WhoSpoke vs Murmo Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
WhoSpoke
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Editable transcripts that show who said what, stay linked to your original audio, and keep your recordings and transcripts on your iPhone. You just finished an interview, a lecture or a long family talk, and now you need to know who said that one thing. WhoSpoke records the conversation, then separates the speakers afterward. You get a transcript of speaker cards instead of one long block of text. Tap any sentence and the original audio plays from that exact moment. The sentence being played is highlighted, and the list follows along. Fix what the transcript got wrong. Rename speakers, change their colors, reassign a sentence, merge or add speakers, and edit the text. You can restore the automatic version of any sentence you've edited. What you can do: ⢠Record in person with live captions where your language supports them ⢠Import audio files from Files ⢠Filter the transcript by speaker and search by title or text ⢠Translate a finished transcript into another language on your iPhone ⢠Export text or Markdown, with or without timestamps and translations ⢠Share the original audio only when you choose to Transcription and speaker separation run on your iPhone. Your recordings and transcripts never leave it. Language models may download the first time you use a language. Try it free on your first three conversations. After that, a single one-time Pro purchase unlocks new recordings and imports. There is no subscription. Conversations you've already made stay fully usable either way. WhoSpoke records in-person conversations. It doesn't record phone calls or audio from other apps. Please get everyone's consent before you record. Speaker separation is good but not perfect, so you can always correct it.
Murmo Notes
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Murmo Notes is a voice notes app for your Apple Watch, and for your iPhone too. Raise your wrist, open the app, and it's already recording. Say the thought, tap once to stop. The recording reaches your iPhone on its own, is transcribed there, and stays on your device. On-device. No cloud. No account. No ads. ON YOUR WRIST ⢠Tap Highlight while you talk to mark the part that matters, or Remind to turn what you're saying into a reminder. ⢠Start from a watch face complication, Siri or Control Center. ⢠Forgot to stop? Recording stops after you lower your wrist, or after two minutes without speech, with a gentle tap first. ⢠Out of range? The recording waits on your watch until your iPhone confirms it has it. ON YOUR IPHONE ⢠Tap the big record button at the bottom of your notes, or start from Siri, Shortcuts, the Action button, Control Center or a Lock Screen widget. ⢠Stop, Highlight and Remind on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. ⢠Recording stops after 30 seconds of silence. TRANSCRIBED ON YOUR IPHONE ⢠Speech-to-text runs on iPhone with an on-device speech model. Your recordings are never uploaded. The watch only records. ⢠Built for English; Mandarin Chinese works too. ⢠Fillers like "um" are tidied away; the original is one tap away. ⢠Teach it names it mishears with Custom Words. The original audio is kept to play back or transcribe again. REMINDERS WHEN YOU ASK ⢠Say "remind me to call Sam tomorrow at 3" and it goes straight into Reminders. ⢠Anything else that sounds like a to-do waits for your tap. Nothing goes into Calendar unless you tap Add to Calendar. Undo removes what the app added. FIND IT AGAIN ⢠Notes are grouped by day. Search every word or jump to Today, Yesterday, the Last 7 Days or any earlier day. FROM FRAGMENTS TO WHOLE THOUGHTS (STANDARD) ⢠Threads: tap Continue on a note to say more later. Notes recorded days apart stay together, so an idea grows over several recordings. Mark a thread as Shaped when it has come together. ⢠Tags: notes are tagged automatically (Work, Ideas, Travel and more), and you can create and rename your own. ⢠Tag cloud: see what you talk about most, and which tags are growing fastest. ⢠Link notes to each other and see them listed under Related. APPLE INTELLIGENCE, ON DEVICE (OPTIONAL) On iPhones that support Apple Intelligence, turn on Polish to tidy a transcript with Apple's on-device model. The original text is always kept. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS ⢠Everything is stored on your device. The developer can't see your recordings or transcripts. ⢠Lock with Face ID hides your notes; recording still works. ⢠Save Place is off by default. Turn it on to save where you recorded; Apple's service names the place. ⢠Keep original recordings forever, 1 year or 3 months. Text is never removed automatically. ⢠Export Everything puts all your text and recordings in one zip file. PLANS ⢠Basic is free for good: recording, transcription, playback, search, edit and copy, reminders, Polish and Export Everything. ⢠Standard adds automatic tags, creating and editing tags, threads, the tag cloud and Related. ⢠New installs get Standard free for 7 days, with no payment method and nothing charged. Then you're on Basic; your notes stay, and tags and threads stay read only. ⢠Standard: $9.99 a year, renews automatically. ⢠Lifetime: $24.99 once; Standard features for good. ⢠Installed from the App Store before version 1.1? As promised during early access, every feature stays free for you. Nothing to buy or restore. Prices in USD; they vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm. The subscription renews yearly unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage it in Settings ⺠your name ⺠Subscriptions. Requires iOS 26 or later. The Apple Watch app requires watchOS 26 and a paired iPhone, where transcription happens. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://murmonotes.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Murmo Notes at daily against WhoSpoke's every 10 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. WhoSpoke sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Murmo Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WhoSpoke ships an update every 10 days, Murmo Notes daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WhoSpoke | Murmo Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Daily ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch ā better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 219 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fine Pocket | Home M K Inc. |
In-app purchases
WhoSpoke
- WhoSpoke Pro Lifetime$9.99
Murmo Notes
- Standard$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$24.99









