# Colloquy: Private Transcribe — Offline voice recorder & notes > Offline voice recorder & notes (iPhone/iPad app by Willneeds Pty Ltd.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/colloquy-private-transcribe/id6762549741 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Willneeds Pty Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/1891296410) - Category: Productivity, Business - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 12 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-05-19 - Data updated: 2026-09-11 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/colloquy-private-transcribe/id6762549741/reviews.md ## What is Colloquy? Your recordings never leave your device. Colloquy is an on-device voice recorder and AI transcription tool. Built for lawyers, therapists, journalists, and executives who need confidentiality without compromise. WHY COLLOQUY • Recordings, transcripts, and summaries are processed entirely on your iPhone — nothing is ever uploaded • AES-256-GCM encryption for audio, transcripts, and summaries • Speaker labeling for two-person recordings — interviews, sessions, consultations • AI summaries with industry templates: General, Meeting, Legal, Therapy, Interview • Custom vocabulary so names, jargon, and technical terms transcribe correctly • Export to TXT, Markdown, RTF, SRT, PDF FEATURES • High-quality audio recording (48kHz) • On-device transcription powered by Whisper, with Apple Speech as a fallback • Smart bookmarks during recording • Full-text and semantic search across all transcripts • Action items, decisions, and key topics extracted automatically • Background recording — keeps going when you lock the screen or take a call • Works fully offline once set up PRIVACY-FIRST Unlike cloud transcription services, Colloquy processes everything on your iPhone. Your audio and transcripts are encrypted with AES-256-GCM and never leave your device. No analytics. No telemetry. No accounts. The only network access is a one-time download of the AI models when you first use transcription or summaries. After that the app works entirely offline. Your recordings are never part of any upload. FREE TRIAL 5 free recordings, up to 60 minutes each. A one-time purchase removes both limits. No subscription. Requires iOS 17.0 or later. Privacy Policy: https://willneeds.com.au/transcribe/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://willneeds.com.au/transcribe/support ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | AI Transcribe Pro | $49.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 1.1.1 — 2026-09-05 Fixes a crash on long recordings. Recordings over about 40 minutes could run out of memory during transcription and quit — most often on the hour-long interviews and sessions this app is built for. Audio is now transcribed in segments, so length no longer drives memory use. Also in this update: • Progress now advances throughout transcription instead of appearing stuck • Transcripts saved in earlier versions are read correctly after upgrading ### 1.1.0 — 2026-09-01 • Speaker labeling rebuilt on a neural speaker-embedding model — far more accurate for two-person recordings • AI summaries now cover the whole recording, not just the opening minutes • Transcripts and summaries are now encrypted at rest, alongside your audio • Custom vocabulary now applies to the main transcription engine • Fixed Chinese full-text search • Free trial recordings extended from 20 to 60 minutes each • Download progress is now shown when models are fetched for the first time ### 1.0 — 2026-05-19 No release notes. ## Apps similar to Colloquy | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [VOMO: Transcribe Audio to Text](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vomo-transcribe-audio-to-text/id6449889336) | 4.5 (353) | Free | Productivity | | [FloatText](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/floattext/id1548261498) | 4.7 (331) | Free | Productivity | | [MindDrop: Voice Tasks](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/minddrop-voice-tasks/id6761615520) | — | Free | Productivity | | [视觉日记](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/id1453129533) | — | Free | Productivity | | [Humanize AI - ByPass Detector](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/humanize-ai-bypass-detector/id6743403553) | 4.7 (153) | Free | Productivity | | [PhotoCompress - Resize Images](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photocompress-resize-images/id1633618170) | 4.6 (87) | Free | Productivity | ## More apps by Willneeds Pty Ltd - [StockEasy: Inventory & POS](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stockeasy-inventory-and-pos/id6761757035) - [Vault Finance](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vault-finance/id6762043355) All apps by Willneeds Pty Ltd: https://appshunter.io/developer/1891296410 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-11.*