Summary AI vs Voicenotes
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Summary AI
Phone-first AI note taker that records and summarizes conversations
Voicenotes
Bot-free AI notetaker for meetings, memos and dictation
Where they differ
- Summary AI starts at $8.99 per week, or $79.99 per year, as an in-app subscription. Voicenotes starts at $9 per user / month; billing basis not stated.
- Voicenotes has a free plan. Summary AI does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Voicenotes lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Only Voicenotes lists a browser extension.
- Voicenotes also covers dictation and notes.
At a glance
| Summary AI | Voicenotes | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $8.99 per week, or $79.99 per year, as an in-app subscription | $9 per user / month; billing basis not stated |
| Free plan | None | Basic plan: unlimited recordings, 100 transcription minutes a week shared across meetings, memos and dictation, and access to the last 30 days of notes. |
| Free trial | 1 free recording, no credit card required; a subscription is needed to create more | 7-day free trial of paid features, according to the terms of service |
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| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Labhouse Mobile, S.L. | Coping Hard Inc. |
| Price read from | summary.ai | voicenotes.com |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Summary AI
- Recording in-person meetings, lectures and interviews on a phone
- Individuals who want unlimited transcription at one flat price
- Students and journalists who also need to transcribe uploaded files
Voicenotes
- People who want one app for meetings, voice memos and dictation
- Meetings where a visible recording bot is not acceptable
- Capturing notes from a phone or smartwatch as well as a computer
Worth knowing
Summary AI
- There is no ongoing free plan: after 1 free recording, new summaries need a subscription. Existing summaries stay viewable.
- Subscriptions are sold only through the App Store or Google Play, and the pricing page lists no monthly plan.
- Paying $8.99 every week adds up to several times the $79.99 yearly plan over a full year.
- The US App Store listing shows other in-app price points too, including $17.99 and $29.99 monthly, so the in-app offer may differ.
Voicenotes
- The free Basic plan transcribes 100 minutes a week and shows only the last 30 days of notes. Older notes are stored but hidden until you upgrade.
- The pricing page gives $9 per user a month without a billing basis. The US App Store lists in-app subscriptions at $14.99 a month and up to $99.99 a year.
- Dictation, audio imports, real-time notes, the MCP server and advanced integrations need Pro.
- SSO, SCIM and consent management are Enterprise features at $24 per user a month. The Windows desktop app is labeled a beta.
Key features
Summary AI
- One-tap recording
- Starts recording with a single tap and keeps going in the background or with the screen locked. The App Store listing covers iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.
- Transcripts with speaker labels
- Produces a punctuated transcript that labels each speaker and can be searched by keyword, jumping to that moment in the recording. Help docs cite more than 120 languages.
- AI summaries
- Condenses a recording into key points, decisions and action items laid out as meeting minutes. Summaries can be customized, translated and exported to PDF.
- Meeting Assistant
- Syncs with Google or Outlook Calendar and joins scheduled Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams meetings to record them, then emails the notes.
- Ask AI Chat
- Answers questions about a recording, such as who was given a task or which decisions were made. Paid plans include unlimited chat messages.
- File uploads
- Upload existing audio, video or PDF files to transcribe and summarize. Paid plans put no limit on the number or length of uploads.
Voicenotes
- Bot-free meeting recording
- Hit record in the app when a meeting starts and nothing joins the call. It works with any meeting app and with in-person conversations, and you can jot comments on the note as you go.
- Summaries and next steps
- When the meeting ends you get a summary, action items and next steps alongside the recording and transcript, ready to share as a link or export as a PDF.
- Ask AI across your notes
- Ask a question and get an answer drawn from every conversation and memo you have recorded, or turn a meeting into a follow-up email, report or to-do list.
- Voice memos and dictation
- The same app captures spoken memos, and dictation types with your voice in other apps on desktop and mobile. Dictation is a Pro feature with a one-time free allowance on Basic.
- Language detection
- Transcribes English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian and more than 60 other languages, detects the language automatically and handles switching mid-sentence.
- Integrations and MCP
- Integrations include Zapier, Notion, Obsidian, Todoist and Readwise, plus webhooks, and an MCP server connects notes to Claude and ChatGPT. Advanced integrations and the MCP server need Pro.
Plans
Summary AI
Weekly Plan$8.99
per week, billed weekly through the app
Unlimited audio transcriptions, recordings of any length, 120+ languages, and uploads of audio, PDFs and other files.
Yearly Plan$79.99
per year, billed once a year through the app
The same features as the weekly plan, billed once a year. The vendor marks it as its most popular plan.
Voicenotes
Basic$0
Unlimited recordings, 100 minutes a week of transcripts and summaries refreshed weekly, and a 30-day history.
Pro$9
per user / month; monthly or annual basis not stated
Unlimited transcription, dictation and history, real-time notes and live transcription, audio imports, the Voicenotes MCP, advanced integrations and team billing.
Enterprise$24
per user / month, sold through sales; basis not stated
Everything in Pro, plus SSO and SCIM, consent management, admin controls for sharing, CRM and dialer integrations and a dedicated success manager.
Ways to pay less
Summary AI
- Annual discount
Yearly plan costs far less than paying weekly
The pricing page lists $79.99 for a year against $8.99 a week, and describes the yearly plan as the best value compared with the weekly one.
Voicenotes
No public discounts listed.
