Comparison

XBScribe vs FrankenWhisper

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

Head to head
About

XBScribe

This app converts speech, audio, video, and web links into editable text. It offers real-time transcription, offline capabilities, and the ability to extract text from online media. Ideal for students, professionals, and content creators who need to quickly capture and process spoken information.

Highlights
  • Live speech transcription
  • Audio/video file transcription
  • Link-based content extraction
  • Offline transcription
  • Picture-in-Picture captions
  • System share sheet integration
Features
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Turn speech, media, and video links into text you can edit, translate, and use. XBScribe brings live transcription, audio and video transcription, link extraction, system translation, and floating captions into one focused app. It is built for meetings, classes, interviews, video learning, and content creation—whenever listening again and typing everything by hand would slow you down. TRANSCRIBE FOR 100 YEARS No time limits. No usage limits. Turn live speech, audio, video, and linked content into useful text in one place. OFFLINE AFTER THE MODEL IS READY XBScribe uses Apple's on-device speech recognition. A system language model may need to be downloaded the first time you use a language. Once installed, live speech and local media can be transcribed offline, without uploading your audio. SPEAK AND SEE THE WORDS APPEAR Start the microphone and follow the transcript in real time, with controls to pause, resume, and save. Picture in Picture keeps live captions visible while you use another app—useful for meetings, lectures, classes, interviews, and quick ideas. EXTRACT TEXT FROM AUDIO AND VIDEO Import a recording, audio file, or video from Files or Photos. You can also send media, plain text, or text files to XBScribe through the system share sheet, including content shared from messaging and other apps. PASTE A LINK, GET EDITABLE COPY Paste a supported public link from TikTok, Douyin, Kuaishou, Xiaohongshu, Bilibili, and other supported platforms to extract spoken content as editable text—without manually saving the video first. Link resolution and media download require an internet connection; transcription runs on the device after download. Contact us: support@miremire.com Privacy Policy: https://xbscribe.com/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://xbscribe.com/terms/

About

FrankenWhisper

This app converts audio and video into text locally on your device. It supports multiple speakers, various export formats, and even creates subtitled videos with customizable captions. Enjoy private, on-device transcription and video rendering.

Highlights
  • On-device transcription
  • Speaker identification
  • Multiple export formats
  • Customizable subtitle creation
  • Real-time dictation
  • Local noise reduction
Features
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Turn recordings and videos into useful text without uploading them. FrankenWhisper transcribes microphone recordings, audio files, and playable videos from Photos, Files, or the share sheet. The full-quality lane uses the large-v3-turbo model. Live dictation and the optional custom keyboard use a smaller model for low latency, with local noise reduction in the real-time path. Speaker identification can separate up to four voices. Add names when you know them or leave them blank and use color alone. Export the transcript as text, Markdown, HTML, SRT, or JSON with timestamps and speaker structure. Subtitle Studio creates a new H.264 video with customizable captions, font, size, position, and color. Word-level timing drives a karaoke highlight, and named speakers can receive distinct labels and color schemes. All transcription, speaker analysis, denoising, timing, and video rendering run on the device. Model downloads are the only required network activity. The keyboard's Full Access setting is used only for the local App Group handoff between the keyboard and FrankenWhisper; the keyboard extension has no network client.

Screenshots

XBScribe4 screens
FrankenWhisper2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FrankenWhisper at every 5 days against XBScribe's every 4 weeks. FrankenWhisper also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for XBScribe against 5.0 for FrankenWhisper. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

XBScribe ships an update every 4 weeks, FrankenWhisper every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
XBScribe versus FrankenWhisper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXBScribeFrankenWhisper
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeijing Zaomeng Shidai Technology Co., Ltd.Jeffrey Emanuel

Customer experience

XBScribe

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FrankenWhisper

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

XBScribe

No in-app purchases

None

FrankenWhisper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is XBScribe free?
XBScribe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FrankenWhisper free?
FrankenWhisper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, XBScribe or FrankenWhisper?
XBScribe and FrankenWhisper are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do XBScribe or FrankenWhisper have ads?
Neither XBScribe nor FrankenWhisper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, XBScribe or FrankenWhisper?
XBScribe ships an update every 4 weeks, and FrankenWhisper every 5 days. Most recently, XBScribe was updated on October 25, 2026 and FrankenWhisper on October 24, 2026.

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