Comparison

SpeechToMarkdown vs PDFOne

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

Head to head
About

SpeechToMarkdown

Features
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Turn your voice into clean, structured Markdown β€” entirely on your iPhone or iPad, with zero setup and zero cloud. Speech-to-Markdown listens as you talk and turns your rambling into a well-organized document in real time. Speech-to-text runs on Apple's on-device SpeechAnalyzer; formatting is handled by Apple's on-device Foundation Models. No servers, no API keys, no sign-in β€” it even works in airplane mode. HOW IT WORKS Just start a session and talk. As you speak, your words stream into a live document that gets restructured on the fly β€” headings, lists, and paragraphs appear as you go. Pause, resume, or start a new session anytime; everything is saved automatically and stays on your device. THREE WAYS TO USE YOUR VOICE β€’ Format β€” free-form dictation. Ramble, and the whole document keeps getting reorganized as you add more. β€’ Edit β€” turn your voice into an instruction. Select some text, then say "turn this into a bulleted list" or "rewrite the intro" and only that part changes. β€’ Append β€” a fast mode for long documents. Only your new words get formatted and added to the end, so sessions stay quick no matter how long the document grows. THREE OUTPUT FORMATS Choose Markdown, plain text, or HTML β€” pick per session, switch anytime. BUILT FOR PRIVACY Everything happens on-device. There's no account to create, no analytics, no ads, and nothing is ever uploaded anywhere. Your recordings and documents live in the app's local storage and are visible in the Files app, under your control. SESSION HISTORY Every session is saved automatically. Reopen any past session to keep talking, edit the document, or export it β€” your raw transcript is always one tap away from the formatted result. GREAT FOR Meeting notes, journaling, blog and spec drafts, to-do lists, brainstorms, voice memos you actually want to read later β€” anywhere you'd rather talk than type. REQUIREMENTS iOS 26 or later on an Apple Intelligence–capable device: iPhone 15 Pro or newer, or an Apple Silicon iPad, with Apple Intelligence enabled in Settings.

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PDFOne

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**PDFOne makes working with PDFs simple on iPhone.** Open a document, organize its pages with intuitive gestures, add new content, fill in your PDF, and place your signature β€” all within a clean interface designed to keep the document at the center of your work. Whether you need to fix a few pages or reorganize a larger document, PDFOne gives you the essential tools without unnecessary complexity. **ORGANIZE YOUR PAGES** View your document as a Grid, Carousel, or List and choose the layout that works best for you. You can: β€’ reorder pages with drag and drop; β€’ select multiple pages; β€’ create and manage page stacks; β€’ duplicate or delete pages; β€’ replace pages while keeping control of your document; β€’ extract and reorganize content when needed. **ADD NEW CONTENT** Insert additional PDFs exactly where you need them, or create new pages from: β€’ PDF documents; β€’ images from your Photos library; β€’ blank pages. **FILL IN PDFs** Add text directly to a PDF page, position it where it belongs, and adjust its size before applying it to the document. Perfect for forms, administrative documents, and PDFs that need additional information. **ADD YOUR SIGNATURE** Import a signature and keep it in your signature library so it is ready whenever you need it. Add multiple signatures, move them around the page, resize them, or remove them before applying your changes to the PDF. **SAVE AND SHARE** Save your changes, create a separate copy, or share the finished PDF using the familiar sharing tools built into iOS and iPadOS. **DESIGNED TO STAY SIMPLE** PDFOne is built as a native Apple app, with familiar controls, direct interactions, light and dark appearances, and an interface that keeps the focus on your document. No unnecessarily complicated tools. Just what you need to organize, fill, sign, and manage your PDFs.

Screenshots

SpeechToMarkdown2 screens
PDFOne4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SpeechToMarkdown at Free against PDFOne's $3.99. PDFOne's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

SpeechToMarkdown is free to download; PDFOne costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
SpeechToMarkdown versus PDFOne: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeechToMarkdownPDFOne
PriceFree β€” better$3.99
Update frequencyβ€”Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size3 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIgor StebliiANTONIO PADALINO

In-app purchases

None

SpeechToMarkdown

No in-app purchases

None

PDFOne

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpeechToMarkdown free?
SpeechToMarkdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDFOne free?
PDFOne costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do SpeechToMarkdown or PDFOne have ads?
Neither SpeechToMarkdown nor PDFOne shows ads.

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