Comparison

TEL++ PRO vs DictationRec

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

Head to head
About

TEL++ PRO

Organize your contacts by company with this intuitive address book. Automatically groups contacts by company name, making it easy to manage and view customer information. Offers simple creation, deletion, and sorting of groups.

Highlights
  • Automatic company grouping
  • Create, delete, and sort groups
  • Company/people display switching
  • 100% share on standard Contacts
  • Archive group functionality
Features
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I will provide a new representation of the useful address book. You enter the company name of the contact the customer shops. App realize the group by the company on its own. When displayed separately in the "company / people", It is the address book that is easy to use easy to see very simple. - Can create, delete or sort groups of - 100% share on standard Contacts [How to use] Company / Name: display switching +: New contact creation Tap:Details display Long press: New creation (Already entered the company name) slide to the left: The moved to the archive group Contacts: Display the same as the standard Contacts app Archive: The listed by Archive Group

About

DictationRec

Record dictations and meetings with simultaneous speech recognition. Share transcribed text and audio files via email or AirDrop. Supports multiple languages and offers live or delayed recognition modes.

Highlights
  • Real-time speech recognition
  • Simultaneous audio recording
  • Multiple language support
  • Live and shift recognition modes
  • File sharing via email/AirDrop
  • Organized folder for past dictations
Features
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This app records dictation/meeting contents and simultaneously takes speech recognition of them and displays them sequentially. You can share recognition results by email for instance. Because the recognition engine is Apple's formal voice recognition engine that is available on iOS10, it supports different local languages in different countries including Japan. Attention: This app requires internet connection through WiFi or communication environment with carriers. How to use is as follows. (1) Recognition language selection: γ€€γ€€Speech recognition of the language corresponding to the locale of the terminal is possible immediately after startup it is. Tap the "Settings" button on the upper right to move to the setting screen. By selecting any language from the language picker, speech recognition of that language becomes possible. (2) Recognition mode selection: There are two recognition modes, live mode and shift mode.It works in live mode at first. Tap the mode change switch to change the recognition mode. (3) Live mode: γ€€γ€€γ€€Tap the "Start microphone" button to perform recognition sequentially. What you say is instantly displayed as text. A recording file is created at the same time. You can adjust the microphone input volume with the Vol slider. (This may not be possible depending on the model.) Tap the "Finish" button to save the recording file and text file of recognition results. γ€€γ€€Tap the "Play" button to play the recorded file. You can specify the recording start position with the slider. (4) Shift mode: By tapping the "Start Microphone" button, a divided recording file is created at intervals of about 1 minute, and the contents of the file are recognized with a 1-minute delay and sequentially displayed as text. γ€€When you tap the "Finish" button, the recording file for each minute and the text file of the recognition results are saved. You can specify the file number and play the corresponding audio file from the speaker. (5) Folder: γ€€γ€€γ€€Tap the folder button to display a list of dictations/minutes created in the past. Tap any of them to view the final result of the dictation/minutes. Recording playback is also possible. By tapping the "Share" button, you can share audio files and recognition result files by email, AirDrop, etc. (6) Erase: γ€€γ€€γ€€Tap the "Clear" button to clear the displayed text. It also deletes all the files that were divided and recorded in shift mode. After erasing, audio cannot be played back even if the file number is specified.

Screenshots

TEL++ PRO4 screens
DictationRec4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TEL++ PRO at 43% against DictationRec's 14%. TEL++ PRO also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). DictationRec's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

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

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

TEL++ PRO costs $0.49 and DictationRec $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TEL++ PRO ships an update every 6 weeks, DictationRec every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
TEL++ PRO versus DictationRec: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTEL++ PRODictationRec
Price$0.49 β€” better$0.99
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews β€” better14.3% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks β€” betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size1 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShinichi AokawaHIROFUMI MARUO

Customer experience

TEL++ PRO

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

DictationRec

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%

In-app purchases

None

TEL++ PRO

No in-app purchases

None

DictationRec

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TEL++ PRO free?
TEL++ PRO costs $0.49, with no in-app purchases.
Is DictationRec free?
DictationRec costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do TEL++ PRO or DictationRec have ads?
Neither TEL++ PRO nor DictationRec shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TEL++ PRO or DictationRec?
TEL++ PRO ships an update every 6 weeks, and DictationRec every 3 months. Most recently, TEL++ PRO was updated on September 14, 2026 and DictationRec on September 10, 2026.

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