AI Voice Notes vs Transcribe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
AI Voice Notes
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Voice notes that write themselves โ the transcript, a summary, the key points and your to-do list, all worked out on your iPhone with nothing uploaded. You had the thought in the car, and by the time you were at a keyboard it was gone. AI Notes is for catching it while you are still talking: press record, say it however it comes out, and get back something you can actually use. What you get back from every recording: โข The full transcript, with the recording still there to play alongside it โข A short summary written for someone who will read it instead of listening โข The points worth keeping, pulled out and listed โข Anything you said you would do, collected into one to-do list across every note How it works: โข Press record and talk โ no setup, no account, no sign-in โข Words appear on screen as you speak, in whatever language you speak โข Tasks from every note gather in one place, and can be sent to your calendar โข A calendar view of what you recorded and when โข Search across everything you have ever said โข Playback at 1ร, 1.5ร or 2ร, with a 15-second jump back โข Light and dark themes, and haptics you can switch off Nothing leaves your phone. The recording, the transcription and the summary all happen on this device. Nothing is uploaded, there is no account to create, and no one else can read what you said โ including us. Good to know: โข Live text as you speak needs a one-off download of about 460 MB, offered inside the app. Without it, notes are still transcribed โ just after you stop rather than while you talk. โข The richest summaries use Apple Intelligence, which needs iOS 26 on a supported iPhone. On other devices the app still writes a summary, key points and tasks, worked out from the transcript itself. Recording is part of AI Notes PRO, and there is a free trial to begin with. Notes you have already made stay playable, readable and searchable either way. Payment will be charged to the payment method connected to your Apple Account when you confirm the initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period, at the renewal cost shown. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your account settings after purchase. Any unused part of a free trial period, where one is offered, is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cqlchdGMvd5LgUmaCT-z2dbZ6Howh9cari4yZ0T4aEA/edit?usp=sharing Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N_0RqGgM3RHNDWNLcv8DhsAzVLteelA50wPEKYRu9kk/edit?usp=sharing
Transcribe
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Record any meeting, lecture or interview and get a summary, the decisions and action items with owners โ no bot joins your call. Put the phone on the table, tap record, and watch the transcript appear live. Speech becomes text as people talk, split by speaker. When you stop, the notes are ready: a short summary, decisions, action items with an owner and a due date, and the topics worth remembering, with the full transcript underneath so you can check any of it. WHAT YOU HAVE WHEN THE MEETING ENDS โข A short summary of what was discussed โข The decisions, stated plainly โข Action items with an owner and a due date โข Key points and follow-up meetings โข A transcript split by speaker, line by line, with timestamps WHO SAID WHAT Speakers are separated automatically. When people call each other by name, the app catches it and labels the transcript. Name a speaker once and their voice is recognised in later meetings; voiceprints stay on this iPhone. Your own corrections always win โ re-analysing a recording never overwrites them. ASK THE MEETING Not sure what you agreed to? Ask. "What was assigned to me?" "Why did we push the deadline?" Every answer points to the line in the transcript it rests on, so you can read it yourself instead of trusting the summary. You can also ask across all of your meetings and search them from the library. STRAIGHT INTO YOUR TO-DO LIST Action items go to Reminders in one tap, due date included. Follow-up meetings become Calendar events. No copy and paste. SHARE THE NOTES Copy the text, share it as a .txt file or a PDF, export subtitles as .srt, or email each participant their part. RECORDING KEEPS GOING Recording continues with the screen off and the app in the background. The Lock Screen and Dynamic Island show it is still running. Start and stop from Apple Watch or the Home Screen widget. LANGUAGES Transcribes 60 languages and detects the language on its own. The app itself is available in English, Turkish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian and Arabic. On your Home Screen the app is called Ses Notu. NO ACCOUNT, NO ADS No sign-up, no email, no minute bundles and no ads. Your recordings, transcripts and summaries are stored on your device. SES NOTU PRO Your first three recordings are included; for every friend who uses your invite code you both get one more. Starting new recordings after that needs Ses Notu Pro, monthly or yearly. When you stop subscribing, everything you already recorded stays yours: transcripts, summaries and chat keep working. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage or cancel it in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Audio is sent to Soniox to be transcribed, and the transcript to Google Gemini for the summary and chat. The app does not store the audio. Privacy Policy: https://sesnotu.web.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Transcribe at every 4 days against AI Voice Notes's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. AI Voice Notes sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Transcribe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AI Voice Notes ships an update every 3 weeks, Transcribe every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AI Voice Notes | Transcribe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mikita Kharoshka | Mustafa utku BAYIK |
In-app purchases
AI Voice Notes
- Weekly3 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Weekly$6.997 Days
- Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Lifetime$79.99
Transcribe
- Ses Notu Pro7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Ses Notu Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year









