Comparison

Washipad vs CrispRecord

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

Head to head
About

Washipad

This app provides a digital wall for your thoughts, offering a tactile, paper-like space for reminders, photos, and checklists. It features fast dictation, home screen widgets, and photo notes, keeping your ideas visible and accessible.

Highlights
  • Digital sticky wall for notes
  • Fast on-device speech transcription
  • Home screen widgets for instant access
  • Photo notes with visual previews
  • Private and on-device storage
  • Optional cloud sync subscription
Features
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Washipad is your digital wall for thoughts that stick. Whether you're dictating a quick reminder, snapping a photo of a receipt, or organizing your thoughts, Washipad gives you a tactile, paper-like space right on your home screen. KEY FEATURES: • STICKY WALL: A visual, clutter-free board for all your quick thoughts, reminders, and checklists. • FAST DICTATION: Turn what you say into crisp notes instantly with on-device speech transcription. • HOME SCREEN WIDGETS: Keep your freshest notes and todo reminders always in sight. • PHOTO NOTES: Snap photos straight into notes with instant visual previews. • PRIVATE & ON-DEVICE: Your notes stay on your device, private by default. • LIGHTNING FAST: Opens instantly so you never lose an idea. • WASHIPAD CLOUD (optional subscription): your notes on any computer at app.washipad.com, synced across your devices and backed up to your Washi account. iCloud sync stays free. Perfect for daily reminders, quick thoughts, meeting notes, shopping lists, and visual inspiration. SUBSCRIPTION Washipad Cloud is an optional auto-renewable subscription: US$0.49/month or US$4.99/year (or the equivalent in your local currency, shown before you buy). Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account subscription settings. All other Washipad features, including iCloud sync, are free. Terms of Use (EULA): https://washipad.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://washipad.com/privacy.html

About

CrispRecord

Record meetings and generate AI-powered summaries, topic discussions, decisions, and action items. Transcribe and translate in numerous languages, with all data processed on-device for privacy. Offers live captions and advanced search capabilities.

Highlights
  • On-device recording and transcription
  • AI-powered meeting summaries
  • Topic, decision, and action item extraction
  • Live captions and translation
  • Cross-device iCloud Sync
  • Spotlight and in-app search
  • 46 language transcription
Features
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A recorder that never collects your recordings or meeting content, and a meeting-notes summarizer that works offline. Stay in the conversation instead of taking notes. Just record, and your notes are ready when the meeting ends. Notes seconds after you stop It's all sorted into the conclusion, discussion by topic, decisions, open questions, and action items. Numbers, names, and deadlines are kept word for word from the transcript. Long meetings are summarized in one pass by Apple Intelligence Cloud. Missed something? Read the captions With Pro, captions appear a little over 1 second after someone speaks, and the translation follows right behind. The moment you stop recording, the translation is saved with your notes. Find past meetings fast Search titles, notes, and full transcripts at once, or find them in Spotlight. With Pro on Mac, Ask Your Notes answers questions like "Which meeting was that budget talk in?" and shows the source. Share right after the meeting Share the summary, full transcript, translation, or audio file right away. Tap a sentence to replay from that point. One tap to record • Start with the big record button, by saying "Start recording in CrispRecord" to Siri, with the Action button, or with Shortcuts • Start and stop with one tap from the Lock Screen, Control Center, or a widget • Recording continues with the screen locked, and if the app quits, everything up to that moment is kept Record on iPhone, wrap up on Mac Turn on iCloud Sync and your notes and recordings travel only between your own devices through your iCloud. On Mac, it also records the other side of video calls. One purchase unlocks Pro on both iPhone and Mac. Meetings in other languages, too Transcribe 46 languages on device, and translate finished notes for free. Your recordings never reach our servers Transcription and translation always happen on your device. Transcript text is sent to Apple's Private Cloud Compute only to create a summary or answer Ask Your Notes, and Apple doesn't store it. Turn on Fully On-Device Mode and summaries are made on your device too. No sign-up and no login. Free • Unlimited recording, transcription, summaries, storage, and search • iCloud Sync, Siri and Shortcuts, Spotlight search • Transcription in 46 languages and translation of finished notes • 5 Apple Intelligence Cloud summaries a day No credits and no cap on saved notes. CrispRecord Pro • Unlimited Apple Intelligence Cloud summaries, within Apple's daily limit • Ask Your Notes on Mac • Live captions and translation while recording, with the translation saved the moment you stop • High-accuracy transcription on Mac: more accurate on long recordings and on conversations that mix in English terms Choose monthly, yearly, or lifetime. Future Pro features are included. Good to know • Summaries need a device with Apple Intelligence turned on. Apple Intelligence Cloud summaries are available on iOS 27 or later. • Google AI summaries are used only in Pro on Mac, and only when Apple's cloud can't be used. They are never used on iPhone. • Translation works in the languages Apple Translate supports. The first time you use a language, its transcription and translation models are downloaded once. Privacy Policy: https://recode-imajine.web.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Washipad4 screens
CrispRecord4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Washipad at 17.0 against CrispRecord's 26.0. On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Washipad sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and CrispRecord sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Washipad ships an update every 3 days, CrispRecord every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Washipad versus CrispRecord: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWashipadCrispRecord
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB28 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperSoriStoryMyeongJin Lee

Customer experience

Washipad

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CrispRecord

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Washipad

Subscriptions2
  • Washipad Cloud (Monthly)$0.491 Month
  • Washipad Cloud (Yearly)$4.991 Year
3 purchases

CrispRecord

Subscriptions2
  • CrispRecord Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • CrispRecord Pro (Annual)$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • CrispRecord Pro Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Washipad free?
Washipad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CrispRecord free?
CrispRecord is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Washipad or CrispRecord have ads?
Neither Washipad nor CrispRecord shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Washipad or CrispRecord?
Washipad ships an update every 3 days, and CrispRecord every 6 days. Most recently, Washipad was updated on October 31, 2026 and CrispRecord on October 31, 2026.

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