Auvi vs the Competition
How does Auvi compare to other transcription apps?
Most transcription apps send your audio to the cloud, track you for advertising, and charge $100 or more per year for features that should be affordable. Auvi takes a different approach: everything runs entirely on your device, your conversations stay private, and core features are a one-time purchase.
These pages give you an honest, feature-by-feature look at how Auvi compares to each major alternative. We don't hide where competitors have advantages — we want you to make the right choice for your situation.
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Auvi vs Ava
Ava is purpose-built for the deaf community with colour-coded speakers, but costs $120–180/year and sends audio to the cloud. How does Auvi's private, one-time approach compare?
Read the comparison →Auvi vs Otter.ai
Otter.ai is widely used for meeting transcription, but it's cloud-only, has unreliable speaker attribution, and was subject to a class-action lawsuit over recording consent. Is Auvi a better fit?
Read the comparison →Auvi vs Live Transcribe
Live Transcribe is beloved for its noise handling, but its App Store privacy label says it tracks users for advertising and sends audio to cloud servers. Auvi works offline and collects nothing.
Read the comparison →Auvi vs Apple Live Captions
Apple Live Captions is free and private, but English-only with no speaker identification and no transcript history. Auvi builds on the same on-device privacy promise with far more capability.
Read the comparison →Auvi vs Notta
Notta excels at AI meeting notes with 58 languages, but it's cloud-dependent, subscription-only, and its free tier limits you to 3 minutes per recording. Auvi offers on-device privacy at a lower total cost.
Read the comparison →Auvi vs Translation Devices
Pocketalk costs $150–300 and sends audio to the cloud. Google Translate is free but collects your data. Auvi translates 31 languages on-device with no hardware to carry and no data collected.
Read the comparison →The bottom line
Every cloud transcription app faces the same fundamental tradeoff: cloud processing can handle noise better and support more languages, but it requires sending your audio to remote servers. For many people — especially in healthcare, legal, educational, or corporate settings — that's not acceptable.
Auvi is designed for people who need reliable captions they can trust: fully private, works anywhere (including offline), and not subject to a monthly subscription just to follow a conversation.
Ready to try Auvi? Download it free from the App Store. A 7-day free trial gives you access to every feature with no commitment.