yapyap go vs Link Capture
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
yapyap go
This app transforms your phone into a private voice recorder that transcribes audio locally. Capture meetings, lectures, or ideas and access searchable text transcripts without uploading any data. It works offline and offers enhanced accuracy with optional downloadable models.
- One-tap recording
- Background recording
- On-device transcription
- Offline whisper models
- Shareable text transcripts
- Audio import
- Desktop app sync
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Your phone is always with you. yapyap go turns it into a private voice recorder that captures every meeting, interview, lecture, and late-night idea and then writes down what it heard, right there on the phone. No account. No upload. No cloud. Your voice never leaves your device. Full stop. IT TRANSCRIBES ITSELF Stop a recording and the transcript starts writing, using the speech recognition your phone already has. Nothing to download, nothing to configure, nothing to wait for. Tap any line to jump the audio to that exact moment. Want more? Pick a whisper model in settings, from 57 MB up, for higher accuracy and for languages your phone can't handle offline. It downloads once and runs entirely on your device, in airplane mode, in a basement, on a plane. IN YOUR LANGUAGE yapyap go is translated into 181 languages, and you choose which one it speaks, whatever your phone is set to. Each one tells you how much of it is translated. Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Urdu turn the whole screen around. Your recordings are transcribed in your language too, not in English. HOW IT WORKS 1. Tap record. Nothing to set up first. Capture audio in a single tap, and keep recording when you switch apps or lock your screen. 2. Read it back. The transcript appears under the recording, split into turns, and synced to the audio. 3. Do something with it. Share the transcript as text, or send the recording to your yapyap desktop. Speaker names and summaries return to your phone. IN THE APP • One-tap recording with start, pause, resume, and retry • Background & screen-lock recording, so a locked phone keeps listening • On-device transcription with no download or an offline Whisper model if you want more accuracy • Transcripts split into turns, tap-to-seek, and shareable as plain text • Correct a word in a transcript, and it teaches the next recording • 181 languages for the app, picked in settings, with right-to-left layouts • Mark a moment mid-recording with a tap and a buzz so you can find it later • An on-device library grouped by day, with playback • Import audio from other apps and transcribe it here • Summaries and action items from your desktop arrive below the transcript they belong to • Optional pairing with the yapyap desktop app: either device can start it, automatic discovery, direct device-to-device sync, per-file progress, and retry • Free up space: remove the local copy once a recording is safely synced • Light and dark themes WHY YAPYAP • Local-first. Recording and transcription both happen on your phone, never in the cloud. • Works offline. No Wi-Fi, no signal, no problem. • No account. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to log into. • You're not the product. Your conversations are never mined, sold, or used to train anything. • Own it, don't rent it. yapyap is yours to keep. Made for knowledge workers capturing decisions and action items across back-to-back meetings, and for journalists and researchers recording interviews and field notes who need accurate, private transcripts. BETTER WITH A DESKTOP, FINE WITHOUT ONE yapyap go stands on its own. Pair it with the yapyap desktop app (macOS, Windows, Linux) on the same Wi-Fi. Your recordings sync straight across, device to device, never through a server. The desktop tells apart who said what and sums up what matters. Then the answer returns to your phone, below the recording it belongs to. Either device can start the pairing, and you approve it on the other one. Own your voice again.
Link Capture
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Stop retyping links you see in screenshots. LinkCapture reads the URLs right out of your images and saves them as tidy, searchable bookmarks — all on your device, no account required. Point it at a screenshot, a photo, or something on your clipboard, and LinkCapture pulls out every link it finds, right on your device. One image with three links becomes three bookmarks. Emails are detected too. Then it offers something no camera roll does: once your link is safe, delete the source image and reclaim the storage. **WHAT YOU CAN DO** • Extract links from screenshots, photos, the camera, or the clipboard • Get every URL in an image at once — save one bookmark per link • See every link with its site's favicon, in a list or a grid • Organize with colorful, icon-tagged categories • Search and filter your whole collection instantly • Browse a Recents timeline grouped by date • Open links in an in-app browser, or copy and share them • Automatically strip tracking clutter (?fbclid=…, utm_…) off every link • Detect email addresses, file them in their own category, and pick which mail app opens them • Edit a saved link anytime — or add one to a "no-link" capture • Back up your links and categories to iCloud • Reclaim storage by deleting the source photo — now or later **SHARE SHEET BUILT IN** Send an image to LinkCapture straight from Photos, Safari, or any app via the Share sheet. It extracts the links and saves them without leaving what you were doing. **PRIVATE BY DESIGN** Extraction and storage happen entirely on your iPhone or iPad — no servers, no account, and your bookmarks and images never leave your device. Favicons are fetched directly from each site, not a third-party icon service. LinkCapture is free to use with ads; subscribe to Pro to remove them. _(with ads)_ **PRO — GO DEEPER** Some links wrap across multiple lines in a screenshot. LinkCapture Pro reconstructs those full, deep links automatically, removes ads, and adds 100 extractions to your balance every month. $4.99/month — cancel anytime. Start with 30 free extractions. Grab a pack whenever you need more. LinkCapture Pro is an auto-renewable subscription: Grants 100 Extraction every month for $4.99 (USD) per month, billed to your Apple Account. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.hiddenmine.com/apps/linkcapture/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: yapyap go at none against Link Capture's 4. yapyap go also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks). On price 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
Both are free to download. Link Capture sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. yapyap go asks for nothing beyond the download.
yapyap go ships an update every 10 days, Link Capture every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | yapyap go | Link Capture |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Adrianus Sebastiaan Boer | EMiR EMRAH UCKAN |
In-app purchases
yapyap go
No in-app purchases
Link Capture
- LinkCapture Pro$4.991 Month
- 10-Pack$0.99
- 50-Pack$3.99
- 100-Scan-Pack$6.99









