Simply Transcribe vs NightPact
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- On-device audio recording
- Automatic transcription
- 25 language support
- Speaker labeling
- Filler word removal
- Import audio files
- Searchable transcripts
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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.
NightPact
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Stop losing your nights to infinite scrolling. NightPact helps you protect your time by making one simple decision in advance: choose which apps and websites you want to stay away from, choose when your pact begins, and let NightPact create the friction you need when late-night scrolling takes over. Because at midnight, “just five more minutes” can easily become another hour. NightPact is built around a simple idea: Your calm self sets the rules. Your impulsive self has to live with them. CREATE YOUR PACT Choose the apps and websites that steal your time, set your protected hours, and let NightPact block them automatically when your pact begins. PROTECT YOUR NIGHTS Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, X or any other app you choose can stay out of the way while you sleep, read, relax or simply disconnect. CONTROLLED EXCEPTIONS Real life happens. NightPact includes Flex Time for those moments when you genuinely need temporary access. When Flex Time is exhausted, optional paid extensions can give temporary access to one selected app or website. Other protected apps remain blocked, and protection returns automatically when the extension ends. The goal is not to make you pay. The goal is for you to need extensions less and less. The less you pay us, the better you're doing. DESIGNED TO CREATE FRICTION NightPact is not another productivity dashboard full of tasks, streaks and endless settings. It does one thing well: make it harder to break a decision you made when you were thinking clearly. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Understand how your protected time and exceptions evolve over time and see whether your nighttime habits are actually changing. BUILT FOR PRIVACY NightPact uses Apple’s Screen Time technologies to manage the apps and websites you choose to protect. No account. No advertising. No tracking business. Your NightPact data stays on your device. NO SUBSCRIPTION No monthly plan. No yearly plan. No recurring membership. NightPact is built to help you spend less time on your phone — not to become another subscription you forget to cancel. Take your time back. Protect your nights. Sleep first. Scroll later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: NightPact at daily against Simply Transcribe's every 5 weeks. NightPact also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Simply Transcribe sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and NightPact sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Simply Transcribe ships an update every 5 weeks, NightPact daily. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simply Transcribe | NightPact |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 832 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fusion Codeworks, LLC | Pablo Verd Gallego |
In-app purchases
Simply Transcribe
- Long Transcription Unlock$9.99
NightPact
- Extension · 10 min$0.49
- Extension · 20 min$0.79
- Extension · 30 min$0.99
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