# Dictate: Thoughts to Text — Clear notes from your voice

> Clear notes from your voice (iPhone/iPad app by Donado Labs.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dictate-thoughts-to-text/id6816413633 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Donado Labs](https://appshunter.io/developer/1883010815)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.2 · 646 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-03
- Data updated: 2026-11-01

## What is Dictate?

Say what's on your mind, then move on. Dictate turns ideas, reminders and plans into text you can return to when you're ready to act. With Apple Intelligence turned on, a compatible iPhone also makes a cleaner reading version alongside the original, organizes spoken lists into bullets or checklists, and gives new recordings a short title. Check off items on iPhone or Apple Watch.

Capture a thought on a walk, practice a monologue, or record a meeting to revisit its decisions and next steps. Start in the app, with Siri or Shortcuts, from Apple Watch, or with a supported Action button. Your Watch hands recordings to your iPhone.

Dictate is free, with no account or subscription. Audio transcription stays on your iPhone, and we collect no data. On eligible iOS 27 devices, you can choose Apple Private Cloud Compute for the reading version and title. Apple applies its own usage limits. An optional webhook can send original transcripts to your own agent or automation.

## Is Dictate safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Dictate.

## Is Dictate legit?

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


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2.0 — 2026-10-30

- A lighter app icon and a clearer recording layout on iPhone and Apple Watch.
- Spoken lists can become bullets or checklists, with items you can check off on either device.
- Short titles for new recordings, generated alongside the reading version.
- Optional Apple Private Cloud Compute for reading versions and titles on eligible iOS 27 devices. Audio transcription stays on your iPhone.
- Clearer processing status, consistent Transcription and Raw tabs, and the option to stop post-processing while keeping completed results.
- Your notes and updated reading versions on Apple Watch, plus Dictionary and more reliable recording handoffs.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-10-04

- Recently Deleted keeps deleted recordings for 30 days, so you can get them back.
- Long recordings become meetings on their own, with who said what. Switch any recording with Transcribe Again.
- A progress bar for recordings longer than five minutes.
- Read your transcripts on Apple Watch.
- The reading version sets apart a voice in the background, like someone across the room.
- Cleaner sentences when you pause to think.
- A bigger recording clock on Apple Watch, lower battery use, and smaller fixes.

### 1.0.0 — 2026-10-03

No release notes.

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