# 5cut: Record & Trim Lectures — Private transcripts & notes > Private transcripts & notes (iPhone/iPad app by Robin Maximilian Schoppner.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/5cut-record-and-trim-lectures/id6758529319 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Robin Maximilian Schoppner](https://appshunter.io/developer/1873408985) - Category: Education, Photo & Video - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 13 MB - Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish, Vietnamese - Released: 2026-02-11 - Data updated: 2026-08-17 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/5cut-record-and-trim-lectures/id6758529319/reviews.md ## What is 5cut? Long lectures? Hour-long meetings? 5cut turns recordings into shorter videos and searchable transcripts - on your iPhone or iPad. FOR STUDENTS Record class or import a lecture video. 5cut removes the silence, keeps the words, and gives you a transcript you can study from. FOR MEETING & INTERVIEW NOTE-TAKERS Drop in a meeting recording, voice memo, or interview. 5cut trims the dead air, transcribes the conversation, and separates speakers so you can find the important parts faster. HOW IT WORKS 1. Record in 5cut or import from Photos and Files. 2. Watch the waveform - green is speech, red is silence. 3. Drag the slider or choose a Smart Mode preset. 4. Review the transcript, speaker labels, and subtitles. 5. Export the cleaned video. SMART MODE Three one-tap presets: • Gentle - keeps more, cuts less • Moderate - balanced (recommended) • Aggressive - maximum time saved TRANSCRIPTION OPTIONS Generate searchable transcripts and captions in 30+ languages, depending on the selected engine. Every engine runs on the device — nothing is uploaded for processing. Burn subtitles into the video or export SRT/text transcripts. SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION Multiple people in the recording? 5cut identifies up to 4 speakers automatically. Color-coded in the transcript, renamable for your project. EXPORT TO YOUR STUDY TOOLS Send transcripts and notes directly to Apple Notes, Markdown, Anki flashcards, Notion, or Obsidian. BATCH PROCESSING (Premium) A whole semester of lectures or a week of meetings? Queue them all and process with the same settings. YOUR RECORDINGS NEVER LEAVE YOUR DEVICE Every transcript is generated on your iPhone or iPad. There is no 5cut server, no cloud processing, and no third-party transcription service. No account. No ads. No tracking. No analytics. Speech recognition runs through Apple's on-device engine or a local model you download once — your audio is never sent anywhere. Record a lecture, transcribe it, and export your notes with the device in airplane mode. FREE TO USE • Unlimited editing and previewing • Transcription preview (first 5 minutes) and Smart Export Lite • 5 exports per month • Small watermark on free exports PREMIUM • Unlimited exports • No watermark • Batch processing • Full-length transcription • Speaker controls and AI summaries where supported • Monthly subscription or one-time lifetime upgrade - prices shown in-app, adjusted for your region Privacy Policy: https://get5cut.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://get5cut.com/terms/ ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | 5cut Monthly | $3.99 | per month | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 5cut Lifetime | $24.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.2.5 — 2026-07-30 5cut 1.2.5 — privacy, audio quality, and reliability. • Nothing you record leaves your device. The speech engine that could send audio to Apple's servers for some languages has been removed, so every transcript is now made entirely on your iPhone — no server, no account, and it works in airplane mode. • Cleaner cuts: silence removal now fades each edit by a few milliseconds, so trimmed lectures no longer click at every cut. • iCloud files that were offloaded now download instead of reporting "Source Not Found". • Speaker identification uses far less memory and no longer risks running out on long lectures. • Faster editor: the waveform is about ten times quicker to draw, and Smart Mode detection is twice as fast on long recordings. • Imports: files with identical names no longer collide, and drafts recover safely after interrupted imports. • Recorder: completed recordings are preserved through calls and interruptions. • Purchases: clearer free-trial wording, and pending (Ask to Buy) purchases are explained instead of silently failing. ### 1.2.4 — 2026-07-19 5cut 1.2.4 is a reliability release: • Imports: files with identical names no longer collide, and drafts recover safely after interrupted imports • Recorder: completed recordings are preserved through calls and interruptions • Transcription: better language selection on mixed-language devices, and cleaner sentence breaks in Qwen transcripts • Exports: the free-plan watermark now renders correctly in MP4 and M4V • Purchases: clearer free-trial wording, and pending (Ask to Buy) purchases are handled properly • Localization: every remaining untranslated string is now available in all 9 languages ### 1.2.3 — 2026-06-16 UI improvements. ### 1.2.2 — 2026-05-26 Reliability improvements for recording, live transcription, translation, and export flows. ### 1.2.1 — 2026-05-18 Performance Improvements, especially for Live Transcription New Live Activity --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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