Comparison

Vois vs BrickNote

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

Head to head
About

Vois

This app reads articles aloud using natural-sounding voices, even offline. It cleans up web pages and offers a summary feature for longer content. Users can save content from any app and listen with synchronized highlighting.

Highlights
  • Reads articles aloud with natural voices
  • Offline listening capabilities
  • Cleans up web pages for focused reading
  • Summarizes articles with Apple Intelligence
  • Saves content from any app via Share Sheet
  • Word-by-word highlighting
  • Voice Studio for custom speech generation
Features
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Vois reads articles aloud in a natural voice, made right on your iPhone. Save anything worth reading from Safari or any app, and listen anywhere, even offline, with each word highlighted as it's read. No account. No subscription. Your reading stays on your iPhone. THE GIST FIRST, WITH APPLE INTELLIGENCE On iPhone 15 Pro and later, articles open with a short summary, so you can hear the gist before the whole story. Vois also cleans up every page you save, removing newsletter prompts, related links, captions, author bios and ad labels, so you hear only the article. It all runs privately on your iPhone, and it never changes a word of the article itself. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE • Tap Share, then Save to Vois, in Safari or any app • Listen in Safari with the Vois extension, even on pages behind a login • Copy text anywhere, then open Vois to hear it right away • Ask Siri: "Read my clipboard with Vois" or "Continue listening in Vois" • Shortcuts: save links or text automatically, even a whole RSS feed every morning • With Vois Pro, import PDFs and documents, text from photos, and printed pages you scan NATURAL VOICES, MADE ON YOUR IPHONE • Lifelike AI voices, generated on the device: private by design • Speech is prepared ahead, in the background and overnight while your iPhone charges, so articles play instantly, even in airplane mode • Numbers, prices, dates, units and web addresses are read the way people say them • Multilingual voices read 31 languages, including Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Hindi and Vietnamese READ ALONG • Word-by-word highlighting follows the voice; tap any word to jump there • A mini player on every screen, Lock Screen controls and adjustable speed • A library of everything you've saved, as cards or a list, with search and progress • Designed for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo, in light and dark, with VoiceOver, Voice Control and larger text VOICE STUDIO Type or paste anything and hear it in a lifelike voice in seconds, with no internet connection: a speech to rehearse, a bedtime story, a message in another language. Choose from 20 voices, then save a clip or export it as audio. VOIS PRO Listening to articles is unlimited, every day. Vois Pro is a one-time purchase, with no subscription: • Unlimited Voice Studio: any text, at any length • Files, photos and scans: PDFs and documents, text from photos, printed pages • Export clips as audio files, and keep your full clip history Family Sharing included. Apple Intelligence is available on supported devices and languages.

About

BrickNote

This app offers a simple and intuitive way to create and manage notes using a chat-like interface. Easily add images, set reminders, create checklists, and organize with tags. It supports iCloud sync, widgets, and Face ID protection for your important information.

Highlights
  • Chat-style note input
  • Image attachment
  • Schedule reminders
  • Checklist creation
  • Tagging for organization
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Home screen widgets
  • Face ID memo lock
Features
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Jot down a thought or what you just did, one line at a time, as if texting yourself. BrickNote stacks short memos like bricks and lets you look back on them by date. ■ QUICK MEMOS Open a notebook and start typing. Save a line to your quick memo notebook, or share text, links and photos from other apps. ■ NOTEBOOKS Group memos by topic, from daily life to books and plans, with colors and tags. ■ TIMELINE Every day you write adds a brick to your wall. See your streak and memos by date, and export them as Markdown. ■ TO-DOS AND REMINDERS Turn any memo into a to-do, check it off, and get a reminder when you need it. ■ TEXT STYLE AND HIGHLIGHTER Titles, bold, italic, strikethrough and five highlighter colors. ■ SEARCH Find memos by text, notebook or tag, and open them right from Spotlight. ■ KEEP IT SAFE - Lock notebooks with Face ID - iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad - Full backup and restore, Recently Deleted ■ WIDGETS AND SHORTCUTS See recent memos on your Home Screen, and add memos with Shortcuts and Siri. BrickNote Pro (one-time purchase, no subscription) - Unlimited notebooks (3 free, not counting the quick memo notebook) - Daily, weekly and monthly repeating reminders - Check off memos in widgets, large and Lock Screen widgets - Get text from photos - 4 app icons Notebook lock, iCloud sync, backup, export and the highlighter stay free. If you bought BrickNote before version 1.2.0, Pro is already included.

Screenshots

Vois4 screens
BrickNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BrickNote at none against Vois's 1. BrickNote also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 days). On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. Vois sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BrickNote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vois ships an update every 2 days, BrickNote daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Vois versus BrickNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVoisBrickNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size239 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKen ChungYoungbae Yoo

Customer experience

Vois

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BrickNote

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Vois

One-time1
  • Vois Pro$14.99
None

BrickNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vois free?
Vois is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BrickNote free?
BrickNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vois or BrickNote have ads?
Neither Vois nor BrickNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vois or BrickNote?
Vois ships an update every 2 days, and BrickNote daily. Most recently, Vois was updated on November 1, 2026 and BrickNote on November 4, 2026.

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