Comparison

Filum vs TranscribeGo

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

Head to head
About

Filum

Securely scan, organize, and manage important personal documents with on-device AI. It automatically categorizes files, extracts key information, and provides timely renewal reminders for items like passports and visas. Access your encrypted documents easily for offline use or when needed for uploads.

Highlights
  • On-device AI document scanning and categorization
  • Automatic extraction of dates and key information
  • Offline searchable document vault
  • End-to-end encryption on your device
  • Expiry and renewal reminders
  • Document export and recovery phrase
  • Integration with iPhone's document picker
Features
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Your documents, cached and sealed. Filum is a vault for the documents you can't afford to lose — passports, IDs, residence permits, tax forms, leases, medical and vet records. Scan them once. Filum does the rest. IT FILES ITSELF Snap a document and on-device AI reads it, sorts it by type, and pulls out the dates and numbers that matter. A passport becomes a passport. A lease becomes a lease. Everything becomes searchable — instantly, even offline. ENCRYPTION HAPPENS ON YOUR DEVICE Every file is encrypted with AES-256-GCM on your iPhone before it syncs. Your keys are derived in the Secure Enclave and never sent to our servers. We store ciphertext and nothing else. WHAT WE CAN'T SEE - Your documents — never - Filenames, types, or extracted fields — never - Your encryption key — never All we hold are encrypted blobs and the sizes and timestamps needed to sync them. EXPIRY RADAR Filum tracks renewals — passports, visas, residence permits, insurance — and warns you before they lapse. It counts to the six-month validity rule most destinations enforce, not the date printed on the document. BUILT FOR PEOPLE WITH PAPERWORK IN MORE THAN ONE COUNTRY Moving abroad means residence permits, apostilles, translated certificates, pet passports, and forms from two tax authorities. Filum keeps all of it in one place, files it automatically, and puts it in your iPhone's document picker — so when a government portal asks you to upload proof, it's two taps away. YOURS TO KEEP Export your entire vault any time. No lock-in. The only way back into your vault is a 24-word recovery phrase that belongs to you alone — we can't recover it for you, and that's exactly the point. OPEN CORE Filum's encryption core is open source under MIT. Read it instead of taking our word: github.com/CorvidSoft/filum-crypto PRIVACY POLICY: filumapp.com/privacy TERMS OF SERVICE: filumapp.com/terms

About

TranscribeGo

Features
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TranscribeGo turns voice notes and audio into clean, accurate text in seconds. Record directly in the app, upload a file, or paste a link, and read your transcript right in the conversation. Why TranscribeGo - Instant transcription — Turn audio into readable, searchable text in seconds - Record on the go — Capture meetings, lectures, interviews, and ideas - One conversation, every channel — Continue on the web or WhatsApp with your history in sync - Read, copy, search, and share — Work with every part of your transcript - Your history, always at hand — Keep every transcript organized and accessible - Multilingual — Transcribe in the languages you speak From a quick voice memo to a full interview, TranscribeGo keeps your audio and your words together.

Screenshots

Filum4 screens
TranscribeGo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TranscribeGo at none against Filum's 2. TranscribeGo also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Filum sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. TranscribeGo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Filum ships an update every 3 weeks, TranscribeGo weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Filum versus TranscribeGo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFilumTranscribeGo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB42 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCorvidSoftRatherLabs Ventures

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Filum

Subscriptions2
  • Filum Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Filum Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
None

TranscribeGo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Filum free?
Filum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TranscribeGo free?
TranscribeGo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Filum or TranscribeGo have ads?
Neither Filum nor TranscribeGo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Filum or TranscribeGo?
Filum ships an update every 3 weeks, and TranscribeGo weekly. Most recently, Filum was updated on October 31, 2026 and TranscribeGo on October 31, 2026.

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