Comparison

Absolute Secure Access vs Dictate⁺

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

Head to head
About

Absolute Secure Access

This app provides secure and resilient network connectivity for accessing critical resources. It offers a Zero Trust approach to network access, enhancing security and user productivity. The platform includes advanced threat detection and network monitoring capabilities.

Highlights
  • Resilient network connectivity
  • Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
  • Data encryption and access controls
  • Proactive network monitoring
  • AI/ML-powered threat detection
  • User and entity behavior analysis (UEBA)
  • Configurable alerts
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The Absolute Secure Access product portfolio provides resilient network connectivity for users to securely access critical resources in the public cloud, private data centers, and on-premises. These products allow users to transition from traditional VPN to a resilient Zero Trust approach, without impairing productivity or administrative controls. Absolute VPN provides security and confidentiality for data in motion by means of encryption and access controls. It also offers benefits to the end user, such as making tunnel and network sessions resilient and optimizing streaming video and audio. Absolute ZTNA provides a software-defined perimeter via Zero Trust Network Access, creating a context-based, logical access boundary around an application or set of applications – wherever they're hosted. It shields applications from the Internet, making them invisible to unauthorized users. Access policies are enforced at the endpoint, avoiding latency and any data transgression. Absolute Insights for Network offers diagnostic and experience monitoring capabilities across endpoints and network, allowing organizations to proactively monitor, investigate, and remediate end user performance issues quickly and at scale, even on networks that are not company-owned or managed. The Secure Access SaaS platform leverages the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to provide highly resilient, advanced threat detection combined with user and entity behavior analysis (UEBA). Secure Access analyzes each device’s activity to establish a comprehensive baseline of normal network behavior for that device and user. Regardless of whether a device has Secure Access policies that route traffic inside or outside a tunnel, the new AI-powered network security and vulnerability detection capabilities continuously monitor all devices for deviations in behavior, analyzing network traffic, user behavior, application usage and data access patterns, including the following: o Data exfiltration o Unsafe application and web browsing behavior o Malicious network port scanning o New applications generating network traffic o Denial of service attacks o Device being used at unusual times o Higher than expected network activity o New network usage patterns o Device acting as a server o Device refusing server-like requests o Device network usage is abnormal Secure Access generates configurable alerts with rich context and direct links to detailed Insights for Network dashboards, empowering security teams to prioritize and investigate potential threats. As new threats emerge and user behavior evolves, Secure Access automatically modifies its baseline for each user’s device and potential threat profiles, ensuring your defenses remain continuously updated. All clients require a licensed server to work.

About

Dictate⁺

Transform your mobile device into a professional dictation tool. Record, edit, and securely transmit audio with advanced features like voice activation, encryption, and offline speech recognition. Organize and manage your recordings efficiently for seamless workflow.

