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Aiko

Sindre Sorhus · Productivity · United States store
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Revenue a month, worldwide EST
$2.7K
Likely $895 to $8.1K
▼ 25.9% in 10 days
New ratings
+1
in 2 days, 920 in total
Rating
4.7 of 5
329 ratings in this store
Countries it ranks in
1
was 0 on Oct 17, 2026

Revenue

Estimated from the grossing charts of Oct 23, 2026 in the 53 countries we track, and ratings growth on the App Store.

EST. REVENUE / YEAR · WORLDWIDE
$32.2K
No Google Play version found
EST. LIFETIME DOWNLOADS
11.5K to 32.9K
Estimated from ratings count
WHERE IT EARNS · EST. / MONTH
  • Denmark #73 Productivity$2.7K · 100%
HOW SURE ARE WE
Small app: combines its grossing ranks with ratings growth (21 new ratings a month on average since launch). Tested on 418 apps with verified revenue: typically off by about 2.6 times, so the range is wide. Countries we don't track (and Google Play in China, which doesn't exist) aren't included, and neither are ads or web payments. Gross revenue before store fees.
RATINGS
329
AVG RATING
4.68
PRICE
$24.00
AGE
3.6y
LAST UPDATE
119d ago
VERSION
1.11.0
SIZE
1743 MB
AGE RATING
4+

Last 30 days

From our daily snapshots of every grossing chart and daily ratings counts.

DAYS IN A GROSSING CHART
7 / 30
COUNTRIES NOW
0 (was 0)
NEW RATINGS, LAST 2 DAYS
+1
EST. REVENUE A MONTH, DAILY · APP STORE EST
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Oct 13, 2026$3.6K a month
Oct 14, 2026$2.6K a month
Oct 15, 2026$7K a month
Oct 16, 2026not in a grossing chart
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Oct 19, 2026$2.8K a month
Oct 20, 2026$5.1K a month
Oct 21, 2026$30.1K a month
Oct 22, 2026not in a grossing chart
Oct 23, 2026$2.7K a month
Oct 24, 2026not in a grossing chart
The same estimate as the headline, saved every day. Best rank Sep 25, 2026: not ranked. Now: not ranked.
RATINGS IN THE CORE COUNTRIES, DAILY
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Oct 22, 2026919 ratings
Oct 23, 2026920 ratings
Oct 24, 2026920 ratings
919 on Oct 22, 2026, 920 on Oct 24, 2026. New ratings track new downloads, even outside the charts.

Money and momentum

Measured from the store, not estimated.

WHAT IT CHARGES
No in-app purchases
Earns from its upfront price, ads or payments outside the store.
REVIEW MOMENTUM
1.4 reviews / week
  • Trendfalling
  • Recent reviews average4.5 stars
  • Recent 1 and 2 star share10%
From the latest 260 written reviews, covering 1326 days.
RELEASE CADENCE
0 updates in 90 days
  • Typical gap between releases33 days
From the last 25 versions listed on the App Store.
RATING BREAKDOWN
329 ratings
5★88%
4★5%
3★1%
2★0%
1★6%

What users want

From the latest 260 reviews on the United States App Store, Mar 7, 2023 to Oct 15, 2026: 10% are 1 or 2 stars. Open a theme to read what people wrote.

WHAT THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT · SHARE OF BAD REVIEWS
Bugs, things not working31%

8 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ Spent $24 and the thing couldn't open a MP4 … I give zero stars if I could.. Stay away!!!!
★★★★★ I adjusted the settings to prevent the error, but doing so had no effect.
★★★★★ And it failed me completely.
Crashes and freezes23%

6 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ Constantly crashes and never finishes transcriptions.
★★★★★ This app keeps crashing when trying to transcribe a 1 hour recording
★★★★★ It crashed 3 times and on the 3rd, it locked up my ipad and I had to a hard restart to u lock it..
Price and subscription15%

4 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ Spent $24 and the thing couldn't open a MP4 … I give zero stars if I could.. Stay away!!!!
★★★★★ Wish I could get a refund!
★★★★★ Way overpriced for this result and for an app using open source AI model.
Slow, laggy, battery15%

4 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ It's terribly slow (10 hours to transcribe an hour meeting)
★★★★★ This app is slow to transcribe, have to leave the screen on to wait for it to finish transcribing slowly.
★★★★★ Slow, Inaccurate, doesn't pick up half the clearly spoken dialogue, repeats text multiple times.
Wrong or poor results15%

4 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ A lot of words got transcribed wrong while the audio quality is fine.
★★★★★ Slow, Inaccurate, doesn't pick up half the clearly spoken dialogue, repeats text multiple times.
★★★★★ Using this does not save you time as like 90% of the stuff is completely wrong transcribed.
Limits, credits, locked features8%

2 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ Is there a time limit or length limit to the recording?
★★★★★ It crashed 3 times and on the 3rd, it locked up my ipad and I had to a hard restart to u lock it..
WHAT THEY ASK FOR
  • Should include function to export/copy text without line breaks (have to use my own script to remove line breaks). 4★, May 12, 2025
  • Ideally, longer cohesive sections could be detected and put into paragraphs, but for now at least toggling line breaks in the app both for copy and export (and probably also display within the app) would be great. 4★, May 12, 2025
  • Also selection of different models would be nice. 4★, May 12, 2025
  • I also think aiming for a way to integrate it with notes and ChatGPT would be great even if only using shortcuts. 5★, Mar 9, 2025
  • I wish they would make a setting for spacing between sentences. 5★, Jun 9, 2024
  • An option to remove duplication would be great. 5★, Mar 4, 2024
  • I wish I had known sooner about this app. 5★, Jan 29, 2024
  • It would be great if there was also a large model on the iphone. 5★, Nov 20, 2023
WORDS THAT KEEP COMING UP IN BAD REVIEWS

Nothing stands out.

