Comparison

ToText vs KolWrite

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

Head to head
About

ToText

Effortlessly convert spoken words into text with AI-powered transcription and summarization. Record or import audio, get organized transcripts with speaker labels, and generate concise summaries and action items. Supports over 60 languages and offers robust privacy features.

Highlights
  • AI transcription with speaker labels
  • Customizable AI summaries
  • Automatic action item generation
  • Searchable and editable transcripts
  • Support for 60+ languages
  • Privacy-focused, no account required
Features
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Turn conversations into useful text. Record meetings, lectures, interviews, voice notes, and ideas. You can also import existing audio files. ToText creates an organized transcript, a clear AI summary, and practical action items. Share audio or video from another app, then open ToText to transcribe it. With ToText, you can: • Record in the app or import audio files • Get automatic transcripts with speaker labels • Choose the length and style of each AI summary • Automatically generate action items, titles, and tags • Ask questions and get answers based on the transcript • Follow playback with a synchronized transcript • Search, edit, copy, share, and export as PDF ToText transcribes 60 languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, and Hebrew. Choose the language spoken in your recording, or use automatic detection. The transcript stays in the spoken language, while generated summaries and answers follow your app language. Explore your recordings in Home. See Insights and charts from your library, find recordings in the weekly Calendar, and keep the tasks you choose from recordings together in Tasks. Task selections stay on this device. Home and its Insights, Calendar and Tasks screens require iOS 26. Privacy by design: No ToText account, email address, or profile is required. Your library is stored on your device and, when iCloud sync is enabled, in your personal iCloud Drive. Audio sent for transcription is deleted from the server shortly after processing finishes. An optional connection, enabled only with your explicit consent, stores a copy of your recording text on ToText’s EU servers until you disconnect and delete it. Audio is not included in that shared library. The Free plan includes 60 transcription minutes per month. You can ask up to 2 questions per recording. Basic includes 1,000 minutes per month and up to 30 questions per recording. Pro includes 2,000 minutes per month and unlimited Q&A for fair personal use. Local prices and full plan details are shown before you confirm a purchase. Terms of Use: https://lovelaceloom.com/totext/legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://lovelaceloom.com/totext/legal/privacy-policy.html Made by Lovelace Loom.

About

KolWrite

Features
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Turn every voice into text you can work with. KolWrite is a focused transcription workspace. Record a meeting, an interview, or a lecture — or import any audio or video file you already have — and KolWrite turns it into an accurate transcript that knows who said what. Then edit it like a document, ask AI about it, and export it anywhere. THE KEYBOARD THAT TYPES WITH YOUR VOICE The built-in KolWrite Keyboard works in any app on your phone. Open WhatsApp, Mail, Notes — tap the mic, speak, and watch your words appear. No copy-paste, no switching apps. Set it up once and dictate everywhere. TRANSCRIPTS THAT KNOW WHO'S TALKING • Speaker labels with names, not "Speaker 1" — KolWrite remembers the people you work with • Word-level timing: tap any word to hear that exact moment • First-class Hebrew and full right-to-left support, plus multilingual transcription EDIT LIKE A DOCUMENT • Fix a sentence right in the transcript — timings stay intact • Split and merge segments, rename speakers, highlight what matters • Built-in player with speed control that stays in sync while you edit AI THAT WORKS ON YOUR RECORDINGS • Summaries, decisions, and action items from meetings • Ask questions about what was said — the copilot reads the transcript so you don't re-listen • Translate and rewrite without leaving the app YOUR LIBRARY, ON EVERY DEVICE Record on your phone, edit on your Mac or PC. Everything syncs automatically. Works offline and catches up when you're back online. SUBTITLES AND VIDEO Make an SRT or VTT subtitle file from any video or recording. The timing comes from the transcript, so the lines match the picture, and you can check line breaks and right-to-left text before you publish. Translate the transcript into another supported language and export a subtitle file for each language. Or put the captions on the video itself in the built-in video editor. EXPORT ANYWHERE Word (DOCX), PDF, plain text, SRT and VTT subtitles, JSON — with or without speaker labels. MADE FOR REAL WORK Meeting minutes with decisions and action items. Interview quotes you can trace back to the exact timestamp. Customer and support calls. Lectures and classes. Video subtitles you can check line by line before publishing. Voice notes that come back as searchable text. WHAT AFFECTS THE RESULT Background noise, overlapping voices, microphone placement, accents, and specialist vocabulary all change what speech recognition can do. Try a recording that represents your real work and read the passages that matter. No bot has to join your meeting — bring the recording you already have. Transcription in more than 100 languages, with translation between supported languages. App interface: English, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, French, Russian, German. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ KolWrite Terms of Service: https://www.kolwrite.com/tos_pp#terms Privacy Policy: https://www.kolwrite.com/tos_pp#privacy

Screenshots

ToText4 screens
KolWrite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: KolWrite at 4 against ToText's 2. KolWrite also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. ToText sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and KolWrite sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $23.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ToText ships an update every 3 days, KolWrite every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ToText versus KolWrite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToTextKolWrite
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB383 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEyal RonenITANU STUDIOS LTD

In-app purchases

4 purchases

ToText

Subscriptions4
  • Basic Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Basic Yearly$44.991 Year
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  • Pro Yearly$89.991 Year
10 purchases

KolWrite

Subscriptions7
  • Plus Monthly$23.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly$35.991 Month
  • Ultra Monthly$109.991 Month
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  • Basic Annual$119.991 Year
  • Plus Annual$239.991 Year
  • Premium Annual$354.991 Year
  • Ultra Annual$999.991 Year
One-time3
  • 300 credits$11.99
  • 750 credits$29.99
  • 1500 credits$59.99

Questions

Is ToText free?
ToText is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KolWrite free?
KolWrite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ToText or KolWrite have ads?
Neither ToText nor KolWrite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ToText or KolWrite?
ToText ships an update every 3 days, and KolWrite every 2 days. Most recently, ToText was updated on October 31, 2026 and KolWrite on October 31, 2026.

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