Comparison

Polmi vs Transcripts

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

Head to head
About

Polmi

Record lectures and receive a clean transcript, a concise summary, and flashcards for effective study. This tool is designed for students who need to capture and retain information from long classes without missing key details.

Highlights
  • Automatic lecture recording
  • Accurate word-by-word transcription
  • Concise lecture summaries
  • Flashcard generation from recordings
  • Searchable lecture content
  • Share notes and flashcards
  • Cross-device synchronization
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Record a lecture, get the notes back. Polmi listens to your class, writes a clean transcript, pulls out a short summary, and builds flashcards so the material sticks before the next session. Made for college students who can't write fast enough. Hit record when class starts and put your phone down. Polmi handles a full three-hour lecture without losing the thread, then has your transcript, summary, and flashcards waiting when you walk out. What Polmi does - Records long lectures start to finish, no babysitting. - Transcribes every word, then tidies it into paragraphs you can read. - Writes a short summary of each lecture. - Builds flashcards straight from the recording. - Brings cards back for review right before you'd forget them. - Finds any word across your lectures and takes you to the exact passage, highlighted. - Lets you share a transcript or a flashcard deck with a classmate, or split the work across a study group. - Keeps your notes in sync on your phone and on the web. Your recordings, your account. You record your own lectures, and they stay tied to your account. Delete any of them whenever you want. Nothing is public, and nothing leaves your account unless you send it. Polmi is in early access. We add to it one piece at a time. Lectures, lifted. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://polmi.app/privacy Questions or feedback: hi@murakamilabs.com

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

Polmi4 screens
Transcripts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Transcripts at 5.0 against Polmi's 1.0. Transcripts also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (daily vs weekly). Polmi's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Polmi sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Transcripts asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Transcripts holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Polmi ships an update weekly, Transcripts daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Polmi versus Transcripts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPolmiTranscripts
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMurakami Labs OPCDOUGLAS HATCHER

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Polmi

Subscriptions3
  • Polmi Notebook$14.991 Month
  • Polmi Binder$29.991 Month
  • Polmi Lectern$59.991 Month
None

Transcripts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Polmi free?
Polmi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Transcripts free?
Transcripts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Polmi or Transcripts?
Transcripts is rated higher. Polmi averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Transcripts averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Polmi or Transcripts have ads?
Neither Polmi nor Transcripts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Polmi or Transcripts?
Polmi ships an update weekly, and Transcripts daily. Most recently, Polmi was updated on November 5, 2026 and Transcripts on October 31, 2026.

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