WHAT THEY LOVE · SHARE OF GOOD REVIEWS
Worth the money19%

43 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

★★★★★ It's a free transcriber , who doesn't love it!
★★★★★ And I love that it's free.
★★★★★ What's more, it is completely free.
Accurate, great results17%

40 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

★★★★★ The transcription quality is excellent, setup is effortless, and the app stays out of the way so I can focus on my work.
★★★★★ Very happy with how well it works on my Mac mini M1.
★★★★★ Vielen Dank für diese super App. Hier bekommt man eine vollwertige Transkriptionsapp mit einem der trancript Topmodel „whisper v3“ von OpenAI unter der Haube. App funktioniert tadellos und andere kostenpflichtige Apps…
Easy to use16%

37 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

★★★★★ It does what it's supposed to do- simple as that.
★★★★★ Very clear and simple to use and you can copy and paste to anywhere.
★★★★★ The interface is clean, intuitive, and refreshingly minimal—there's no clutter, just a tool that does exactly what it promises.
Useful, it helps10%

24 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

★★★★★ Aiko is one of the most useful apps I've added to my workflow.
★★★★★ It's a real life saver for chats with voice messages.
★★★★★ (the recorder is designed to do this which also helps).
Looks great7%

17 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

★★★★★ The interface is clean, intuitive, and refreshingly minimal—there's no clutter, just a tool that does exactly what it promises.
★★★★★ Apple is busy nerfing and making their own icons horrible and boring, no need for 3rd party developers to follow Apple's lead, Apple's “design” has been leading only on the frontiers of the ugly over the past year.
★★★★★ I'm a long time coder in many languages and have used AppleScript for many tasks including a full interface with Apple Mail using Clojure and PostgreSQL as the backend.

Found by matching words and phrases in the reviews, not read by a person. A review can count toward more than one theme.

What users say

Latest reviews, United States App Store.

★★★★★Oct 15, 2026
Scam!! Doesn’t work! !!!

Spent $24 and the thing couldn’t open a MP4 … I give zero stars if I could.. Stay away!!!!

★★★★★Aug 21, 2026
The best

This is the best audio recorder/transcriber I’ve come across. I used to work in a noisy warehouse and could never hear our team leader during morning meetings. Using this, I was able to catch all the words even with the surrounding noise. Also great with non-English languages. It does what it’s supposed to do- simple as that.

★★★★★Jul 11, 2026
Excellent app easy to use.

I absolutely love this app! Very clear and simple to use and you can copy and paste to anywhere. Definitely worth all the money I paid!

★★★★★Jun 23, 2026
Great App - Thank You

For me it’s a great app. I have a bit of a problem remembering an entire conversation. This app has helped me quite a bit in recalling them. It is nice to have an instant replay to job my memory!

★★★★★Jun 22, 2026
Fantastic!

Aiko is one of the most useful apps I’ve added to my workflow. The interface is clean, intuitive, and refreshingly minimal—there’s no clutter, just a tool that does exactly what it promises. What sets Aiko apart for me is its commitment to local processing. Being able to keep both my audio recordings and transcriptions on-device provides a level of privacy and control that is increasingly rare. The transcription quality is excellent, setup is effortless, and the app stays out of the way so I can focus on my work. Simple, fast, reliable, and privacy-focused. Highly recommended.

★★★★★Jun 18, 2026
Gut

Tolle, simple App. Whisper ist leider sehr, sehr langsam und es gibt inzwischen gute, andere Modelle. Wäre toll wenn die App auch Parakeet v3 unterstützt (10x schneller und vergleichbare Genauigkeit).

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App Store ads

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Growth research

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ASO keywords

Most repeated terms in the listing. Highlighted ones also appear in the title.

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What's new in 1.11.0

- The app now requires iOS 26. - Improved performance.

Released Mar 3, 2023. Current version shipped Jun 27, 2026.

Store description

High-quality on-device transcription. Easily convert speech to text from meetings, lectures, and more. The transcription is powered by OpenAI's Whisper running locally on your device. Nothing leaves your device. You can export the transcription as subtitles too. It has a word-replacement feature to let you automatically fix common mistakes. Aiko favors accuracy over speed. It does not do live transcription while recording. It does not currently have speaker detection. Try the trial first. See website. Note: Sharing from Voice Memos on iOS 26 does not work because of a iOS 26 bug outside of my control. Supports audio in 100 different languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Bashkir, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lingala, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Marathi, Mongolian, Māori, Nepali, Norwegian, Norwegian Nynorsk, Occitan, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Sanskrit, Serbian, Shona, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish, Yoruba The app was made possible thanks to Whisper by OpenAI and whisper.cpp by Georgi Gerganov. ■ FAQ ‣ Can I edit the text in the app? I don't plan to support any editing. Export the transcription and edit it in a proper text editor. ‣ Why is the app so large? The app delivers the highest quality transcription on the market for 100 different languages. Rather than asking why it's so large, the real question is how is it so small. ‣ Why is the transcription so slow? The app favors accuracy over speed. However, performance is expected to improve in the coming months. ‣ Why must I keep the iOS app open while it transcribes? iOS apps are fundamentally restricted from operating in the background for extended periods. ‣ Can I delete some of the languages to save space? This is unfortunately not possible. The model has all the languages stored together in a way that makes it impossible to remove just some languages. More FAQs on the website. ■ Technical details The app uses the Whisper medium or small model on iOS depending on available memory and the large v3 model on macOS. ■ Privacy The transcription is done locally on your device. Nothing leaves your device. ■ Support You can contact me through the feedback button in the app.

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