Comparison

Canto AI vs Lugoffice

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

Head to head
About

Canto AI

Features
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Canto AI is an AI transcription and video-caption tool built for Cantonese. [Paste a link, get text] Paste a YouTube or Facebook link (including Reels) — no sign-in, no download. AI transcribes it into a Cantonese transcript right away. Long videos are auto-split and stream results as they go. [AI Cantonese transcription] Upload video / audio or record live and auto-transcribe. It tells speakers apart with voice matching and handles mixed languages. [AI summary, your format] One tap after transcribing — highlights, paragraph, bullet points, Q&A, meeting minutes or an action list, with optional special requests. [AI Voice (text-to-speech)] Eight natural voices - Cantonese, Mandarin, Taiwanese Mandarin and English. Type text and get audio instantly, with adjustable speed. Read summaries aloud, or add AI voice-over narration in the studio and export it with your video. [Video Caption Studio] One-tap AI captions with pro templates, fancy text and animations; edit line-by-line and word-by-word, with multi-layer captions, multi-track editing and free transform. Plus AI style design, AI scene-based music and AI highlight cuts. Captions and effects are burned in — export MP4 / SRT / VTT. [Live-translate while watching] Pick a foreign-language video and watch it with the original and translated captions overlaid in real time. Privacy: videos being processed stay on your device; only the extracted audio is sent for transcription. For iPhone and iPad. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.cantonese-ai-transcriber.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.cantonese-ai-transcriber.com/privacy.html

About

Lugoffice

Features
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The hard part of a meeting isn't the meeting — it's the paperwork after. Lugoffice turns a spoken Cantonese meeting into polished written documents you can hand in right away. Lugji captures what was said; Lugoffice gets it done. Seven document types from one conversation Ā· Meeting Minutes — summary, discussion, decisions, action items Ā· Announcement — title, audience, body, sign-off Ā· Formal Email — subject, greeting, body, courteous tone Ā· Report — a structured report with summary and sections Ā· Decision Notes — only the decisions actually made, with rationale and owners Ā· Polish — proofread, tighten or expand your own draft (wording only, nothing invented) Ā· Weekly Report — combine a week of meetings and notes into one review Cantonese-first Built for spoken Cantonese → written Chinese; also handles Mandarin and mixed Chinese/English. You choose what's sent, and only the text Lugoffice only handles text and never sends your recordings. Before anything is sent to cloud AI — to generate or to translate — you see exactly what will be sent and confirm first. Text is processed by enterprise Google Vertex AI and is not used to train AI models. Documents are saved automatically to your own iCloud Drive (or on this device if iCloud is off), with optional Obsidian sync. Lugbox for organizations (license required) Organizations running a Lugbox can send the documents you mark over their internal network to their own Lugbox, for local AI search and an organization shared library. Enquiries: sales@lugji.app Works best with Lugji (Cantonese meeting recording + transcripts) — it reads your Lugji meetings directly. No Lugji needed either: paste any text and still get documents. iPhone and iPad Ā· iOS 18.

Screenshots

Canto AI4 screens
Lugoffice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lugoffice at none against Canto AI's 4. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Canto AI sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Lugoffice asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Canto AI ships an update every 3 weeks, Lugoffice monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Canto AI versus Lugoffice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCanto AILugoffice
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKa Ming HoLUGJI LIMITED

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Canto AI

Subscriptions1
  • ęœˆč²»ęœƒå“”$9.991 Month
One-time3
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  • 600 åˆ†é˜ē©åˆ†$29.99
None

Lugoffice

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Canto AI free?
Canto AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lugoffice free?
Lugoffice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Canto AI or Lugoffice have ads?
Neither Canto AI nor Lugoffice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Canto AI or Lugoffice?
Canto AI ships an update every 3 weeks, and Lugoffice monthly. Most recently, Canto AI was updated on November 10, 2026 and Lugoffice on November 5, 2026.

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