Comparison

Limemo vs Tsugra

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

Head to head
About

Limemo

This app records audio and video, transcribes speech to text, and uses AI to generate summaries and structured notes. It helps organize spoken information from meetings, lectures, and everyday conversations, with features for editing, sharing, and asking questions about your content.

Highlights
  • AI note-taking and transcription
  • Speech-to-text conversion
  • Speaker identification in transcripts
  • AI-powered summaries
  • Weekly recap of notes
  • AI chat for querying transcripts
  • Support for audio, video, and PDF uploads
Features
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Limemo — AI Note Taker, Transcription & Smart Summaries Limemo is an AI note taker and transcription app for iPhone that helps you capture, understand, and organize spoken information. Record meetings, lectures, interviews, voice memos, and everyday conversations, or upload audio and video files to turn them into text, structured notes, and AI-powered summaries. Weekly Recap One digest of everything you recorded last week. Limemo groups your notes by topic and surfaces the follow-ups you only notice when you look across a whole week instead of one note at a time. It refreshes every Monday, and you can generate it on any day. Every recap lists the notes behind it, so any line can be checked against the original transcript. Record & Transcribe Capture audio and automatically convert speech into text. Use Limemo as a voice recorder, audio transcription tool, or speech-to-text app to keep a searchable record of what was said. Automatically separate speakers in transcripts, so you can clearly see who said what. - Record audio directly in the app - Upload audio, video and PDF files - Convert speech to text - Create editable transcripts - Edit and share your notes Audio, video, PDF Turn meetings, interviews, lectures, podcasts, voice memos, and videos into readable text. Limemo supports audio to text and video transcription, so you can review content without replaying the entire recording. Import a PDF and the document becomes a note like any other. AI meeting notes & Summaries Turn conversations into structured notes with AI. Create meeting notes, meeting minutes, interview transcripts, lecture notes, key points, and conversation summaries from your recordings. Customize each summary — from a quick overview to detailed notes — and focus on the information that matters most. AI chat Ask questions about your transcript or summary, find specific information, revisit important parts of a conversation, and explore your notes without searching through the entire recording. Edit, Share & Apple Watch Edit transcripts and notes, refine AI summaries, and share your work. Use Limemo with Apple Watch to capture audio on the go, then continue working with the recording, transcript, summary, and notes on your iPhone. Who is Limemo for? - Professionals — record meetings, conversations, and interviews and create AI meeting notes. - Students — transcribe lectures and study sessions into structured notes. - Journalists & Researchers — turn interviews into searchable transcripts. - Creators — convert audio, podcasts, and videos into text and summaries. - Everyone — capture voice memos, ideas, reminders, and everyday conversations. A smarter way to work with information Voice recording help you record, transcribe, summarize, organize, and explore content. From speech-to-text and video transcription to AI summaries, meeting notes, and AI Chat, Limemo turns spoken information into useful, actionable information. Security and privacy Your notes belong to you. Recordings, transcripts and summaries are encrypted in transit and at rest, stay private to your account, and can be deleted at any time. Information about subscription auto-renewal: Payment is charged to your Apple Account upon purchase confirmation. 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 period ends. Manage or cancel in Apple Account Settings; after cancellation, the subscription stays active until the period ends. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://limemo.ai/hub/legal/privacy-policy-ios Terms of Use: https://limemo.ai/hub/legal/terms-of-use-ios Subscription terms: https://limemo.ai/hub/legal/terms-of-subscription-ios

