Comparison

Nogmi vs AskNote

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

Head to head
About

Nogmi

Record, transcribe, and summarize audio content directly on your device. This app offers on-device AI processing for privacy and offline functionality, with various summary formats tailored for different needs.

Highlights
  • On-device recording, transcription, and AI summarization
  • Offline functionality with no internet required
  • Multi-language transcription with WhisperKit
  • Five AI summary formats (meeting, lecture, general, brainstorming, interview)
  • Cross-device syncing via iCloud (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch)
  • Playback speed control and timecoded transcripts
  • Privacy-focused, no server uploads
Features
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Nogmi records, transcribes, and summarizes your meetings, lectures, and interviews. Recording and transcription happen on your device. Summaries use Apple’s Private Cloud Compute by default, or you can switch to on-device AI in Settings so summaries stay on your device too. ■ New in 2.0: Notes that go with your recording Attach PDF, PPT, or PPTX slides to a recording, then write on them with Apple Pencil or your finger, or type, on iPhone and iPad. Tap anything you wrote while recording to listen from that moment. Search document text and handwriting together. On Mac, write on your notes with a mouse, trackpad, or drawing tablet using pen, pencil, highlighter, eraser, and lasso tools, and hand-drawn shapes are cleaned up automatically. Add and format text boxes, point things out with the laser pointer, and zoom in. Click the time beside your handwriting to jump to that point in the recording. ■ New in 2.0: Study mode Turn a recording and its notes into multiple-choice questions and flashcards for review. ■ Start with a single tap Start recording without any setup. The transcript appears live while you record, and when you stop, the full transcript and summary follow. You can also continue an existing recording, then trim each added part separately or restore it to the original. ■ On-device transcription in 100 languages Gemma 4 and WhisperKit transcribe on your device. The spoken language is detected automatically, even when you switch languages mid-conversation. Transcription keeps working without a network connection. ■ Five AI summary modes · Meeting minutes — remarks, decisions, and action items · Lecture — sections by topic, key concepts, and examples · General — overview, key points, and details · Brainstorming — ideas listed and grouped · Interview — Q&A pairs and insights You can also create your own custom summary format. ■ Choose your summary engine By default, summaries use Apple’s Private Cloud Compute. If it’s unavailable or the daily limit is reached, on-device AI takes over. Choose Gemma 4 or Apple Intelligence in Settings to keep summaries entirely on your device. ■ Smart Playback Skip long silences automatically, and skip applause too (beta). Skipped sections are shown on the waveform, and playback speed goes up to 3x. ■ Organize with folders Group recordings into folders. In iCloud Drive, files are organized into a matching directory for each folder. ■ Standard files, protected data Audio, subtitles, and text are saved as standard files (m4a, srt, txt, pdf) that open in other apps. Everything else — metadata, summaries, notes, and study data — is stored in Nogmi’s own encrypted file format, usable only in the app. ■ On every device Your recordings follow you across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch through iCloud. Record quickly from Apple Watch. On iPhone and iPad, share a PDF, PPT, or PPTX from another app to bring it straight into a recording’s notes. ■ No subscription, no account There’s no subscription and no account to create. The developer collects no data.

About

AskNote

Organize your notes, meeting minutes, and ideas with a block-based editor and AI-powered insights. Ask questions directly about your content, get summaries, and let AI manage tasks. Prioritizes privacy with on-device AI options.

Highlights
  • On-device AI for offline use
  • Tag-based organization
  • Block-based editor with text and photos
  • AI-powered note summarization and suggestions
  • Meeting transcription and minute drafting
  • Universal app across Apple devices
Features
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AskNote brings your notes, meeting minutes, and ideas together in one place—and lets you ask AI about them directly. On-device AI enables you to use AI offline. ■ Organize your way - Sort notes into folder-like hierarchies using tags - A block-based editor that freely mixes text and photos - Markdown rendering with syntax-highlighted code blocks - Star favorites, or flag notes as "Ask Later" questions to revisit ■ Ask AI about your notes - Ask questions grounded in your own notes, with the full conversation saved alongside each note - Agentic AI tools that can search, create, tag, and organize notes on your behalf - Automatic related-note suggestions, summaries, and tag recommendations - A personalized daily AI news briefing ■ Privacy first, your choice always - On-device AI options that work without an internet connection: Apple Intelligence, Google LiteRT-LM (with built-in model downloads), and Ollama - Or connect your own cloud AI—OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity, and more - You always decide which AI powers your notes ■ Meetings, handled - Record a meeting and let AI transcribe it and draft the minutes automatically - Action items are extracted ■ Everywhere you work - A universal app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro - Available in Korean, English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, German, Swedish, Danish, Hindi, and Vietnamese Unlock more AI capabilities with an AskNote Premium subscription. This app follows Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement (EULA). https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Nogmi4 screens
AskNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nogmi at 67% against AskNote's 0%. Nogmi also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). AskNote's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

AskNote is free to download; Nogmi costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nogmi ships an update every 3 days, AskNote every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 4 level
Nogmi versus AskNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNogmiAskNote
Price$2.99Free — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYou DohyukJonggyou Kim

Customer experience

Nogmi

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

AskNote

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Nogmi

No in-app purchases

None

AskNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nogmi free?
Nogmi costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AskNote free?
AskNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nogmi or AskNote have ads?
Neither Nogmi nor AskNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nogmi or AskNote?
Nogmi ships an update every 3 days, and AskNote every 2 days. Most recently, Nogmi was updated on October 11, 2026 and AskNote on October 20, 2026.

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