Comparison

Murble vs Yap

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

Head to head
About

Murble

This app transcribes voice recordings on your device, generating summaries and action items. It offers robust search, organization tools, and privacy-focused features. An optional Pro subscription unlocks advanced functionalities like iCloud sync and AI chat with your notes.

Highlights
  • On-device transcription and AI summaries
  • Automatic action item detection
  • Advanced search and filtering
  • Smart folders and note organization
  • Private iCloud sync (Pro)
  • Chat with your notes (Pro)
Features
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Murble turns your voice into organized notes privately on iPhone and iPad. Record a thought, a meeting or a lecture. Murble transcribes it on device, writes a clear summary and finds action items. When you return, search every part of the note, combine filters, save smart folders, mark important moments and add more audio to the same note. No account. No cloud processing. No tracking. WHAT YOU GET FREE • Unlimited recording and on-device transcription • AI summaries with key points and highlights, in the style you choose • Automatic action items you can check off • Live transcription preview while you speak • Anonymous speaker labels you can rename, merge or split • Text notes, Share Extension, Siri, Shortcuts, widgets and Control Center actions • Search that reaches summaries, action items, speaker labels and folder names • One View menu for sorting and combinable filters, plus smart folders that keep themselves current • Select several notes at once to pin, move or delete them together • Markers you drop with one tap while recording, and can add or move afterwards • Add a new take to an existing note instead of starting a second one • A Storage screen that shows what your recordings take up, and clears audio past an age you pick • Categories, import and export (PDF, Markdown, SRT and more) • Face ID lock and optional auto-delete of audio MURBLE PRO • Apple Reminders sync: send action items to Reminders, completion syncs back • Chat with your notes: ask questions, get answers grounded in the recording • Detailed multi-section reports with decisions and next steps • Translations of transcripts and summaries • Private iCloud sync across your devices: choose whether sync carries your recordings PRIVACY FIRST Transcription and AI run on your iPhone, using Apple Intelligence or a downloadable offline model. With iCloud sync on, data is stored only in your private iCloud database. We cannot read your notes. Ever. Murble Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. The yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Terms of Use (EULA): https://getmurble.com/terms.html

About

Yap

Features
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Say it. Yap writes it. Yap is a voice recorder and transcriber that runs on your iPhone. Record for as long as you need — there is no minute cap on recording or transcription, on any tier — then read it back as text, find it again by meaning, and turn it into a structured AI Note. There is no Yap account and no Yap server. Recording, transcription, speaker separation, search, and AI Notes are all processed on your device. Once the speech assets for your language are installed, capture and transcription keep working in airplane mode. WHAT YAP DOES • Records to a durable audio file that survives a crash or a battery death mid-sentence. • Transcribes on device in every language Apple's on-device speech recognition supports, with per-word timing, so tapping a line plays back the moment it was said. • Separates speakers, so a meeting or an interview reads as a conversation instead of a wall of text. Speakers can be named, merged, or split apart. • Writes an AI Note — title, summary, key points, action items — where every generated line links back to the part of the recording it came from. Tap a key point to hear it. • Searches by meaning rather than only by keyword, and across languages: ask in English, find the note you recorded in Japanese. Every result quotes the passage that matched and plays from the second it was said. • Answers questions about your whole archive, with quoted receipts you can play. • Exports to Markdown, PDF, SRT subtitles, or plain text — one note or the entire archive, mirroring your folders. • Starts from Siri, the Action button, the Lock Screen, or a Home Screen widget. ABOUT AI NOTES AI Notes are written by Apple Intelligence on devices that support it. On other devices Yap uses its own on-device summarizer, which quotes your sentences rather than rewriting them, and Yap tells you which one you got. Machine transcription and machine summaries can be wrong — that is why every line keeps a link back to the recording. YOUR RECORDINGS Recordings, transcripts, and notes are stored in Yap's own storage on your device. Optional sync uses your private iCloud database, and original audio is excluded from it. Your data may also be included in your Apple device backup, which you control in iOS Settings. A deleted note stays recoverable for 30 days. RECORDING RESPONSIBLY Laws about recording other people differ by country and by state, and in many places everyone in the conversation has to agree first. Yap cannot check this for you. That responsibility is yours. YAP PRO Recording and transcription are unmetered on every tier. Pro adds unlimited AI Notes and archive questions, every note template, and Markdown, PDF, and SRT export. Choose monthly, yearly with a free trial, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Yap Terms: https://novarynix.com/yap/terms Privacy Policy: https://novarynix.com/yap/privacy

Screenshots

Murble4 screens
Yap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Murble at 18.0 against Yap's 26.0. 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. Murble sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Yap sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Murble versus Yap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMurbleYap
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB130 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLukasz Majda雪梅 叶

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Murble

Subscriptions2
  • Murble Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Murble Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Murble Pro Lifetime$59.99
3 purchases

Yap

Subscriptions2
  • Yap Pro$4.991 Month
  • Yap Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Yap Pro (Lifetime)$69.99

Questions

Is Murble free?
Murble is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Yap free?
Yap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Murble or Yap have ads?
Neither Murble nor Yap shows ads.

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