Comparison

Audio Notebook vs Winmail Reader

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

Head to head
About

Audio Notebook

Record lectures, meetings, or ideas with high-quality audio and simultaneously take detailed notes. Review recordings at up to 2x speed, organize with color-coded categories, and easily share your notes and audio via email or file sharing.

Highlights
  • All-day audio recording
  • 2x playback speed
  • Wide-screen text editor
  • Color-coded organization
  • Email notes and recordings
  • iTunes File Sharing
Features
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All-Day Audio Recorder, 2x Playback, and Wide-Screen Text Editor. Audio Notebook is perfect for: - Students: To record all your lectures, and take notes on all your classes, - Professionals: For every meeting and interview, - Everyone else: To capture your thoughts and ideas for all of life's projects. PRISTINE ALL-DAY RECORDING Stop struggling to take notes while keeping up with discussions. Audio Notebook captures everything that is said, so you don't have to worry about missing a thing. Record through your whole day and take notes at the same time. Edit and add to your notes while recording or reviewing later. When you're done, easily email your notes and recordings with a tap. Leave your laptop behind. Stay on top of all your classes and meetings with just your iPad. FAST 2x PLAYBACK Reviews are a snap: Audio Notebook lets you breeze through recordings with up to 2x playback speed. Rewind by 5 seconds with just a tap, and capture every point with perfect recall. EASY DATA ACCESS It's your data: Copy all your notes and audio to your Mac or PC with iTunes File Sharing at any time. This is great for extra backups or sharing with others. It even works wirelessly over WiFi. COLORFUL ORGANIZATION Color code your notes with multiple categories to find them easily and stay on top of all your projects. WIDE-SCREEN EDITING WITH LARGE FONTS Unlike Apps ported from the iPhone, Audio Notebook makes full use of the iPad's larger screen. Notes take up the full screen width in landscape, and are presented with a large, legible font, so you don't have to squint. Pick between three beautiful fonts for your notes: Georgia, Helvetica Neue, or Courier. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO TAKE GREAT NOTES Integrated Text Editor: - Text notes with built-in Audio Recorder - Works great in both landscape and portrait mode - Large, legible font - Copy & Paste - Automatic spell check Flexible Note Organizer: - Multiple color-coded categories to stay organized - Filter notes by category, to quickly find the one you want - Sort by name or by date - Customizable category names - Share notes and recordings via Email High Quality Audio Recorder: - Variable play speed: 1x, 1.5x, or 2x - Instant seek - Quick skip by 5 second increments - Unlimited audio recording time - High quality MPEG-4 audio: An hour takes approximately 12MB - Record and take notes simultaneously - Pause and continue recording as many times as needed

About

Winmail Reader

Easily open and manage "winmail.dat" attachment files on your iOS device. This app decodes the TNEF format, allowing you to view, save, share, or resend any contained attachments and the original email message.

Highlights
  • Decodes winmail.dat files
  • Lists all attachments and email message
  • Inbuilt quick-look preview for attachments
  • Save, copy, print, and share attachments
  • Resend decoded email with attachments
  • Create/add Outlook appointments to iOS Calendar
  • Add contact address cards to iOS Contacts
Features
Currently charting
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Winmail Reader is ultimate tool for reading "winmail.dat" attachment files on iPhones, iPads and iPod touch. Winmail Reader decodes "winmail.dat" file, and allows any attachments contained in them to be opened, read, saved or e-mailed. * * * Winmail Reader for Mac is also available on the Mac App Store. * * * Winmail.dat files are in fact TNEF format (Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format). Microsoft Outlook e-mail program for Windows send e-mails as TNEF. Most other e-mail programs, including Mail, do not understand TNEF. If your e-mail program doesn't understand TNEF, you may only see an attachment named "winmail.dat" that you cannot open. The easy-to-use solution to circumvent this problem is provided by Winmail Reader. FEATURES: ◆ Decodes "winmail.dat" files and list all attachments contained in it including email message. ◆ Inbuilt quick-look preview to view attachments. Tap on attachment button to popup quick-look preview. ◆ Allows attachments files to Copy to… another application, Save to Files, Copy, Print, share file to nearby iOS devices via AirDrop and more... Long press on attachment button to show share action options. ◆ Resend entire decoded email as it is with message and extracted attachments. ◆ Creates, edit and adds Microsoft Outlook Appointment and Meeting to iOS Calendar. It also reads embedded note. ◆ Creates and adds contact address card into iOS Contacts. ◆ Reads nested message in full RTF format as separate file.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Winmail Reader at 4.5 against Audio Notebook's 3.8. Winmail Reader also leads on ratings volume (258 vs 19) and price ($1.99 vs $4.99). Audio Notebook's advantage is review sentiment (70% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Audio Notebook costs $4.99 and Winmail Reader $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Winmail Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Winmail Reader has 258 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Audio Notebook's written reviews are positive against 50% of Winmail Reader's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Audio Notebook ships an update every 3 months, Winmail Reader every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Audio Notebook versus Winmail Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudio NotebookWinmail Reader
Price$4.99$1.99 — better
Rating3.8 (19 ratings)4.5 (258 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19258 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#189 — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQrayon, LLCRootRise Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Customer experience

Audio Notebook

All ratings19 ratings
Positive68.4%
Neutral10.5%
Negative21.1%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative25.0%

Winmail Reader

All ratings256 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral3.9%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Audio Notebook

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Files are gone forever after deletion without confirmation
  • App crashes 3 times, losing all notes and audio
  • App crashes when correcting a misspelled word
  • App crashes when tapping two keys at once
  • Text disappears in landscape mode when keyboard is visible
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  • Unable to email recordings
  • Email sent to self arrived late
  • Won't send email, never arrives
  • No crashing for me (iPad 4, iOS 8)
  • Doesn't time-stamp the notes to match audio
  • App will not open, crashes back to app icon on iOS 7
  • Crashes on opening every time
  • Crashes on start
  • Loses text during iOS restore
  • Crashes while starting on iPad mini
  • Crashes each time when opened
  • Doesn't scroll if notes are long
  • Crashes on start, cannot load
  • All attempts to record result in corrupted files

Requested features

17 requests
  • Confirmation before deleting files
  • Recycle bin for deleted files
  • Integration of stylus for graphical notes
  • Ability to email separate tracks
  • More categories
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  • Russian language in instructions
  • Batch deletion of notes
  • Add photos to notes
  • Mini audio editor
  • Timecode notes to match recording
  • MP3 format for recordings
  • Time and date stamp shortcut for notes
  • Easy import of emailed recordings into iTunes
  • Better uploading for book podcast production
  • Delete unwanted sections of recordings
  • Save backups to Dropbox
  • More text editing features

Winmail Reader

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Audio Notebook

No in-app purchases

None

Winmail Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Audio Notebook free?
Audio Notebook costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Winmail Reader free?
Winmail Reader costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Audio Notebook or Winmail Reader?
Winmail Reader is rated higher. Audio Notebook averages 3.8 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Winmail Reader averages 4.5 from 258 ratings.
Do Audio Notebook or Winmail Reader have ads?
Neither Audio Notebook nor Winmail Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Audio Notebook or Winmail Reader?
Audio Notebook ships an update every 3 months, and Winmail Reader every 4 months. Most recently, Audio Notebook was updated on November 1, 2026 and Winmail Reader on November 6, 2026.

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