Comparison

Audio Notebook vs Meeting Notes & Work Planner

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 thoughts with this voice recorder and note-taking app. Features include 2x playback speed for faster review and a wide-screen editor for comfortable note-taking on your iPad. Try the free edition with limited notes.

Highlights
  • All-day audio recording
  • 2x playback speed
  • Wide-screen text editor
  • Note-taking for lectures and meetings
  • Free edition available
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. 2x Playback Speed Saves you Precious Time. Imagine if you can review your notes twice as fast. This is built-into Audio Notebook. You'll never want to go back. Comfortable Wide-Screen Editing Use your iPad as a note-taking machine, with or without an attached hardware keyboard. TRY AUDIO NOTEBOOK RISK FREE! We're confident you'll find Audio Notebook to be the best and easiest to use audio note system for your iPad, so we've prepared a special Free Edition you can use right now. Download the Free Edition and try it risk free. It has all the features of the Full Edition, but is limited to 4 notes at a time.

About

Meeting Notes & Work Planner

Capture your thoughts and ideas with a versatile note-taking app. Easily create handwritten notes, add images, and convert speech to text. Organize your content with folders and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Handwritten note creation
  • Image integration
  • Speech-to-text conversion
  • Drawing and doodling tools
  • Folder organization
  • Cloud synchronization
Features
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Don’t work hard, work smarter! Document all your classes or meetings with the awesome tools SketchNotes brings to you. CREATE EASY NOTES AND ADD IMAGES • Create customizable notes, and write anything you want in an easy, yet really helpful note that will make almost impossible to forget homeworks and projects QUICK SPEECH TO TEXT TOOL • If your teacher or partners are talking fast, use the Speech to text tool and save all the highlights lessons. You won’t even have to write anything. PERSONALIZE AND SHARE • Set your creativity free. Use our pencils, sharpies and shapes to draw doodles, funnels or anything that comes to your mind. ORGANIZE AND SYNC • Create folders and subfolders to make sure you will find the information you need whenever you want • Sync your notes on the cloud Price of subscription: - 3 day free trial then $9.99 per month Terms of use: https://giantbrainsllc.wordpress.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policies: https://giantbrainsllc.wordpress.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Meeting Notes & Work Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Audio Notebook at none against Meeting Notes & Work Planner's 5. Meeting Notes & Work Planner's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 5). On price, rating and iOS requirement 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. Meeting Notes & Work Planner sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Audio Notebook asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Audio Notebook against 4.1 for Meeting Notes & Work Planner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meeting Notes & Work Planner has 1.9K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Audio Notebook's written reviews are positive against 71% of Meeting Notes & Work Planner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Audio Notebook ships an update every 3 months, Meeting Notes & Work Planner every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Audio Notebook versus Meeting Notes & Work Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudio NotebookMeeting Notes & Work Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better4.1 (1.9K ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews71.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings51.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQrayon, LLCGiant Brains

Customer experience

Audio Notebook

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Meeting Notes & Work Planner

All ratings1,928 ratings
Positive75.1%
Neutral7.9%
Negative17.0%
Written reviews557 reviews
Positive71.5%
Neutral8.1%
Negative20.5%

Bugs and requests

Audio Notebook

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Meeting Notes & Work Planner

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes getting deleted unexpectedly
  • Inability to edit or move images
  • Syncing issues across devices
  • Freezing and performance problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more customization options
  • Improve stability and reliability
  • Provide better support and documentation
  • Allow more flexibility in note-taking

In-app purchases

None

Audio Notebook

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Meeting Notes & Work Planner

Subscriptions5
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • New Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
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  • Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Audio Notebook free?
Audio Notebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Meeting Notes & Work Planner free?
Meeting Notes & Work Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Audio Notebook or Meeting Notes & Work Planner?
Audio Notebook is rated higher. Audio Notebook averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Meeting Notes & Work Planner averages 4.1 from 1.9K ratings.
Do Audio Notebook or Meeting Notes & Work Planner have ads?
Audio Notebook shows ads; Meeting Notes & Work Planner does not.
Which is updated more often, Audio Notebook or Meeting Notes & Work Planner?
Audio Notebook ships an update every 3 months, and Meeting Notes & Work Planner every 3 weeks. Most recently, Audio Notebook was updated on November 6, 2026 and Meeting Notes & Work Planner on November 6, 2026.

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