About

Tsugra

Features
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Tsugra records conversations and turns them into transcripts, summaries and a daily journal. Record on iPhone, Apple Watch and Mac, then review what was said and decided. One purchase covers iPhone and Mac. RECORDING • Three modes: Always listening (auto-starts on speech), Only with a headset, or Manual only (default) • Keeps recording with the screen locked (iOS shows the mic indicator) • Splits on silence; a continuing conversation stays one record • Start recording on Apple Watch; the audio is transcribed on your iPhone TRANSCRIPTION • On-device transcription with Apple speech recognition; audio is not sent anywhere • Enroll your voice to label "Me" and "Others" (voice profile stays on device) • Optionally use a transcription service you subscribe to AI ORGANIZING • Per-conversation summaries, categories, insights and the tasks you took on • A daily journal that weaves the day's conversations into one entry • Ask: question your records in plain language; answers quote what was said. Keyword search updates as you type • Memos MEETINGS • Minutes, with dates you can add to your calendar (Meeting add-on) • Interpreter: speak either of two languages; it detects which, transcribes and translates each sentence on device, no buttons needed (Meeting add-on) • Note Taker: paste a Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams or Webex link; it joins and brings back the transcript, and can join calendar meetings automatically (requires an account and Note Taker hours) • Interpret in chat (optional): Note Taker posts AI translations to the meeting chat (English meetings for now) MAC • Notices meetings starting in browsers like Chrome or Safari, or in the Zoom or Teams app, and offers to record, show captions or send Note Taker • Record meetings with your voice (mic) and the other side (Mac audio) kept separate as "Me" and "Others" • Translate with captions: the other side's speech is transcribed and translated on device, shown as on-screen captions (Meeting add-on) MORE • Export as Markdown, plain text or audio (WAV) • Keep audio until transcribed, 7 days, 30 days, or always • Optional sync via your own iCloud • 5 languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese PRIVACY • Records are stored on your device • AI organizing, journals and Ask use a cloud AI (Claude by Anthropic) only after you allow sending in Settings • Sign in with Apple to create your account; Tsugra doesn't get your name or email. Recording and transcription work without one • No tracking When recording others, follow local laws and tell them when required. PRICING Free: recording (including Mac meetings), on-device transcription, Apple Watch recording, keyword search and export. On supported devices and languages, on-device Apple Intelligence also creates summaries and journals for free. Ask, and summaries on devices without on-device AI, need Plus. No ads. Subscriptions are optional. • Tsugra Plus (monthly/yearly): cloud AI summaries and journals (600/mo), Ask (100/mo) • Tsugra Pro (monthly/yearly): Plus, the Meeting add-on and 10 Note Taker hours a month • Tsugra Pro 20 (monthly/yearly): Plus, the Meeting add-on and 20 Note Taker hours a month • Meeting add-on (monthly/yearly): minutes, Interpreter and Mac captions • Note Taker hour packs (1 h / 5 h, consumable) SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS • Auto-renewable subscriptions: Tsugra Plus, Tsugra Pro, Tsugra Pro 20 and Meeting add-on, each for 1 month or 1 year • Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account (Apple ID) at confirmation of purchase • A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Renewal is charged within 24 hours before the end of the current period • Manage or cancel your subscriptions in your App Store account settings after purchase Privacy Policy: https://tsugra-gate.jipanglobal.workers.dev/en/privacy Terms of Use: https://tsugra-gate.jipanglobal.workers.dev/en/terms

Screenshots

Limemo4 screens
Tsugra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Tsugra at none against Limemo's shown. Tsugra also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). Limemo's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Limemo sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days and Tsugra sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Limemo ships an update every 4 days, Tsugra daily. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Limemo versus Tsugra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLimemoTsugra
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (24 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB25 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperOrvanta Digital LimitedYukiya Matsumoto

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Limemo

Subscriptions7
  • Limemo Pro Weekly3 Days trial$8.997 Days
  • Limemo Pro Weekly7 Days trial$8.997 Days
  • Limemo Pro Weekly$8.997 Days
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  • Limemo Pro Yearly1 Year trial$79.991 Year
  • Limemo Pro Yearly3 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Limemo Pro Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Limemo Pro Yearly$79.991 Year
10 purchases

Tsugra

Subscriptions8
  • Meeting Add-on (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Tsugra Plus (Monthly)$5.991 Month
  • Tsugra Pro (Monthly)$14.991 Month
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  • Tsugra Pro 20 (Monthly)$24.991 Month
  • Meeting Add-on (Yearly)$29.991 Year
  • Tsugra Plus (Yearly)$69.991 Year
  • Tsugra Pro (Yearly)$179.991 Year
  • Tsugra Pro 20 (Yearly)$249.991 Year
One-time2
  • Meeting Bot 1 Hour$0.99
  • Meeting Bot 5 Hours$4.99

Questions

Is Limemo free?
Limemo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tsugra free?
Tsugra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Limemo or Tsugra have ads?
Limemo shows ads; Tsugra does not.
Which is updated more often, Limemo or Tsugra?
Limemo ships an update every 4 days, and Tsugra daily. Most recently, Limemo was updated on November 10, 2026 and Tsugra on November 6, 2026.

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