Comparison

Speech Notes vs Offline Note

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

Head to head
About

Speech Notes

This AI-powered app transcribes spoken audio into text in real-time. It automatically summarizes notes, identifies multiple speakers, and organizes everything into custom folders for easy retrieval. Supports over 10 languages.

Highlights
  • Live audio transcription
  • Automatic AI summaries
  • Multi-speaker detection
  • Folder-based organization
  • Full-text search
  • Supports 10+ languages
  • Voice notes analytics
Features
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Speech Notes is an AI note taker and voice recorder that turns what you say into clear, organized notes. Tap the mic, talk, and watch your words become text in real time. When you stop, AI gives every recording a title, a short summary, action items and keywords. Record lectures, meetings, interviews, sermons, voice memos and quick ideas, then find any of them later by searching every transcript. RECORD AND TRANSCRIBE • One-tap voice recorder with a live transcript on screen while you speak • Speech to text with 12 language options: English (US and UK), Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Arabic, Hindi and Urdu • Pause and resume a recording at any time • The original audio is kept, so you can replay any voice note • A floating microphone button you can drag anywhere on screen AI SUMMARY AND ACTION ITEMS • AI summarizes each voice note in a few clear sentences • Action items are pulled out of the conversation as a checklist • An automatic title and keywords make notes easy to scan • Summaries are written in the language you spoke • Review the AI insight card before you save, then pick a folder MULTI-SPEAKER TRANSCRIPTION • Start a multi-speaker session for meetings, interviews and group discussions • The transcript is split into speaker turns (Speaker A, Speaker B), so you can see who said what • Helpful for meeting notes, meeting minutes, interview transcription and class discussions ORGANIZE AND SEARCH • Save notes into folders such as Work, Personal and Ideas • Search your notes and transcripts by any word • Every note shows its date, time and recording length • Timeline with recent notes and your recording activity for the last 7 days • Optional daily reminder to capture one idea SHARE AND EXPORT • Share a note as PDF, DOC or plain text • Send the transcript, summary and action items by email, messages or any other app MADE FOR • Students: record lectures, get a lecture transcription and revise from short summaries • Professionals: record a meeting and leave with meeting notes and next steps • Journalists and researchers: transcribe interviews and conversations • Teams: keep meeting minutes and decisions in one searchable place • Writers and creators: dictate ideas and drafts instead of typing • Anyone who thinks faster than they type: voice journal, to-do lists and notes to self COMFORTABLE TO USE • Light and dark appearance • App interface in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi and Chinese • Right-to-left layout for Arabic and Urdu • Animated guide that explains each feature the first time you open the app HOW IT WORKS 1. Tap the microphone and start speaking. 2. Watch the live transcription appear as text. 3. Stop the recording. AI creates the title, summary, action items and keywords. 4. Choose a folder and save. Search, replay or share the note whenever you need it. IDEAS FOR YOUR FIRST VOICE NOTES • Record a class and turn the audio into study notes • Capture a team meeting and share the summary afterwards • Speak a shopping list, a journal entry or tomorrow's plan • Record an interview and keep the audio next to the transcript • Save a sermon, a talk or a seminar and read the key points later SPEECH NOTES PRO Speech Notes Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription that removes ads and lifts the free limits. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://appstoreapps2025.blogspot.com/p/privacy-policy-speech-notes-ai-note.html Questions or feedback? Use the App Support link on this page. Your feedback helps shape the next update.

About

Offline Note

Features
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In an era where everything is in the cloud, we are completely returning your privacy to you. "Offline Voice to Text" is an AI voice memo app that runs entirely locally on your iPhone. Whether you are recording highly confidential business negotiations, in-depth journalist interviews, or private inspiration diaries, all your audio and text will never leave your phone. ■ Core Features • Powered by Whisper AI: Integrates the advanced Whisper large speech model, putting a smart stenographer right inside your phone. Accurate recognition, smart sentence segmentation, and automatic punctuation. • Supports 100+ Languages: Natively supports accurate recognition and transcription of over 100 major and minor languages, including English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, and German, easily handling multinational meetings and foreign language learning. • Intuitive Calendar View Management: Say goodbye to cluttered file lists. All recordings are automatically archived by date. Through an elegant calendar interface, you can easily trace back every important meeting and flash of inspiration from any month or year, just like flipping through a diary. • True Offline Capability: No internet connection is required. Even in the extreme state of removing your SIM card and turning on Airplane Mode, it still provides you with 100% complete transcription services. • Exclusive NAS Private Cloud Backup: We understand the pain points of geeks and business professionals. The App natively supports the local network SMB protocol, allowing you to back up massive audio and text files directly to your NAS (like Synology, QNAP, etc.) with one click. Reject cloud drive kidnappings and achieve a perfect data closed-loop. • Versatile Export Formats: Record anytime, anywhere, and supports running in the background. After transcription, you can not only export as plain text (TXT) for meeting minutes but also natively export as standard subtitle files (SRT, VTT). This perfectly preserves timeline information and seamlessly integrates with various video editing software, greatly enhancing creators' efficiency. ■ Flexible Pricing Options Why do most transcription apps on the market charge exorbitant "cloud service fees"? Because they have to pay for cloud server costs. However, we solely utilize your phone's own chip processing power for transcription. We offer flexible unlocking options: you can choose a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase for unlimited usage. No hidden costs; the processing power is yours, and so is your data. ■ Frequently Asked Questions Q: Does the transcription process secretly upload my data? A: Absolutely not. We have not deployed any servers to receive your recordings; the app runs entirely within a local sandbox. As developers, we know absolutely nothing about the content of your recordings. Q: Why don't you support AI automatic summarization? A: At this stage, high-quality AI summarization must rely on cloud-based large model APIs (which means your text must be uploaded to a third party). To uphold our absolute bottom line of "Absolute Privacy," we would rather forgo this gimmick. You can export your safe, plain text and decide how to process it yourself. Q: Is there a recording time limit? A: No limits at all! As long as your phone has enough storage space, you can record hours of meetings continuously. After recording, just let your phone process for a while, and the complete transcript will be automatically generated. Q: Are there device requirements? A: Because AI processing demands high hardware performance, we recommend using an iPhone 12 (A14 chip) or newer for the smoothest transcription experience. ■ Privacy & Legal Privacy Policy: https://speech.chaoxitime.workers.dev Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ■ Contact Us If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at: speech@chaoxishiguang.com

Screenshots

Speech Notes4 screens
Offline Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Offline Note at every 3 days against Speech Notes's every 3 months. Speech Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). 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. Speech Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Offline Note sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speech Notes ships an update every 3 months, Offline Note every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Speech Notes versus Offline Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeech NotesOffline Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB632 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSami UllahWuxi Chaoxi Shiguang Technology Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Speech Notes

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Yearly$34.991 Year
3 purchases

Offline Note

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$7.99

Questions

Is Speech Notes free?
Speech Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Offline Note free?
Offline Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Speech Notes or Offline Note have ads?
Neither Speech Notes nor Offline Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speech Notes or Offline Note?
Speech Notes ships an update every 3 months, and Offline Note every 3 days. Most recently, Speech Notes was updated on October 31, 2026 and Offline Note on November 5, 2026.

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