Comparison

Shruta vs Chaos Billing

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

Head to head
About

Shruta

Features
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Shruta records conversations on iPhone and Apple Watch, creates speaker-labeled transcripts on your device, and seals your content behind a passcode-derived key. There is no Shruta account or cloud backend for your content. FAIR PRICING β€’ Try Shruta free: your first 7 recordings, with every feature included. β€’ One purchase unlocks unlimited recordings. No subscription. No ads. RECORD, TRANSCRIBE, KNOW WHO SAID WHAT β€’ Record conversations on your iPhone, or straight from your wrist with the Apple Watch app. β€’ Transcription runs entirely on your device β€” in English, Dutch, and German, with regional English and German variants. β€’ Speaker labels show who said what. Correct a label once and Shruta applies it across the conversation. If the automatic speaker count is off, reprocess with the exact number of participants β€” no re-transcription needed. β€’ Optional Voice ID: name a voice once and Shruta can recognise it in later recordings. Opt-in, stored only on your device, deletable any time. SEALED, NOT JUST LOCKED β€’ Your password or passcode is turned into an encryption key using Argon2id; content is sealed with AES-256-GCM. β€’ No account or remote reset. Spookwerk has no backdoor and cannot recover your content. While an already-unlocked vault has its key in memory, device-owner authentication can authorise a local password change. β€’ Face ID / Touch ID unlock is optional, for convenience. The app locks itself when you leave it. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR DEVICE β€’ Audio and transcripts are processed on-device and never uploaded for processing. There is no content sync. β€’ No analytics, trackers, advertising, or third-party analytics SDKs. Zero data collection. β€’ Content leaves Shruta only when you explicitly export it: copy a transcript, or share it as PDF or text. The export menu marks this boundary clearly. APPLE WATCH β€’ Start and stop recordings from your watch. Audio moves to your paired iPhone over WatchConnectivity and is sealed there. Requires your iPhone nearby with Shruta set up. Shruta (Sanskrit: β€œthat which was heard”) is built in the Netherlands by Spookwerk for conversations that deserve to stay between the people who had them: medical appointments, difficult talks, interviews, coaching sessions, and everything you would rather not hand to a cloud. The first use of a speech feature may download on-device model assets. Once the required models are present, processing works offline.

About

Chaos Billing

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Bill clients, track payments, and generate invoices from anywhere β€” Chaos Billing brings your data from Legal Billing on Windows to your iPhone and iPad, keeping everything in sync across all your devices. YOUR CONTACTS, YOUR BILLING HISTORY, YOUR PRIVACY Chaos Billing maintains an independent contact database and billing database with hourly timeslips, expenses and payments. Your data stays private β€” nothing leaves the app except through your own sync with ChaosHost. You're always in control. FEATURES β€’ List of clients shows active balances and gives you a grand total below. β€’ Tap a client name to see their billing history. β€’ Add hourly timeslips, add expenses, add payments β€” the balance updates instantly. β€’ Subtotal by type, matter (case or project), or staff, if desired β€’ Create invoices anywhere, ready to email, send through messages, or print β€’ Sync with Legal Billing on Windows through ChaosHost REQUIREMENTS Requires a ChaosHost account for cross-platform sync. SUPPORT Our tech support team is ready to help. If you run into any trouble, please reach out to us before posting a review β€” we'd love the chance to make it right.

Screenshots

Shruta4 screens
Chaos Billing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chaos Billing at none against Shruta's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Shruta sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chaos Billing asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Shruta versus Chaos Billing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShrutaChaos Billing
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size11 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpookwerkChaos Software Group, Inc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Shruta

One-time1
  • Shruta Premium$4.99
None

Chaos Billing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shruta free?
Shruta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chaos Billing free?
Chaos Billing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shruta or Chaos Billing have ads?
Neither Shruta nor Chaos Billing shows ads.

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