Comparison

Kiteworks vs Inkrest

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

Head to head
About

Kiteworks

Access and share sensitive data securely through a private network provided by your employer or partner. Share files, send encrypted emails, and capture compliant photos that upload directly to your organization's cloud, preventing data leaks to other apps or your device.

Highlights
  • Secure data access and sharing
  • Encrypted file sharing and email
  • Compliant photo capture and upload
  • Data isolation from other apps
  • Tracking of recipient access
  • Phishing and spam-protected email
  • Secure access to internal repositories without VPN
Features
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Use the Kiteworks mobile app to access and share data through a Kiteworks cloud application provided by your employer or a partner business. Its Kiteworks Private Data Network (PDN) effortlessly protects your organization’s sensitive data no matter where you go. Share files and send emails simply and securely. Take compliant, encrypted photos that automatically upload to your organization’s Kiteworks cloud. Data, email, and photos never leak to the other apps, camera roll, or folders in your device. Key features: • Strong encryption of your organization’s data in the phone, in transit, and in the cloud • Tracking that shows you when recipients accessed your emails and shared files • Invitation-only email that never exposes you to phishing and spam • Secure access to your organization’s internal data repositories, such as file shares, home drives, SharePoint, Box, etc., without needing a VPN • Automatic, effortless enforcement of your organization’s compliance policies for regulations like HIPAA, GDPR, CMMC, CCPA, NIS 2, FedRAMP, and many more If you're a Kiteworks customer, download the mobile app today! To become a customer, visit us at www.kiteworks.com!

About

Inkrest

This app transforms your spoken words into polished text directly on your device, refining ums, false starts, and run-ons. It offers various writing styles and custom dictionaries, all while ensuring complete privacy as no data is sent to servers.

Highlights
  • On-device speech-to-text and AI rewriting
  • Refines speech into polished prose
  • Multiple writing styles (Email, Document, etc.)
  • Customizable dictionaries for jargon and names
  • System keyboard integration for any app
  • Home screen widget and Action Button for instant capture
  • Apple Watch app for wrist-based dictation
Features
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Speak however it comes out. Inkrest is private voice to text for iPhone and iPad: it turns your speech into clean, finished writing right on your device, with nothing sent to a server. It works offline after a one-time download. Most dictation just transcribes. Inkrest goes further: it captures what you say, then quietly refines the "ums," the false starts, and the run-ons into clear, polished prose in the style you choose. Speak a half-formed thought; get back a finished paragraph. And it all happens on your device. Speech-to-text and the AI rewriting both run locally on Apple silicon. No accounts. No servers. No telemetry. After a one-time model download, Inkrest works with no internet connection at all — on a plane, on a trail, anywhere. Your words never leave your device. CAPTURE ANYWHERE - A dictation keyboard for any app: tap the mic, Inkrest opens to listen, and your refined text is ready to insert when you return - A home-screen widget and the Action Button for instant capture - A Share Sheet to clean up text you already have - On Apple Watch: catch a thought from your wrist - A Live Activity that keeps your session in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen BUILT FOR IPAD AND FOLDABLES Inkrest is a real iPad app, not a stretched-up phone screen — a wider dictation layout and a two-column settings view that make the most of the display. On a foldable phone it opens into a two-page desk. TEN STYLES The same spoken note, refined for where it's going: Polished, Email, Meeting Notes, Bullet points, Concise, Social Post, Code Comment, Academic Abstract, Verbatim cleanup, or your own Custom instruction. SPELLED THE WAY YOU MEAN IT Curated dictionaries plus your own custom terms, so names, jargon, and product names come out right — without spelling them out loud. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No analytics. No crash reporters. No ad SDKs. The only thing Inkrest ever sends over the network is a one-time model download. After that: silence. NO SUBSCRIPTION. NO ADS. NO ACCOUNT. Inkrest doesn't track you, doesn't show ads, and never asks you to sign in. Your words, at rest.

Screenshots

Kiteworks4 screens
Inkrest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Kiteworks at Free against Inkrest's $4.99. Kiteworks also leads on ratings volume (173 vs 4). Inkrest's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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

Kiteworks is free to download; Inkrest costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Inkrest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kiteworks has 173 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Kiteworks's written reviews are positive against 100% of Inkrest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kiteworks ships an update every 3 months, Inkrest every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Kiteworks versus Inkrest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKiteworksInkrest
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.2 (173 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings173 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#191 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size172 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKiteworks USA, LLCLampblack Labs LLC

Customer experience

Kiteworks

All ratings169 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative16.0%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive72.9%
Neutral6.3%
Negative20.8%

Inkrest

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Kiteworks

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App not working on iPad and Mac
  • Won't launch on iPadOS 13.1
  • Preventing access to documents
  • Devices and accounts compromised
  • Software downloaded automatically

Requested features

4 requests
  • Reporting functionality
  • Direct upload to MS Office
  • Scan to PDF functionality
  • Download multiple files at once

Inkrest

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Kiteworks

No in-app purchases

None

Inkrest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kiteworks free?
Kiteworks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Inkrest free?
Inkrest costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kiteworks or Inkrest?
Inkrest is rated higher. Kiteworks averages 4.2 out of 5 from 173 ratings, while Inkrest averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Kiteworks or Inkrest have ads?
Neither Kiteworks nor Inkrest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kiteworks or Inkrest?
Kiteworks ships an update every 3 months, and Inkrest every 4 days. Most recently, Kiteworks was updated on October 22, 2026 and Inkrest on October 28, 2026.

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