Audionotes vs AudioPen

Audionotes turns voice, audio, video, and text into structured notes using AI. Users can record or upload audio and video, add text or images, or submit a YouTube link. Transcription supports 99+ languages and speaker recognition; the service also creates summaries and custom outputs, supports chat with notes, and offers more than 100 output prompts. Integrations include Notion, Zapier, webhooks, and a WhatsApp bot, though Notion sync, Zapier triggers, and webhooks are Pro features. Webhooks can send note data to a custom endpoint; a public REST API is listed on the roadmap. The company says notes are encrypted in transit and at rest and are not used to train AI models. Its privacy policy names OpenAI, Google Gemini, Deepgram, and Assembly AI among providers that may process data for AI features. The free plan includes unlimited voice notes limited to one minute each, plus unlimited text notes, transcripts, and summaries. Pro costs $29.99 a month and allows recordings up to six hours. Recording uses the device microphone and does not capture audio from other sources such as speakers.

AudioPen turns spoken thoughts into written text by transcribing speech and rewriting it in a style the user chooses. Users can set a low, medium, or high rewrite level, change output length, describe a style, or provide a sample to match. It can produce writing in a different language from the spoken input, and its site lists many supported languages. Voice typing works in text fields in apps such as Gmail, Slack, Notion, and Google Docs. Zapier and webhooks can send saved notes to other apps; Prime MCP provides ChatGPT or Claude read-only access to notes. Its iPhone, Android, Mac, and Windows apps offer on-device offline transcription, but AI rewriting needs an internet connection. The free plan permits recordings up to 3 minutes. Prime plans support recordings up to 15 minutes, with unlimited rewrites and note storage. The service is intended for individual thought: it does not join Zoom calls or label speakers. Voice-note audio is deleted from servers within 48 hours, and voice-typing audio is not saved.