FerIQ vs Yap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FerIQ
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FerIQ turns spoken meetings, lectures, calls, and voice notes into accurate, readable transcripts — entirely on your device. Nothing is sent to the cloud. Ever. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ GLOBAL SPEECH RECOGNITION FerIQ transcribes 99 languages with best-in-class accuracy in 14 of them, including English, Danish, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, and Simplified Chinese. Auto-detect handles mixed-language conversations without manual switching. ON-DEVICE AI SUMMARIES After a recording finishes, FerIQ uses Apple Intelligence to produce structured Summaries, extract Action Items, and identify Chapters — without sending your transcript anywhere. Supported on Apple Intelligence-capable devices (iPhone 15 Pro and later, plus iPad and Mac with M-series chips). MEETING TEMPLATES Pick a meeting type before you record — Generic, Sales call, Stand-up, Interview, 1:1, Lecture, Brainstorm, or Decision — and FerIQ tailors the summary structure to match. TRANSLATION Translate any transcript into any of the 11 UI languages right inside the app. EXPORTS Drag a recording into Notion, Bear, Mail, or any text editor to export the full transcript with timestamps and speakers. Or use the share sheet to send TXT, RTF, PDF, or JSON. FREE FOREVER, PREMIUM FOR POWER USERS The basics — recording, transcription, and simple summaries — are free with no time limit. FerIQ Premium unlocks meeting templates, action items, chapters, translation, advanced exports, call recording, and unlimited summary length. • Monthly: 29 kr/month • Yearly: 249 kr/year (save 28%) • Lifetime: 599 kr one-time PRIVACY-FIRST BY DESIGN Audio and transcripts live only on your device. CloudKit sync (if you enable it) keeps copies inside your own iCloud account — never on FerIQ's servers because FerIQ doesn't have any. No tracking. No ads. No data brokers. UI LANGUAGES FerIQ ships in 11 fully translated languages: English, Dansk, Deutsch, Español, Français, 日本語, 한국어, Norsk bokmål, Polski, Svenska, 简体中文. Switch the app's language in iOS Settings → FerIQ → Language. REQUIREMENTS iOS 17.6 or later. Recommended: a device with Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro+, M-series iPad and Mac) for on-device AI summaries. QUESTIONS? Email: fyigen@gmail.com
Yap
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Say it. Yap writes it. Yap is a voice recorder and transcriber that runs on your iPhone. Record for as long as you need — there is no minute cap on recording or transcription, on any tier — then read it back as text, find it again by meaning, and turn it into a structured AI Note. There is no Yap account and no Yap server. Recording, transcription, speaker separation, search, and AI Notes are all processed on your device. Once the speech assets for your language are installed, capture and transcription keep working in airplane mode. WHAT YAP DOES • Records to a durable audio file that survives a crash or a battery death mid-sentence. • Transcribes on device in every language Apple's on-device speech recognition supports, with per-word timing, so tapping a line plays back the moment it was said. • Separates speakers, so a meeting or an interview reads as a conversation instead of a wall of text. Speakers can be named, merged, or split apart. • Writes an AI Note — title, summary, key points, action items — where every generated line links back to the part of the recording it came from. Tap a key point to hear it. • Searches by meaning rather than only by keyword, and across languages: ask in English, find the note you recorded in Japanese. Every result quotes the passage that matched and plays from the second it was said. • Answers questions about your whole archive, with quoted receipts you can play. • Exports to Markdown, PDF, SRT subtitles, or plain text — one note or the entire archive, mirroring your folders. • Starts from Siri, the Action button, the Lock Screen, or a Home Screen widget. ABOUT AI NOTES AI Notes are written by Apple Intelligence on devices that support it. On other devices Yap uses its own on-device summarizer, which quotes your sentences rather than rewriting them, and Yap tells you which one you got. Machine transcription and machine summaries can be wrong — that is why every line keeps a link back to the recording. YOUR RECORDINGS Recordings, transcripts, and notes are stored in Yap's own storage on your device. Optional sync uses your private iCloud database, and original audio is excluded from it. Your data may also be included in your Apple device backup, which you control in iOS Settings. A deleted note stays recoverable for 30 days. RECORDING RESPONSIBLY Laws about recording other people differ by country and by state, and in many places everyone in the conversation has to agree first. Yap cannot check this for you. That responsibility is yours. YAP PRO Recording and transcription are unmetered on every tier. Pro adds unlimited AI Notes and archive questions, every note template, and Markdown, PDF, and SRT export. Choose monthly, yearly with a free trial, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Yap Terms: https://novarynix.com/yap/terms Privacy Policy: https://novarynix.com/yap/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FerIQ at 17.6 against Yap's 26.0. 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
Both are free to download. FerIQ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Yap sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | FerIQ | Yap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 658 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ferhat Yigen | 雪梅 叶 |
In-app purchases
FerIQ
- FerIQ Premium14 Days trial$2.991 Month
- FerIQ Premium14 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$69.99
Yap
- Yap Pro$4.991 Month
- Yap Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Yap Pro (Lifetime)$69.99









