Letterly vs Talknotes
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Letterly
Voice notes and dictation that rewrite speech into finished text
Talknotes
AI voice notes that turn recordings into formatted text
Where they differ
- Letterly starts at $19.99 per month, or from $69.99 per year, as listed on the US App Store. Talknotes starts at $197 per year (shown as $16 / month, billed annually).
- Only Letterly lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Letterly also covers dictation and text expansion.
- Talknotes also covers templates.
At a glance
| Letterly | Talknotes | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $19.99 per month, or from $69.99 per year, as listed on the US App Store | $197 per year (shown as $16 / month, billed annually) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial for new users. The free version is limited to 10 recordings of up to 3 minutes each. | 7-day free trial on both the monthly and the yearly plan. |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Letterly | Clutch Codeworks LLC |
| Price read from | apps.apple.com | talknotes.io |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Letterly
- One voice-notes app across phone, desktop and web
- Turning spoken ideas into emails, posts and journal entries
- Recording meetings or lectures for a transcript and summary
Talknotes
- Drafting emails, posts and articles by talking
- Turning recorded meetings, interviews or lectures into summaries
- People who want one voice-notes account on web, iPhone and Android
Worth knowing
Letterly
- Letterly's site has no pricing page; prices here come from its US App Store listing, which shows several price points for yearly and lifetime PRO.
- The support page limits the free version to 10 recordings of up to 3 minutes each.
- Vendor pages disagree on recording length: the support page says 15 minutes on Pro, the homepage and App Store listing say up to 90 minutes.
Talknotes
- The pricing page lists no free plan: after a 7-day trial it costs $19.97 a month or $197 a year, and the terms say all sales are final.
- An internet connection is required, and unlimited usage is subject to a fair usage policy in the terms.
- The FAQ says notes longer than 20 minutes use credits on a Pro plan, which the pricing page does not list or explain.
- There is no native desktop app: on a computer it is installed from Chrome as a web app, and Safari and Firefox are not supported for that.
Key features
Letterly
- Dictation in any app
- Speak inside Gmail, Slack, Notion or any other text field on a computer, or use the Letterly keyboard on iPhone, and the text is inserted where you are typing.
- Voice notes with AI rewrites
- Record a thought in the app and get cleaned-up text. Choose from 25+ premade rewrite styles, such as an email, post or summary, or build your own.
- Meeting and lecture recaps
- Long recordings, up to 90 minutes per note, become a transcript split by speaker along with a summary.
- 90+ languages and translation
- The spoken language is detected automatically, including switches mid-sentence, and any note can be translated into 90+ languages.
- Audio upload and offline recording
- Transcribe audio and video recorded outside the app, and record without an internet connection when you are away from one.
- Zapier, webhooks and MCP
- Send notes to other apps through Zapier or webhooks, and connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor over MCP to search, manage or rewrite your notes.
Talknotes
- One-button recording
- A single button starts a recording in the web app or the mobile apps, and recording carries on in the background while other things are open.
- Premade and custom styles
- More than 100 premade styles shape the output as a note, task list, journal entry, email, blog post, video script or social post, and custom styles follow your own instructions.
- Transcription in 50+ languages
- Recordings are transcribed in more than 50 languages, with an automatic language option, and both the note and its transcript can be edited afterward.
- Audio file uploads
- Existing audio files in several formats can be uploaded and turned into notes, which the vendor suggests for recorded phone or video calls.
- Export and share links
- Notes export as PDF, plain text or Markdown, go out by email or message, or can be made public and shared through a link.
- Zapier, webhooks and WhatsApp
- Zapier and webhooks pass finished notes to other apps, and a WhatsApp bot transcribes voice messages inside WhatsApp.
Plans
Letterly
Free version$0
Up to 10 recordings of up to 3 minutes each, according to Letterly's support page.
PRO (1 month)$19.99
per month
Unlimited recordings and AI rewrites. The App Store listing cites notes of up to 90 minutes.
PRO (3 months)$44.90
per 3 months
The same PRO subscription billed every three months, as listed among the App Store in-app purchases.
PRO (1 year)$69.99–$99.99
per year; the listing shows several yearly price points
Yearly PRO. The App Store lists it at $69.99, $79.99, $89.99 and $99.99 without saying which applies to new subscribers.
PRO (Lifetime)$199.99–$249.99
one-time; the listing shows two lifetime price points
A one-time PRO purchase, listed on the App Store at both $199.99 and $249.99.
Talknotes
Yearly$197
per year (shown as $16 / month, billed annually)
All features: unlimited notes, 2-hour recording, file uploads, custom styles, export and the iOS and Android apps.
Monthly$19.97
per month, billed monthly
The same features as the yearly plan, billed month to month after the 7-day trial.
Ways to pay less
Letterly
- Lifetime license
Lifetime PRO listed from $199.99
The US App Store listing includes a PRO Subscription (Lifetime) in-app purchase at $199.99 and at $249.99, alongside the monthly and yearly subscriptions.
Talknotes
- Annual discount
Save 18% with yearly billing
The yearly plan is $197, against $19.97 a month on the monthly plan. Talknotes labels this an 18% saving.
