Throughline vs Apex Voice Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Throughline
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Turn spoken thoughts into structured notes and to-dos. Throughline is for people who think out loud: on a walk, between errands, or while planning the day ahead. Record in your own words. Throughline transcribes your voice note and pulls out useful details and next actions, so you can return to what matters. KEEP YOUR NEXT STEPS TOGETHER See extracted tasks in one Running List, organized into Today, This week, and Later. Move tasks when plans change, mark them complete, and return to the note they came from. CAPTURE, THEN KEEP GOING Follow recordings in the capture tray as they upload and process. If something needs attention, recovery controls help you pick up where you left off. KEEP THE SOURCE CLOSE Review your transcript alongside the structured note. Correct the result and keep your own words within reach. LET YOUR AGENT READ Connect your own AI agent through MCP to read saved notes. You control agent access and can revoke it in Settings. Start with a guided voice demo and see a spoken thought become a useful note.
Apex Voice Notes
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Apex Voice Notes helps you capture meetings, conversations, and voice memos, then turn them into useful written outputs. Record audio on your iPhone, transcribe it, and generate clean summaries, action items, follow-up emails, task lists, and speaker-labelled transcripts that make conversations easier to follow. Apex is designed for real meetings where speed, clarity, and shareable notes matter. Use Apex Voice Notes to: - Record meetings and voice memos. - Import audio from Files, iCloud, Google Drive, or your phone. - Transcribe multilingual conversations and generate multilingual outputs. - Generate meeting summaries and action items. - Create a quick "Brief Me in 90 Seconds" version. - Format speaker-labelled transcripts so speakers are easier to follow. - Copy, share, or export outputs. - Save recordings locally on your device. Apex is especially useful for managers, reps, consultants, teams, and teachers - anyone who needs meeting notes without spending the afternoon rewriting them. Recordings are stored locally on your device unless you choose to transcribe, export, import, or share them. When you transcribe, your audio is uploaded to the Apex backend and processed with OpenAI transcription services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Apex Voice Notes at 15.1 against Throughline's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Throughline | Apex Voice Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Polner | DAVID LAWRENCE SMITH |
In-app purchases
Throughline
No in-app purchases
Apex Voice Notes
No in-app purchases
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