Comparison

Audio Note Widget vs qapto

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

Head to head
About

Audio Note Widget

Quickly record and play audio notes directly from your home or today screen. Add titles, customize appearance, and access voice memos for reminders or personal messages. Compatible with iOS 14 widgets and supports dark mode.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets
  • Record and play audio notes
  • Customizable titles and appearance
  • iOS 14 widget compatible
  • Dark mode support
  • Easy to use interface
Features
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Thanks to this application (and the other Widget apps from PacoLabs), you can now customize the Home screen and the Today view of your device, by adding custom widgets for some specific purposes. From anywhere in your device, you'll have access to your own information and actions. Each Audio Note widget allows to record and play an audio note. This is the quickest way to record and play some voice recordings to remember the things that you might forget. Where did you park? what was the code to open the door? what did you had to remember? You can also have a recorded message of the person you like, always with you. A title can be added, and look can be customized. If necessary, you can hide the record button in the Today view (to avoid any unwanted change). Those Widgets are compatible with the new iOS 14 Home Screen Widgets. The application is really easy to use and is adapted to the fresh look of your device. Dark mode of iOS13 is supported. In Today view: You can add as many widgets as you want and they will be displayed in up to 3 different lists. Those same lists will be available in the Today view and in the application (although it is possible, if you want, to hide some widgets in the Today view). To avoid overloading the Today view, when too many widgets are displayed, an intuitive control will allow you to navigate from one widget to another. Even if the main purpose of the app is to view the widgets in the Today view, it can also be very handy to view them directly in the application (a long press on a widget in the Today view will open it directly in the main application).

About

qapto

Features
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qapto is the assistant that listens and gets it done. Say one sentence – qapto creates the appointment, the reminder, the note or the shopping list. No forms, no tapping through fields, no searching menus. WHAT QAPTO CAN DO Appointments and reminders from one sentence "Dentist Friday at ten, remind me two hours before." Done. Shopping lists from recipes Name a dish. qapto finds the recipe and writes the complete list of ingredients as a shopping list – with quantities. Find places, with real ratings "Where is good sushi in Cologne, with ratings?" Ask your own memory "What did I discuss with Martin last week?" Receipts and photos Take a picture, qapto files it. On Apple Watch Dictate without picking up your phone. WHAT QAPTO DOES NOT DO: MAKE THINGS UP That is the real difference. An assistant that invents a plausible ingredient from half a sentence is not helpful, it is dangerous – you only notice in the supermarket. qapto checks every card it creates against what you actually said and against the sources it has read. What is not backed up is not created. Better one card fewer than one made up. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account. No sign-up. No email address. Wherever your iPhone can, qapto computes directly on the device. Your content lives on your device and in your iCloud – not on our servers. For demanding requests qapto asks the cloud. What goes there goes through as text and is not stored by us. WHAT IT COSTS qapto is a subscription. The subscription includes a monthly allowance of points for cloud requests – you always see how much is left, and you cannot accidentally trigger anything beyond it. If you need more, you buy extra points. Purchased points never expire and carry over to the next month. Say your day instead of typing it. And rely on nothing being made up. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://qapto.net/datenschutz

Screenshots

Audio Note Widget4 screens
qapto4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: qapto at Free against Audio Note Widget's $0.99. qapto also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 months). Audio Note Widget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On ads 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

qapto is free to download; Audio Note Widget costs $0.99 up front. qapto sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Audio Note Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Audio Note Widget ships an update every 6 months, qapto every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Audio Note Widget versus qapto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudio Note Widgetqapto
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancis BonninWarenWerk GmbH

In-app purchases

None

Audio Note Widget

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

qapto

Subscriptions6
  • qapto Basis$2.997 Days
  • qapto Pro$3.997 Days
  • qapto Basis7 Days trial$8.991 Month
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  • qapto Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • qapto Basis7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • qapto Pro7 Days trial$129.991 Year
One-time3
  • 50 points$0.99
  • 250 points$3.99
  • 750 points$12.99

Questions

Is Audio Note Widget free?
Audio Note Widget costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is qapto free?
qapto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Audio Note Widget or qapto have ads?
Neither Audio Note Widget nor qapto shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Audio Note Widget or qapto?
Audio Note Widget ships an update every 6 months, and qapto every 4 days. Most recently, Audio Note Widget was updated on October 3, 2026 and qapto on October 5, 2026.

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