Comparison

Voxnotes vs XBScribe

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

Head to head
About

Voxnotes

Features
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Read anything aloud. Private by design. Voxnotes turns your notes, articles, and documents into natural-sounding audio — powered by neural AI voices that run entirely on your iPhone. No servers. No account. Every voice runs on your device; every note lives in your Apple account, never ours. Your notes deserve to be heard. ▸ WHY THIS APP EXISTS Most text-to-speech apps send your words to remote servers. Your private notes, journal entries, work documents — all processed on someone else's machines to generate audio. Voxnotes works differently. Every voice runs on a neural engine built into the app itself. Everything happens on your iPhone. There is no server. There is nothing to intercept. Your notes are yours. ▸ REDISCOVER YOUR ARCHIVE The best note is the one you wrote six months ago and forgot about. Hit shuffle on years of notes. Listen on the drive, the run, the walk. Old thinking comes back in new contexts — research from a past project, a half-finished idea, a quote you captured and can't remember why. Your past-self has more to say than you think. ▸ LISTEN TO ANYTHING Share content from any app on your iPhone: • Notes from Apple Notes, Craft, Notion, Obsidian — anything with a Share button • PDFs, Word docs, PowerPoint, Excel, Pages, Keynote • Web articles and saved pages • E-books (EPUB) • Emails and images (on-device text recognition) Or paste text directly. It just works. ▸ VOICES Premium AI voices that run entirely on your iPhone. Warm, expressive, calm. Not robotic. Not theatrical. Voices that get out of the way so the words can land. Eight languages. Multiple voice styles. No celebrity gimmicks. Try a premium voice and the built-in system voice on the same note. Hear the difference yourself. The free tier includes Apple's best built-in voices in 30+ languages — no subscription needed. ▸ PLAYBACK • Lock screen controls — play, pause, skip without unlocking • AirPods and Bluetooth — seamless • Speed control — 0.5x to 2.0x • Shuffle your whole archive — rediscover old notes on random • Queue and resume — pick up where you left off • Works fully offline — listen anywhere, no signal needed ▸ SIRI & SHORTCUTS "Hey Siri, read this with Voxnotes." Built-in Shortcuts actions for hands-free control. ▸ PRICING Free: Apple's best built-in voices, unlimited notes, full playback. Premium: AI voices that sound human, all supported languages. Monthly, annual, or a one-time lifetime purchase. No trials that silently auto-renew. No hidden limits. No surprises. You see the price. You decide. ▸ PRIVACY • No tracking — verified in Apple's App Privacy report • No account or sign-up • No servers — every voice runs on your device • iCloud sync is optional — when on, your notes sync through your own Apple account, end-to-end encrypted. We never see them. • No internet needed for playback • Crash reports only, opt-in, anonymous We didn't bolt privacy onto a cloud app. We have no servers to bolt anything onto. ▸ FORMATS Plain text, RTF, PDF, EPUB, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, Pages, Keynote, HTML, CSV, ODT, EML, web archives, images (OCR), web URLs. ▸ LANGUAGES Premium AI voices: English, Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin), Spanish, French, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese. Built-in voices: 30+ languages including German, Korean, Arabic, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Polish, Turkish, and more. Automatic language detection — the right voice for your text. ▸ ABOUT Built by one person. No venture capital. No pressure to sell your data. No celebrity voices. Just a focused app that does one thing well: reads your notes aloud, privately. Questions? -> info@integritsol.de Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

XBScribe

This app converts speech, audio, video, and web links into editable text. It offers real-time transcription, offline capabilities, and the ability to extract text from online media. Ideal for students, professionals, and content creators who need to quickly capture and process spoken information.

Highlights
  • Live speech transcription
  • Audio/video file transcription
  • Link-based content extraction
  • Offline transcription
  • Picture-in-Picture captions
  • System share sheet integration
Features
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Turn speech, media, and video links into text you can edit, translate, and use. XBScribe brings live transcription, audio and video transcription, link extraction, system translation, and floating captions into one focused app. It is built for meetings, classes, interviews, video learning, and content creation—whenever listening again and typing everything by hand would slow you down. TRANSCRIBE FOR 100 YEARS No time limits. No usage limits. Turn live speech, audio, video, and linked content into useful text in one place. OFFLINE AFTER THE MODEL IS READY XBScribe uses Apple's on-device speech recognition. A system language model may need to be downloaded the first time you use a language. Once installed, live speech and local media can be transcribed offline, without uploading your audio. SPEAK AND SEE THE WORDS APPEAR Start the microphone and follow the transcript in real time, with controls to pause, resume, and save. Picture in Picture keeps live captions visible while you use another app—useful for meetings, lectures, classes, interviews, and quick ideas. EXTRACT TEXT FROM AUDIO AND VIDEO Import a recording, audio file, or video from Files or Photos. You can also send media, plain text, or text files to XBScribe through the system share sheet, including content shared from messaging and other apps. PASTE A LINK, GET EDITABLE COPY Paste a supported public link from TikTok, Douyin, Kuaishou, Xiaohongshu, Bilibili, and other supported platforms to extract spoken content as editable text—without manually saving the video first. Link resolution and media download require an internet connection; transcription runs on the device after download. Contact us: support@miremire.com Privacy Policy: https://xbscribe.com/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://xbscribe.com/terms/

Screenshots

Voxnotes4 screens
XBScribe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: XBScribe at none against Voxnotes's 3. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Voxnotes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. XBScribe asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Voxnotes versus XBScribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVoxnotesXBScribe
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFelix MaierBeijing Zaomeng Shidai Technology Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Voxnotes

Subscriptions2
  • Voxnotes Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Voxnotes Premium Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Voxnotes Premium Lifetime$199.00
None

XBScribe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Voxnotes free?
Voxnotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is XBScribe free?
XBScribe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Voxnotes or XBScribe have ads?
Neither Voxnotes nor XBScribe shows ads.

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