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!
A fantastic app for language learners!
Aiko helps me create subtitles from Chinese videos without captions, making it much easier to study and understand native speech. Simple, accurate, and extremely useful. Thank you for this wonderful tool! đ
Great App - Thank You
For me itâs 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!
Fantastic!
Aiko is one of the most useful apps Iâve added to my workflow. The interface is clean, intuitive, and refreshingly minimalâthereâs 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.
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.
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Simply awesome
The app works great and it respects userâs privacy by not collecting data. Itâs also the only app Iâve found where one can drag an audio from iMessage and drop it in the app to get a transcription, which is useful for users that use the phone in multiple languages.
Confusing
I paid, I downloaded, I opened it, and I'm confused about how to use it. You capture one note, you don't know where it went, then you start to record another thing, and you don't know where the first note went. It's so confusing. I really regret paying for this thing. Never pay for something you cannot try ever again.
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Doesnât Work
I tried using this app instead of Otter.AI, but the tool got stuck transcribing the first few words in my recording over and over. I adjusted the settings to prevent the error, but doing so had no effect. Wish I could get a refund! In Otter, the transcription worked just fine with the same audio clip.
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Wizardry
Iâm convinced there is some kind of dark art at work here. I record interviews with people around a table. Itâs a challenging environment with people cross talking, but Aiko captures the conversations accurately so I can then organise them with AI and write my documents with it. Brilliant.
DĂ©cevante et peu pratique
Je dĂ©conseille fortement cette application. Je lâai achetĂ©e en pensant obtenir un vrai outil de transcription, mais lâexpĂ©rience a Ă©tĂ© trĂšs dĂ©cevante.
Points négatifs :
- Impossible de transcrire correctement certains audios.
- Interface peu intuitive et désagréable à utiliser.
- Aucun rĂ©sumĂ© automatique, alors que câest une fonctionnalitĂ© attendue aujourdâhui.
- Transcription trĂšs lente.
- Obligation de laisser lâapplication ouverte pendant tout le traitement.
- Si on ferme lâapplication, la transcription peut ĂȘtre perdue.
Au final jâai payĂ© pour une application qui me fait perdre du temps au lieu de mâen faire gagner. Je recommande de regarder dâautres alternatives avant dâacheter.
Points négatifs :
- Impossible de transcrire correctement certains audios.
- Interface peu intuitive et désagréable à utiliser.
- Aucun rĂ©sumĂ© automatique, alors que câest une fonctionnalitĂ© attendue aujourdâhui.
- Transcription trĂšs lente.
- Obligation de laisser lâapplication ouverte pendant tout le traitement.
- Si on ferme lâapplication, la transcription peut ĂȘtre perdue.
Au final jâai payĂ© pour une application qui me fait perdre du temps au lieu de mâen faire gagner. Je recommande de regarder dâautres alternatives avant dâacheter.
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Response from developer
Merci pour votre retour. Aiko est conçu pour la confidentialitĂ©, pas pour la vitesse Ă tout prix : vos fichiers audio restent sur votre appareil et ne sont jamais envoyĂ©s Ă un serveur. Câest trĂšs diffĂ©rent de la plupart des applications de transcription, qui peuvent ĂȘtre plus rapides parce quâelles traitent vos fichiers audio dans le cloud. En contrepartie, la transcription peut prendre plus de temps, surtout sur iPhone/iPad, et iOS oblige Aiko Ă rester ouvert pendant le traitement. Câest une limitation du systĂšme. Aiko est un achat unique avec des transcriptions illimitĂ©es. La plupart des alternatives basĂ©es sur le cloud fonctionnent par abonnement, ont des limites dâutilisation, ou les deux. Elles ne sont donc pas directement comparables. --- Thanks for the feedback. Aiko is built for privacy, not speed at any cost: your audio stays on your device and is never uploaded to a server. That is very different from most transcription apps, which can be faster because they process your audio in the cloud. The tradeoff is that transcription can take longer, especially on iPhone/iPad, and iOS requires Aiko to stay open while processing. That is a system limitation. Aiko is a one-time purchase with unlimited transcriptions. Most cloud-based alternatives are subscriptions, have usage limits, or both, so they are not directly comparable.
Merci đ
Câest une des rares applications qui coche toutes les cases ! Un second merci au dĂ©veloppeur pour sa participation active, la communautĂ© des dĂ©veloppeurs indĂ©pendants est vraiment formidable :)
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This is one of the few applications that ticks all the boxes! A second thanks to the developer for his active participation, the community of independent developers is really great :)
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This is one of the few applications that ticks all the boxes! A second thanks to the developer for his active participation, the community of independent developers is really great :)
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Amazing app
Honestly one of my only reviews. Your app is very good and the fact that you provide shortcuts to batch multiple files is a nice touch.
Just works! (And works well!)
Very happy with how well it works on my Mac mini M1.
Tooooo expensive
It's free model
Pay 20$ to get complete mess, no summarization, nothing! It's too expensive and I won't use it because of quality. No trial period. Nothing.:.
Pay 20$ to get complete mess, no summarization, nothing! It's too expensive and I won't use it because of quality. No trial period. Nothing.:.
Response from developer
Aiko is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. You pay once and get unlimited transcriptions, with no monthly fees or usage limits. Unlike many transcription apps, Aiko runs locally on your device. Your audio is not uploaded to a server, which is better for privacy but also means quality and speed depend more on the device and the audio quality. A trial is available from the app website.