Highlights
  • Professional dictation recording
  • Lightning-fast recording control
  • Impressively accurate voice activation
  • Secure AES-256 encryption
  • Offline speech recognition
  • Easy editing and transcription
  • Wide range of transmission options
Features
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Dictate⁺ turns your iPhone or iPad into a professional dictation device that can do more than most high-end dictation devices. Dictate⁺ is an indispensable app for doctors, lawyers, tax consultants, surveyors, journalists and anyone who wants to record speech and send it in accordance with the highest security standards. Dictate⁺ offers excellent sound quality, impressively accurate voice activation, secure encryption and a wealth of transmission options for your dictations and recordings. Professional dictation recordings ∙ Lightning-fast recording control and precise voice activation ∙ Configurable recording quality (8 - 48 kHz) ∙ Control with Bluetooth footswitch possible ∙ Recording in the background¹ Easily edit and transcribe dictations ∙ Smooth rewinding, overwriting and inserting ∙ Move and delete section in the dictation ∙ Set bookmarks in the dictation ∙ Different playback speeds ∙ Offline speech recognition Transmission according to the highest security standards ∙ Highest data security thanks to AES-256 encryption ∙ Access control (also biometric) possible ∙ No collection of usage or telemetry data² ∙ Wide range of sending options (email, download, FTP, WebDAV, SFTP, Dropbox and more) ∙ Preconfiguration of sharing destinations ∙ Dictate⁺ Transfer: end-to-end encrypted transfer of dictations to PC or Mac at no extra cost Easy management of dictations ∙ Organize dictations in folders ∙ MP4/AAC, WAV and AIFF formats ∙ Barcode scanner ∙ File attachments (photos, PDF, etc.) ∙ Document scanner JOTOMI has been developing dictation apps since 2008. “Dictamus” first became “Dictate + Connect” and now “Dictate⁺”. With more than 500,000 downloads worldwide, we are one of the most successful app developers in the field of professional dictation. Together with users from a wide range of industries, we are constantly working on improvements. Dictate⁺ offers all functions out of the box, but the recording length is limited to 15 seconds. Purchase a subscription to remove this limitation. With a "Feature Unlock" subscription, the length of each individual dictation is limited to 24 hours at “Normal” recording quality (5 hours at “Studio” recording quality). Your iTunes account will be charged immediately after confirmation of the subscription purchase. A subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal in your iTunes account settings. If you purchase a subscription, any existing free usage will expire and your account will be charged immediately. You can find the terms of use for the Feature Unlock subscription at https://www.dictate-plus.com/dictateplus-termsofuse ¹ Calls made from the iPhone itself cannot be recorded ² When using cloud services to transfer dictations, usage data and telemetry may be collected by the respective cloud provider

Screenshots

Absolute Secure Access2 screens
Dictate⁺4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dictate⁺ at 4.7 against Absolute Secure Access's 4.0. Dictate⁺ also leads on review sentiment (48% vs 20%) and ratings volume (660 vs 21). Absolute Secure Access's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Dictate⁺ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Absolute Secure Access asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dictate⁺ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dictate⁺ has 660 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Absolute Secure Access's written reviews are positive against 48% of Dictate⁺'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Absolute Secure Access ships an update every 2 months, Dictate⁺ every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Absolute Secure Access versus Dictate⁺: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAbsolute Secure AccessDictate⁺
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (21 ratings)4.7 (660 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews47.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21660 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS1715.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNetMotion Software Inc.JOTOMI

Customer experience

Absolute Secure Access

All ratings21 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative23.8%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

Dictate⁺

All ratings660 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive47.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative43.2%

Bugs and requests

Absolute Secure Access

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Dictate⁺

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Low volume playback requiring maximum volume
  • Uploads not forwarded or getting lost
  • Recording stops unexpectedly mid-dictation
  • Dictations cut off at 2/3 through playback
  • Sync issues - green check but still shows as unsent next day
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  • Stuttering sound bar visualization
  • SSL function not working
  • Invalid support email addresses
  • Dictation window too small on screen

Requested features

5 requests
  • Extended free trial period (3+ days)
  • Longer free recording duration
  • Revert to previous UI design
  • Improved backward compatibility with older iOS
  • Stable recording indicator/sound bar visualization

In-app purchases

None

Absolute Secure Access

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Dictate⁺

Subscriptions2
  • Feature Unlock 1 month$5.991 Month
  • Feature Unlock 1 year$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Absolute Secure Access free?
Absolute Secure Access is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dictate⁺ free?
Dictate⁺ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Absolute Secure Access or Dictate⁺?
Dictate⁺ is rated higher. Absolute Secure Access averages 4.0 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Dictate⁺ averages 4.7 from 660 ratings.
Do Absolute Secure Access or Dictate⁺ have ads?
Neither Absolute Secure Access nor Dictate⁺ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Absolute Secure Access or Dictate⁺?
Absolute Secure Access ships an update every 2 months, and Dictate⁺ every 3 weeks. Most recently, Absolute Secure Access was updated on July 22, 2026 and Dictate⁺ on September 21, 2026.

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