# Bolkit: Voice to Text — Private, on-device dictation

> Private, on-device dictation (iPhone/iPad app by kumar deepanshu.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bolkit-voice-to-text/id6795213062 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [kumar deepanshu](https://appshunter.io/developer/6795213064)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 101 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-30
- Data updated: 2026-10-09

## What is Bolkit?

Bolkit turns speech into text entirely on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is logged, and there is no account to create.

Most dictation apps stream your voice to a server. Bolkit does not. The speech models run locally, so it works on a plane, in a basement, or with the network off, and your audio stays where you said it.

FREE, WITH NO CATCH
There is no subscription, no usage cap, no API key, and no paid tier. Bolkit is open source under the MIT license.

CHOOSE YOUR MODEL
Download only the models you want, each labelled by size and accuracy: Whisper, Nemotron, Parakeet, Canary, Moonshine, and Zipformer. Small models are fast and light. Larger ones are more accurate. Swap between them any time. Models load on demand and unload after five minutes idle, so Bolkit stays light on memory.

HINGLISH THAT LOOKS RIGHT
Hindi speech comes back in English letters, the way people actually type it, not in Devanagari you then have to convert. Pick plain Hindi instead if you want the script.

SPOKEN COMMANDS
Say "next line", "new paragraph", "point one" to number a list, "bullet" for dashes, or "scratch that" to drop the last line.

IMPORT AUDIO
Bring in an existing m4a or mp3 and get a transcript, with punctuation restored.

OPTIONAL AI CLEANUP
An optional on-device Gemma model tidies filler words and can summarise what you said. Like everything else here, it runs locally.

PRIVACY
No telemetry. No analytics. No accounts. Bolkit has no server, so your voice is never sent to us. Download any model and transcription is fully offline; the no-download default uses your phone's own speech recognizer, which stays local when your language pack is installed.

## Is Bolkit safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Bolkit.

## Is Bolkit legit?

Bolkit: Voice to Text has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Bolkit is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-09-30

No release notes.

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