Comparison

BeginClass vs EasyLect

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

Head to head
About

BeginClass

This app transforms lectures and classes into searchable text, translations, and AI-generated summaries. It allows users to follow live transcripts, review recordings with synchronized text, and import audio/video files for transcription. Ideal for students and professionals needing to capture and study information from various learning environments.

Highlights
  • Live lecture transcription with timestamps
  • Real-time and post-class translation
  • Synchronized recording, transcript, and bookmarks
  • AI-powered class summaries
  • Import and transcribe audio/video files
  • Photo and conversation translation
  • System audio transcription and floating captions
Features
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Turn every class into text, translations, and study-ready highlights you can revisit anytime. BeginClass is a smart lecture-notes app built for classes, online courses, seminars, and learning across languages. Follow a live transcript while the class is happening, then review the recording, transcript, bookmarks, translations, and AI summary together after class. LIVE LECTURE TRANSCRIPTION Choose the language being spoken and see timestamped transcript segments appear while you record. It is useful for university lectures, online courses, seminars, interviews, meetings, and study discussions. REAL-TIME TRANSLATION Display the original transcript and translated text together for supported language pairs, helping you keep up in a class taught in another language. You can also translate the complete saved transcript after class. RECORDING, TRANSCRIPT, AND BOOKMARKS TOGETHER Each recording stays with its transcript. Listen while you read, add bookmarks during class, and return quickly to the moments you want to review. AI CLASS SUMMARIES Create a structured summary from a saved transcript to identify key ideas, learning points, and review cues. The transcript is sent to the AI service only when you explicitly request a summary. TRANSCRIBE AUDIO AND VIDEO FILES Import recordings, audio, and video from Files or Photos, or send supported media to BeginClass from another app. Turn course recordings, podcasts, talks, and interviews into searchable text. PHOTO AND CONVERSATION TRANSLATION Capture or choose slides, handouts, whiteboards, and other images to recognize and translate their text. Two-way conversation translation helps with office hours, group discussions, and everyday communication. SYSTEM AUDIO AND FLOATING CAPTIONS On supported iPhone and iPad devices, use the system broadcast panel to transcribe course audio playing in another app. Picture in Picture can keep live captions visible while you use other apps. BeginClass does not save screen video. SEARCH, REVIEW, AND SHARE Search notes by title or transcript content, compare original and translated text, listen to the associated recording, and copy or share the text you need. Great for: - International students and multilingual classes - University lectures, online courses, and seminars - Study groups, interviews, and meetings - Course recordings, podcasts, and educational videos - Language learning and cross-language conversations Privacy and requirements: 1. BeginClass requires iOS 26 or later. 2. Speech recognition, text recognition, and Apple Translation use on-device system technologies. An Apple language model may need to be downloaded the first time you use a language. 3. Lecture transcription and real-time translation work offline. AI class summaries require an internet connection, and the current transcript is submitted to generate the summary. 4. System-audio transcription requires authorization and activation through the iOS system broadcast panel. Protected, silent, or unavailable audio may not be captured. 5. Results vary with the device, system language-model support, recording quality, background noise, and speech. 6. All features are free to use. No registration or account is required. Contact: support@miremire.com Privacy Policy: https://beginclass.ai/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://beginclass.ai/terms/

About

EasyLect

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Follow English-taught lectures with live English transcription and Chinese translation. Review the same class with bilingual notes, audio playback and AI summaries. Follow the lecture as it happens • See English speech transcribed sentence by sentence, with a Chinese translation alongside it. Read the original wording when a technical term matters, and use the translation when you need help keeping up. • Completed sentences stay in the classroom view, so you can look back at the context of something you missed. Adjust the translation text size for a comfortable reading pace. • Pause and resume the class recording as needed. Keep your attention on the lesson, knowing you can revisit the audio afterward. Make sense of key ideas during class • Open the live AI summary to follow the concepts and examples being discussed. Use it to see how the current part of the lecture fits together. • Use question assistance to review a question, its key points and a suggested answer. Switch between the original wording and a translation when that helps you understand what was asked. Review your lesson afterward • Open a saved class from History to browse its English and Chinese transcript along a bilingual timeline. Replay the recording while you review the parts you want to hear again. • Copy and correct transcript text. Export a bilingual, Chinese-only or English-only version of the class notes, or share the audio recording. • Return to saved AI summaries and answers to organize the ideas you want to remember before your next class. EasyLect is made for students studying abroad, university lectures and courses taught in English. It brings the live lecture, the words you heard and your after-class review together, so you can study from the same source instead of reconstructing a lesson from scattered notes. Continued lecture use requires a subscription. Saved class history remains available to read, replay and export. Lecture audio and related text are sent to third-party AI services for processing. Lecture history, recordings and diagnostic data are uploaded to EasyLect's Alibaba Cloud services. Read the Privacy Policy for details. Support: https://easylect.ooodou.top/support.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://easylect.ooodou.top/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://easylect.ooodou.top/privacy.html

Screenshots

BeginClass4 screens
EasyLect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BeginClass at none against EasyLect's 3. BeginClass also leads on device support (3 vs 1). EasyLect's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price 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. EasyLect sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. BeginClass asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BeginClass ships an update weekly, EasyLect every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BeginClass versus EasyLect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeginClassEasyLect
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (33 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeijing Zaomeng Shidai Technology Co., Ltd.少华 豆

In-app purchases

None

BeginClass

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

EasyLect

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Plan$2.997 Days
  • Monthly Plan$9.991 Month
  • Annual Plan$59.991 Year

Questions

Is BeginClass free?
BeginClass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EasyLect free?
EasyLect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BeginClass or EasyLect have ads?
Neither BeginClass nor EasyLect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeginClass or EasyLect?
BeginClass ships an update weekly, and EasyLect every 4 days. Most recently, BeginClass was updated on October 31, 2026 and EasyLect on October 29, 2026.

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