Comparison

Video Transcriber vs Simply Transcribe

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

Head to head
About

Video Transcriber

Convert any video into a searchable text transcript with speaker labels and AI-generated notes. Supports various import methods, including direct links to popular platforms. Offers caption export and multiple sharing options.

Highlights
  • Video to text transcription
  • Speaker labeling
  • AI notes and chat
  • Caption export (SRT, VTT)
  • Link import (YouTube, TikTok, etc.)
  • On-device transcription
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Turn any video into text in minutes — right on your iPhone. Import a video or paste a link, and get a clean transcript, speaker labels, and AI notes you can search, caption, and share. 【 VIDEO TO TEXT 】 Pick a video from Photos or Files and Video Transcriber extracts the audio and transcribes every word with timestamps. Transcription runs on your device, so your videos stay private — no account, no upload required. 【 PASTE A LINK 】 YouTube, YouTube Shorts, Google Drive, and Dropbox links transcribe directly — just paste. TikTok and Instagram? Save the video in the app, then import it in two taps. Previews show you the title and thumbnail before you start. 【 EVERY WORD, EVERY SPEAKER 】 AI transcription in 17 languages with automatic language detection. Speaker detection labels who said what, and you can rename speakers, edit any line in place, and tap a line to jump the video to that exact moment. 【 AI NOTES & CHAT 】 Get structured notes in the template you choose — video, lecture, meeting, interview, or call — with summaries, key moments, and action items. Then ask AI Chat anything about the video and get answers grounded in the transcript. 【 CAPTIONS & EXPORT 】 Export SRT or VTT subtitles for your own videos, or share the transcript as text, Markdown, or a styled PDF. Copy to Notes, send to Mail, AirDrop to your Mac — your words, anywhere. 【 BUILT FOR LONG VIDEOS 】 Hour-long lectures and meetings are transcribed in chunks and resume where they left off, even after you close the app. On iOS 26 the work continues in the background and a notification tells you when it's ready. Also inside: live recording with real-time transcription, audio file and voice memo imports, phone call recordings, folders, tags, favorites, and full-text search across everything you've transcribed. Whether you're studying from recorded lectures, turning interviews into articles, captioning content, or catching up on meetings you missed, Video Transcriber gets you from video to usable text fast. Download Video Transcriber and never scrub through a video for one sentence again. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/transcriber-app/privacy Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/transcriber-app/terms

About

Simply Transcribe

Record audio and convert it to text with this on-device transcription app. It supports numerous languages and offers features like speaker labeling and filler word removal. All processing happens locally for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • On-device audio recording
  • Automatic transcription
  • 25 language support
  • Speaker labeling
  • Filler word removal
  • Import audio files
  • Searchable transcripts
Features
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A voice recorder that transcribes your audio to text on your iPhone. Record a meeting, an interview or a quick note, or import your Voice Memos, and read the words a few minutes later in any of 25 languages. The recording comes first. If a call interrupts, what you recorded before it is saved, the recording keeps going while the phone is locked, and Stop from the Lock Screen works even after the app was swiped away. The audio stays whether or not a transcript exists, and a transcription that gets cut off picks up where it stopped. Nothing leaves the phone. There is no account and no upload, the App Store privacy label is Data Not Collected, and it works in airplane mode. Long recordings are a single purchase, never a subscription. Pick the language of a recording so the app does not have to guess. If your recordings mix languages, turn on Auto and the app works the language out as it transcribes. You can also transcribe a single recording in another language without changing your default. On iPhone 12 Pro, 13 Pro, 14 and newer you get all 25 languages, speaker labels and Auto. On iPhone 11, 12, 13 and SE the app transcribes English, and speaker labels and Auto are not offered. Everything else works the same. NEW IN 1.1 Speaker labels show who said what on iPhone 12 Pro, 13 Pro, 14 and newer. Tap Speakers on a finished transcript and each turn gets its own label, with up to 8 voices told apart on your iPhone. You can rename a speaker or move a passage to the right one. Remove filler words gives you clean text without the ums and uhs. The switch is off until you turn it on, and switching it off brings the words back. Transcription now runs on its own. Tap Stop and you are back in your recordings while the words stream in, and it keeps going when you lock the phone or switch apps. Long recordings and imports transcribe faster, and two-hour files finish. WHAT ELSE IT DOES You can record in the app, from Control Center or from a Home Screen widget, and pause, resume or stop from the Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island. Audio files import from Voice Memos, Files and other apps. Every recording gets a name from its opening words, from the imported file or from you, and search covers all recordings and transcripts. A waveform drawn from the recording's own audio sits under the transcript. Tap a line to hear that moment, and keep holding on the waveform for 10-minute precision in hours of audio. Transcripts copy, share and save as plain text, and the audio can be shared too. A Shortcuts action, Live Activities and widgets come with it. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Recording, transcription and speaker detection all happen on your iPhone, and the app has no analytics. The only thing that uses the internet is an App Store purchase. 25 LANGUAGES English, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Ukrainian. Bulgarian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Maltese have no App Store page of their own, so in their own words they are български, eesti, latviešu, lietuvių and Malti. MADE FOR Interviews, meetings, lectures, voice memos, dictation and voice notes in a second language. GOOD TO KNOW The first transcription after you install the app takes about a minute longer while the speech model is prepared. After that, transcriptions start at once. PRICE Recordings up to 5 minutes are free. One purchase unlocks longer recordings for good, with no subscription and no minute quota. Your audio is saved either way.

Screenshots

Video Transcriber4 screens
Simply Transcribe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Simply Transcribe at free against Video Transcriber's freemium. Video Transcriber's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Video Transcriber sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Simply Transcribe sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Video Transcriber against 5.0 for Simply Transcribe. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Video Transcriber ships an update every 2 weeks, Simply Transcribe every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Video Transcriber versus Simply Transcribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVideo TranscriberSimply Transcribe
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB832 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLiudmyla OleksaFusion Codeworks, LLC

Customer experience

Video Transcriber

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Simply Transcribe

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Video Transcriber

Subscriptions2
  • premium3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • premium$99.991 Year
1 purchases

Simply Transcribe

One-time1
  • Long Transcription Unlock$9.99

Questions

Is Video Transcriber free?
Video Transcriber is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simply Transcribe free?
Simply Transcribe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Video Transcriber or Simply Transcribe?
Video Transcriber and Simply Transcribe are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Video Transcriber or Simply Transcribe have ads?
Neither Video Transcriber nor Simply Transcribe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Video Transcriber or Simply Transcribe?
Video Transcriber ships an update every 2 weeks, and Simply Transcribe every 5 weeks. Most recently, Video Transcriber was updated on November 6, 2026 and Simply Transcribe on November 6, 2026.

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