Comparison

Voice Dump vs Transcripts

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

Head to head
About

Voice Dump

Features
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Are you looking for unlimited free voice transcription? Then Voice Dump is the app for you! Voice Dump has unlimited free transcription. It's super simple and easy to use. Give the application access to your microphone, click record, and you're good to go! Did we mention that it's secure? Voice Dump runs locally on your phone. We don't run analytics on the app, we don't save or process your data, the app uses a local AI transcription model and never goes to external servers. Features: - Unlimited free AI voice transcription - Save, share, and copy recordings - Voice Dump is saved locally on your device. We don't save or use your data.

About

Transcripts

Record and transcribe audio directly on your iPhone or iPad, with optional Mac integration for enhanced note-taking. Enjoy real-time transcription and secure, on-device processing for genuine privacy.

Highlights
  • On-device audio recording
  • Live speech-to-text transcription
  • Optional Mac integration for notes
  • Speaker identification and summaries (Mac)
  • Offline recording and transcription
  • Multiple cloud storage options
  • Open-source and private
Features
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Transcripts records and transcribes on your iPhone or iPad, and works with Transcripts for Mac to turn those recordings into meeting notes. Continue on your Mac Get Transcripts for Mac from the Mac App Store. Point both apps at the same Transcripts folder in iCloud Drive. The Mac processes your finished mobile recordings, adds speaker names and summaries, and saves the results back to the shared folder for you to read on iPhone or iPad. The Mac app also captures your microphone and the other side of a call, shows a live transcript, and files the finished notes where you keep them. Recording and speech processing happen on your devices; iCloud Drive syncs the files you choose to share. Your iPhone and iPad remain complete recorders on their own. A Mac is optional. Read it while you record Words appear on screen as you speak, using on-device speech recognition. No waiting for a file to upload and come back as text. It keeps recording Lock the screen, switch apps, take a call — capture continues, and a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island shows it is still running. Your files, your folder Recordings are saved as ordinary .m4a audio with a plain-text transcript beside each one. Choose where they go: iCloud Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, or just on your device. There is no proprietary library to escape from and nothing to export — the files are already yours. Genuinely private No servers, no accounts, no analytics, no advertising. Transcripts sends your audio nowhere: it requires on-device speech recognition and switches live text off rather than fall back to a server. Your recordings go only where you put them. Open source The app is open source under the MIT licence, so the privacy claims above are checkable rather than promised. Recording laws vary by location, and some places require the consent of everyone in a conversation. Please make sure you may lawfully record before you do.

Screenshots

Voice Dump4 screens
Transcripts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Transcripts at daily against Voice Dump's every 2 weeks. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Voice Dump ships an update every 2 weeks, Transcripts daily. Both last shipped on October 9, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Voice Dump versus Transcripts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVoice DumpTranscripts
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS1817.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlywheel LimitedDOUGLAS HATCHER

In-app purchases

None

Voice Dump

No in-app purchases

None

Transcripts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Voice Dump free?
Voice Dump is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Transcripts free?
Transcripts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Voice Dump or Transcripts have ads?
Neither Voice Dump nor Transcripts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Voice Dump or Transcripts?
Voice Dump ships an update every 2 weeks, and Transcripts daily. Most recently, Voice Dump was updated on October 9, 2026 and Transcripts on October 9, 2026.

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