Comparison

TelepaText vs OctoNote

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

Head to head
About

TelepaText

This app offers robust text editing with extensive actions for research, speaking, and sharing across Apple devices. It features text-to-speech, dictation, and speech commands for enhanced productivity and document management.

Highlights
  • Text document editing
  • Text-to-speech and dictation
  • Speech commands for app control
  • iCloud document syncing
  • Extensive text and research actions
  • Cross-platform interface
Features
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TelepaText provides essential text document editing, with extensive actions for text, research, speaking, sharing and viewing, built for iPad, iPhone, macOS and iCloud. Text-to-speech, dictation, speech commands and speech feedback are featured in TelepaText. Documents are automatically synced between your devices with iCloud. A common display style and command interface is provided on both platforms for best productivity. Main Features: • Easy actions for Wikipedia, Share, Web Search, Map Search, Open URL, Mail selection or document, Speak, Document Info, Sort Lines, Evaluate Expression, Uppercase, Lowercase, Capitalize, Markdown, Word Usage, Word Types, Move To Folder, Smooth Scroll, Select Font. • Share action includes activities such as Message, Mail, Facebook, Sina Weibo, Pinterest, Google+, etc. • Actions are organized into a toolbar and a menu with unified keyboard shortcuts. • Many actions are unified on both platforms, with the same keyboard shortcuts. • Support for Handoff to easily switch editing TelepaText iCloud documents between various devices, from iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and macOS computers. • Data detectors automatically find and highlight web links, dates, addresses, and phone numbers; simply tap for related actions. • Keyboard accessory, actions toolbar, extensive settings, modern navigation • Print options include scaling options for font size. • File Actions and iCloud file browser including filename, date, size, label color, and sorting • Use iCloud file system and/or device local files on macOS and iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Speech features: • Use text-to-speech for reading of documents, with automatic smooth scroll • Use Dictation support (speech-to-text) to add text to documents, and to control TelepaText with Speech Commands. • Speech Commands (an In-App Purchase) provide powerful ways to control the app with your voice on macOS and iPhone. Use speech commands to select text, open documents, get info about documents, rename documents, query various web search engines, evaluate expressions, change settings, send tweets, insert a contact's address, phone, or email, insert the date or time, and many more actions. • Speech Commands are a powerful Siri-like TelepaText-based extension to speech control functionality. • Speech Commands Reference view displays the complete phrase structure for speech commands. • Tune the Speak action (text-to-speech) to the desired speaking rate, pitch, and paragraph pause intervals. • Speech Commands are an In-App Purchase, and require the Dictation capability on your iOS device. More features: • Document Info action displays date created, date modified, paragraph, line and character counts for both the entire document and the current selection. • Sort Lines action sorts the lines of the selected text or the entire document alphabetically. • Evaluate action evaluates mathematical expressions such as (29.95+39.95)*3.0. • Choose font from common fonts, or any font available on the system. • Dark Style and Light Style, and several color toned styles. • Enjoy your beautiful desktop image through your document editing on macOS with Window Transparency and Auto-Hide Menu Bar controls. • Unified interface for iCloud file system navigation on both platforms. • The Settings view lets users customize a wide range of app behaviors. • Keyboard shortcuts for actions are the same on both iOS with hardware keyboard and macOS, which makes it easier to shift between devices. See Keyboard shortcuts for TelepaText. • Actions are performed on the selected text. Some actions can use the entire document, such as Mail. • Rename a document by tapping it's title in the editing view. • iCloud support is available on macOS Yosemite 10.10 and iOS 8 and later. Visit http://imaja.com/telepatext for full details.

About

OctoNote

This app lets you write and store notes in markdown format, syncing them directly to your GitHub Gists. It offers beautiful rendering, code syntax highlighting, and version control for organized and accessible notes.

Highlights
  • Markdown writing and rendering
  • GitHub Gists integration
  • Code syntax highlighting
  • Live preview
  • Version history
  • Secret Gists (Premium)
  • Custom syntax themes (Premium)
Features
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OctoNote - GitHub Powered Markdown Notes THE POWER OF GITHUB MEETS BEAUTIFUL NOTE-TAKING OctoNote transforms the way developers and power users take notes by harnessing GitHub Gists—giving you cloud sync, version control, and universal access without the bloat of traditional note apps. Write in markdown. Save to GitHub. Access anywhere. MARKDOWN DONE RIGHT - Gorgeous rendering that makes your notes look like miniature websites - Full syntax highlighting for code blocks—perfect for developers - Seamless editing with a clean, distraction-free interface - Live preview to see your formatted notes as you write GITHUB GISTS INTEGRATION - Automatic sync to your GitHub profile—your notes live where your code lives - Edit anywhere through GitHub's web interface or OctoNote - Version history built in—never lose a previous version - Share effortlessly via Gist URLs with beautiful browser rendering - No vendor lock-in—your notes are standard markdown on GitHub BUILT FOR DEVELOPERS & POWER USERS Whether you're documenting code snippets, maintaining technical wikis, or organizing project notes, OctoNote gives you the tools you need: - Save meeting notes with code examples - Maintain personal knowledge bases - Share formatted documentation instantly - Keep research organized with tags and structure OCTONOTE PREMIUM Upgrade to unlock the full power of private note-taking: - Secret Gists that don't appear in public search - Custom syntax formatting themes (11+ beautiful options from Xcode Light to Atom One Dark) - Flair for your app icon - Private by default for sensitive work notes and personal journals SIMPLE. POWERFUL. YOURS. OctoNote doesn't try to be everything—it's focused on doing one thing exceptionally well: giving you beautiful, powerful markdown notes backed by the reliability of GitHub. No proprietary formats. No complicated export processes. Just your notes, in standard markdown, stored safely on GitHub and accessible from anywhere. Perfect for: - Software developers and engineers - Technical writers and documentation specialists - Students studying computer science - Anyone who loves markdown and wants their notes future-proof REQUIREMENTS OctoNote requires a GitHub account (free accounts work perfectly). All features—both standard and Premium—are available to users with any GitHub account tier. Download OctoNote today and transform the way you take notes.

Screenshots

TelepaText4 screens
OctoNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: OctoNote at Free against TelepaText's $9.99. OctoNote also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1). TelepaText's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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

OctoNote is free to download; TelepaText costs $9.99 up front. TelepaText sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and OctoNote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TelepaText holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OctoNote has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of TelepaText's written reviews are positive against 60% of OctoNote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TelepaText ships an update every 3 weeks, OctoNote every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TelepaText versus OctoNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTelepaTextOctoNote
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.7 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings110 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperImajaBase11 Studios Ltd

Customer experience

TelepaText

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

OctoNote

All ratings10 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TelepaText

One-time1
  • Speech Commands$4.99
3 purchases

OctoNote

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Premium (Yearly)$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • OctoNote Premium - Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is TelepaText free?
TelepaText costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is OctoNote free?
OctoNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TelepaText or OctoNote?
TelepaText is rated higher. TelepaText averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while OctoNote averages 3.7 from 10 ratings.
Do TelepaText or OctoNote have ads?
Neither TelepaText nor OctoNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TelepaText or OctoNote?
TelepaText ships an update every 3 weeks, and OctoNote every 2 months. Most recently, TelepaText was updated on November 1, 2026 and OctoNote on November 2, 2026.

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