forget by lunch. IT OPENS ON TODAY The first thing you see is what you actually owe: what's due before midnight, what's overdue, and who you're waiting on, gathered from every memo you've recorded. Three things, not a wall. Tick one off and it folds away. Tap any of it to jump back to the conversation it came from. IT KNOWS WHAT YOU DO Tell Sayo whether your day is showings and closings, calls and demos, jobs and quotes, or lectures and deadlines. It reads every memo that way afterward, names the property or the account in the task, and stops guessing at dates you never said out loud. ASK YOUR MEMOS Weeks later, when you can't remember which conversation it was in, just ask. "What did I promise Diego?" "What have I been putting off?" Sayo answers from your own recordings and shows you exactly which memo it came from. It never makes something up: if you didn't say it, it tells you so. WHAT YOU GET BACK - A clean summary of everything you said - Tasks, with due dates worked out from how you actually speak ("call the dentist Tuesday morning") - Events, ready to drop into your calendar - Ideas and follow-ups, kept separate from the noise BUILT FOR THINKING OUT LOUD - One tap to record, with a live transcript as you speak - Record from your wrist with the Apple Watch app - Lock Screen widget and Control Center button for a thought you'll lose in ten seconds - Siri Shortcuts, hands-free - Import audio or video you already have, or share it in from any app. An hour-long lecture or meeting goes through properly, and you can leave the app while it works. YOUR RECORDINGS, KEPT - Every recording stays, behind one row on the home screen - Search across every transcript - Trim and append to recordings; edit a transcript and re-run the AI - Lock private memos behind Face ID - Recently Deleted, with 30 days to change your mind - Share any memo as plain text, Markdown, or a formatted PDF - Export a full backup whenever you want FREE TO START Record, transcribe, and watch the full AI pipeline work on your own words before you pay for anything. Your free allowance is shown in the app before you reach it. SAYO PRO Ask your memos, unlimited memos, audio editing, the Apple Watch app, PDF and Markdown sharing, and backup export. - Monthly, $9.99, with a 7-day free trial - Annual, $49.99, save 58% - Lifetime, a one-time purchase of $49.99 at launch, if you would rather not subscribe ABOUT YOUR RECORDINGS Sayo's Cloud AI gives the best results, and it works by sending your recording to Sayo's own backend on Cloudflare to be transcribed and analyzed. It is never linked to your identity, never used for advertising, and never sold, and we keep no copy of it. You are asked before this is ever turned on, and you can switch it off in Settings at any time, in which case Sayo processes everything on your device and your audio never leaves the phone. There are no third-party analytics SDKs, no ad identifiers, and no account to create. Your memos sync through your own iCloud, so they stay yours. Terms of Use (EULA): https://0arch.io/sayo/terms Privacy Policy: https://0arch.io/sayo/privacy

About

Weiming Note

A calm, writing-focused note-taking application for daily thoughts and longer entries. It offers seamless syncing across devices and allows users to manage their notes with pinning, archiving, and markdown export. Account deletion is available directly within the app.

Highlights
  • Writing-first workspace
  • Inbox capture
  • Longer note support
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Pin and archive notes
  • Markdown export
  • Direct account deletion
Features
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Weiming Note is a calm, writing-first note workspace for daily writing, inbox capture, and longer notes across iPhone and the web. Sign in with Apple, keep notes synced through an app-owned account, pin and archive what matters, export markdown copies, and delete your account directly in the iPhone app at any time.

Screenshots

Sayo4 screens
Weiming Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Weiming Note at none against Sayo's 3. Sayo's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Sayo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Weiming Note asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sayo against 5.0 for Weiming Note. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Sayo versus Weiming Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSayoWeiming Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoseph RodriguezWeiming Chen

Customer experience

Sayo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Weiming Note

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Sayo

Subscriptions2
  • Sayo Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Sayo Pro Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Sayo Pro Lifetime$199.99
None

Weiming Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sayo free?
Sayo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Weiming Note free?
Weiming Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sayo or Weiming Note?
Sayo and Weiming Note are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Sayo or Weiming Note have ads?
Neither Sayo nor Weiming Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sayo or Weiming Note?
Sayo ships an update weekly, and Weiming Note weekly. Most recently, Sayo was updated on October 24, 2026 and Weiming Note on October 24, 2026.

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