Pagecrisp vs AiRC Transcriber

Pagecrisp turns paper, PDFs and photos into clean, searchable PDFs on your iPhone or iPad. No account, no subscription, no watermark, no uploads. NEW IN 4.0 • Import PDFs and photos from Files and Photos. Imported pages go through the same on-device text recognition (OCR), naming and image-mode steps as a camera scan. • Real paper sizes. PDFs now use US Letter or A4 (chosen automatically by region), US Legal, or Fit to scan, with landscape pages for wide scans. Earlier versions sized each page from the scan's pixels, which made pages print far too large. • Smaller files. Choose Best, Balanced (up to 200 dpi) or Small file (up to 120 dpi) for new scans, or export a copy of any document with a different paper size and quality. The export shows the real file size. • Library backup. Save every document, page, recognized text and tag to one file and restore it later. Restoring adds documents and skips ones already in your library. • Complete searchable text after page edits, merges and signatures. • A new tab bar with Library, Search, Packets and Settings, and larger text support. SCAN AND RECOGNIZE Apple's document camera finds page edges and corrects perspective. Text recognition runs on the device with Apple Vision. Recognized text is embedded as an invisible layer, so you can search and copy it in PDF readers, and it powers full-text search inside the app. ORGANIZE AND EDIT Tags, sorting and merging. Reorder or delete pages, sign a page, and black out sensitive text. Capture both sides of an ID card on one page, or save a business card to Contacts (only when you tap Add). DOCUMENT PACKETS Combine saved PDFs into a separate packet with a cover, a linked contents page and a bookmark for each section. Up to 16 documents, 200 source pages and 100 MB combined. Image-only pages do not gain OCR from packet assembly. EXPORT AND READ Share a PDF named after your document, export recognized text as .txt, .md or .rtf, hear it read aloud with your device's voices, and see word counts and key sentences picked on the device. WHAT TO KNOW Recognition quality depends on the scan, so check important text. The document camera needs a device camera; importing works without one. Password-protected PDFs must be unlocked before import. Documents live in the app's private storage, so keep a backup file if you want a copy outside the app. One purchase. No account, no ads, no tracking.

AiRC Transcriber turns recordings into private, searchable transcripts across iPhone, Apple Watch, and Apple Silicon Mac. RECORD ANYWHERE Record on iPhone, Apple Watch, or Mac with pause and resume. Import audio, Voice Memos, and videos from Photos or Files. Long recordings use resumable processing so an interruption does not have to mean starting over. Add the Record complication to a compatible Apple Watch face to open recording controls. Recording starts only when you tap Record inside the app. On Mac, continue recording or importing audio while another transcription runs. New work is saved in a queue and processed one transcription at a time. PRIVATE ON-DEVICE TRANSCRIPTION Start with Apple On-Device transcription. If it is unavailable for the device or language, or cannot finish, Enhanced Transcription provides a local fallback. Choose Enhanced by default in Settings when you prefer a more detailed pass for difficult audio. It takes longer and runs on your own device. On iPhone, you can also enhance a completed transcript, compare Original and Enhanced, then choose which to keep. Your original stays saved until you choose. Enhancing a completed transcript uses no additional free transcription. CLEAN, USEFUL TRANSCRIPTS Read natural paragraphs, search, edit notes, play from a transcript moment, and export TXT, PDF, SRT captions, audio, or captioned video copies. Automatic speaker processing separates voices and can suggest names from transcript evidence, while keeping you in control of corrections. SECURE LOCAL AI On supported devices, on-device Apple Intelligence helps summarize and answer questions about the selected recording. Answers stay grounded in the transcript, include source moments, and support persistent conversation. No recording or transcript is sent to a cloud AI provider. VIDEO AND CAPTIONS Import a video, keep it playable beside its transcript, customize caption size and placement, and create a separate captioned copy while preserving the original. YOUR APPLE DEVICES, YOUR ICLOUD Private iCloud sync can keep recordings, transcripts, notes, and processing jobs available across your devices. Apple Watch recordings transfer through the paired iPhone. You choose whether transcription runs on iPhone or your Apple Silicon Mac. Private iCloud sync moves content between your devices; AI processing stays local. START FREE, UNLOCK ONCE Your first 15 successfully completed transcriptions include every feature. Continue with unlimited transcription through a one-time purchase—no subscription. Existing recordings and transcripts remain available either way. Restore Purchases is available on supported devices. Apple speech and local models may require initial preparation or download. Features depend on supported device, language, storage, Apple Intelligence availability, and iCloud settings. AiRC Transcriber supports Apple Silicon Macs only.