Doneward vs WizardNote

Doneward turns quick voice captures into clean notes and useful next steps on Apple Intelligence-capable iPhones. Record a thought, errand, meeting follow-up, or reminder before it slips away. Doneward saves audio in your private Doneward library, transcribes on your iPhone when on-device Speech is available, and uses Apple Intelligence to summarize what matters and suggest action cards you can review before sending anything to Reminders or Calendar. Smart summaries and action extraction require Apple Intelligence. Without Apple Intelligence, Doneward can still save recordings, play them back, export your data, and keep supported on-device transcripts. Private by design: no Doneward account, no subscription, and no developer cloud processing for memo content. Smart processing stays on device. Private iCloud restore can keep your memo library available after reinstall when you are signed into iCloud with the same Apple Account. Your recordings and transcripts leave Doneward only when you export, share, or route them to an Apple service you choose. Doneward is free to download with a 7-day full trial. After the trial, keep existing memos, export your data, or unlock Doneward forever with one lifetime purchase.

WizardNote turns your voice into finished notes. Tap once to capture a thought, meeting, or idea — the app transcribes it right on your iPhone and saves it as a markdown note to a folder you choose. A perfect companion for Obsidian. NO REQUIRED SUBSCRIPTION, NO ACCOUNT • Transcription runs entirely on device (Whisper) — works offline • Recordings, transcripts, and notes stay with you; no telemetry • Pro is a one-time purchase; WizardNote Cloud is an optional subscription FREE FEATURES • One-tap recording that keeps going with the screen locked • On-device transcription in many languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Czech and more, even mixed), with a background queue • Summaries via ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini: the app prepares the transcript with instructions, you paste it into the chat and paste the reply back. Your chat subscription is enough, no API key needed • Markdown notes, player, archive, audio sharing • Action Button, Control Center, widget, Siri, Live Activity WIZARDNOTE PRO (one-time) • Automatic AI summaries with action items — Apple Intelligence, your own server (LM Studio/Ollama, incl. Tailscale), OpenAI, Anthropic, or Azure AI Foundry (your own keys, stored in Keychain only) • Tasks: action items from summaries as a checklist, sent to Reminders or Calendar in one tap • More accurate transcription models • On-device speaker recognition — who said what, with speakers you can rename • Save directly to your own folder — e.g. an Obsidian vault on iCloud • Or to Apple Notes — automatically via a shortcut • Summary templates for meetings, lectures, or journaling; share note/transcript/summary • Shortcuts: find a note (searches transcripts, not just titles), pull its transcript, summary, tasks or whole markdown note, stop a recording, hand an audio file over for transcription • Notes label AI content: provider and model in the frontmatter, and a line under the summary stating that a model wrote it WIZARDNOTE CLOUD (optional subscription) • AI summaries without your own keys or servers — monthly or yearly, with a quota of transcript hours and optional top-ups • Transcription still happens on your iPhone; only the transcript text goes to the WizardNote server in the EU (Microsoft Azure) • The subscription renews automatically until you cancel it in your Apple ID settings Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://wizardnote.app/privacy Great for quick notes, meetings, ideas on the go, journaling, and getting tasks out of your head into your system.