Aiko Icon
The new icon appears quite dull and resembles many other app icons. I initially chose to try your app because of the cute icon that caught my attention and made me click. Please consider restoring the previous icon or designing a new one. Thank you!
Preferred the old icon
Not a big deal but preferred the old robot icon instead of this boring bar icon that looks like 5000 other apps with bar icons and looks designed by a toddler with crayons.
Apple is busy nerfing and making their own icons horrible and boring, no need for 3rd party developers to follow Appleâs lead, Appleâs âdesignâ has been leading only on the frontiers of the ugly over the past year.
Apple is busy nerfing and making their own icons horrible and boring, no need for 3rd party developers to follow Appleâs lead, Appleâs âdesignâ has been leading only on the frontiers of the ugly over the past year.
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Nice App
Does an excellent job and has never failed. Kudos
Translation issues
I downloaded and tested the AICO app and see strong potential, but there are some critical language-handling issues that need urgent attention.
1. **Gujarati Translation Issue**
When translating to Gujarati, the app outputs text in the **Hindi (Devanagari) script instead of the Gujarati script**. This makes the translation practically unusable and appears to be a core reason for the inaccuracies. Gujarati must be rendered strictly in its native script.
2. **Single-Language Limitation**
The app currently allows selection of only one language, or it auto-detects and locks onto a single language. This is a major limitation for real-world conversations, especially in environments like ours where **mixed-language speech (e.g., Gujarati + English)** is very common.
3. **Technical Capability Exists**
This limitation is surprising because AICO uses the **Whisper model**, which is clearly capable of handling mixed-language conversations. On ChatGPT, using the same Whisper model, mixed GujaratiâEnglish speech works reasonably well. This suggests the issue is not with the model itself but with **implementation, language routing, or post-processing logic** in the app.
These issues significantly affect usability. If fixed, AICO could fit very well into our workflow. I strongly urge the development team to **prioritize fixing Gujarati script handling and enabling proper mixed-language detection/support ASAP**.
1. **Gujarati Translation Issue**
When translating to Gujarati, the app outputs text in the **Hindi (Devanagari) script instead of the Gujarati script**. This makes the translation practically unusable and appears to be a core reason for the inaccuracies. Gujarati must be rendered strictly in its native script.
2. **Single-Language Limitation**
The app currently allows selection of only one language, or it auto-detects and locks onto a single language. This is a major limitation for real-world conversations, especially in environments like ours where **mixed-language speech (e.g., Gujarati + English)** is very common.
3. **Technical Capability Exists**
This limitation is surprising because AICO uses the **Whisper model**, which is clearly capable of handling mixed-language conversations. On ChatGPT, using the same Whisper model, mixed GujaratiâEnglish speech works reasonably well. This suggests the issue is not with the model itself but with **implementation, language routing, or post-processing logic** in the app.
These issues significantly affect usability. If fixed, AICO could fit very well into our workflow. I strongly urge the development team to **prioritize fixing Gujarati script handling and enabling proper mixed-language detection/support ASAP**.
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Geniale App, aber fehlende Weiterentwicklung
Ich kann jedem Aiko empfehlen, der eine Transkriptionsapp sucht, die lokal - ohne Verarbeitung der Aufnahmen im Netz - funktioniert.
Leider habe ich jedoch das GefĂŒhl, dass die App nicht mehr weiterentwickelt wird, bzw. dem Entwickler die Ressourcen dafĂŒr fehlen. Das letzte Update im Rahmen von ios26 war nur der Hinweis auf einen Bug und ein Work Around wie man ihn umgehen kann. Behoben worden ist er nicht. Weiterhin wĂŒrde ich mir fĂŒr potentere Hardware - wie neuere Ipad Pros - das Large Model wĂŒnschen und ggf. auch eine Erkennung der sprechenden Personen. Aber ich befĂŒrchte, dass das noch sehr lange dauert bzw. nie kommen wird.
Ansonsten eine absolute Top App. Vielen Dank dafĂŒr.
Leider habe ich jedoch das GefĂŒhl, dass die App nicht mehr weiterentwickelt wird, bzw. dem Entwickler die Ressourcen dafĂŒr fehlen. Das letzte Update im Rahmen von ios26 war nur der Hinweis auf einen Bug und ein Work Around wie man ihn umgehen kann. Behoben worden ist er nicht. Weiterhin wĂŒrde ich mir fĂŒr potentere Hardware - wie neuere Ipad Pros - das Large Model wĂŒnschen und ggf. auch eine Erkennung der sprechenden Personen. Aber ich befĂŒrchte, dass das noch sehr lange dauert bzw. nie kommen wird.
Ansonsten eine absolute Top App. Vielen Dank dafĂŒr.
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Superb.
Best transciption app Iâve come across. Does just what it says on the tin, locally, privately.
Price = 0$ / Quality = Top
Vielen Dank fĂŒr diese super App. Hier bekommt man eine vollwertige Transkriptionsapp mit einem der trancript Topmodel âwhisper v3â von OpenAI unter der Haube. App funktioniert tadellos und andere kostenpflichtige Apps hinken hinterher. AuĂerdem findet der gesamte Workflow lokal auf ihrem Telefon statt und dies bietet ihnen Max Sicherheit beim verarbeiten ihrer Aufnahmen.
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