Comparison

Driftto vs Murmo Notes

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

Head to head
About

Driftto

Features
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Type it, say it or snap it. It lands in Todoist, Notion, Reminders or another app you already use. The thought shows up between meetings, on the way to a client, halfway through something else. It belongs on your list, in the right project. Opening the right app and finding the right list takes too long, so you email yourself, or you forget it. And tonight you move those emails into the right apps, one by one. Driftto is the shorter route. Type it or say it once, pick where it goes, done. It is on your list straight away. Nothing to file tonight. Where it lands Notion Asana Apple Reminders Email Todoist Google Tasks Linear Jira Trello TickTick Airtable Wrike Dart Google Sheets Missing one? Request it in the app. Pick one destination or several at once. Driftto remembers your last choice. Type it, say it, snap it One field, keyboard already up. Speak and the transcription happens on your phone. Add a photo of the whiteboard and it travels with the note to Notion, Asana or email. Your list, or someone else's Most notes are for yourself. Some belong to a colleague. Send it to their project or inbox, or to your list and theirs at once. You can see where it went Every capture shows where it landed. No signal? It waits on your phone and sends itself when you are back. Hands full Say "Hey Siri, new capture in Driftto". Siri asks what the thought is and sends it. The app never opens. Subscription Driftto is a paid app. The yearly plan starts with a free week. Choose monthly, yearly, or pay once for lifetime access. Cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Privacy: driftto.io/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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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 › your name › 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/

Screenshots

Driftto4 screens
Murmo Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Murmo Notes at daily against Driftto's every 4 days. Driftto's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Driftto sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Driftto ships an update every 4 days, Murmo Notes daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Driftto versus Murmo Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrifttoMurmo Notes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB219 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJafa Media B.V.Home M K Inc.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Driftto

Subscriptions2
  • Driftto Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Driftto Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Driftto Lifetime$29.99
2 purchases

Murmo Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Standard$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Driftto free?
Driftto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Murmo Notes free?
Murmo Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Driftto or Murmo Notes have ads?
Neither Driftto nor Murmo Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Driftto or Murmo Notes?
Driftto ships an update every 4 days, and Murmo Notes daily. Most recently, Driftto was updated on October 31, 2026 and Murmo Notes on October 31, 2026.

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