# Inscribe: AI Notes & PDF Chat — Private offline notes & study

> On-device AI transcription, summarization, and Q&A for audio, video, and documents. (iPhone/iPad app by JOSIP MARKOVIC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/inscribe-ai-notes-and-pdf-chat/id6754086711 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [JOSIP MARKOVIC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1807732819)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases (on sale, was $6.99)
- Rating: 4.00/5 from 3 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 47 MB
- Languages: American English, Danish, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Brazilian Portuguese and 4 more
- Released: 2025-10-31
- Data updated: 2026-08-31
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/inscribe-ai-notes-and-pdf-chat/id6754086711/reviews.md

## What is Inscribe?

Record a meeting, lecture, or interview and watch the text appear as people talk. Your audio and transcripts are not uploaded anywhere to be processed.

Recording, transcription, summaries, speaker labels, and Q&A run 100% on your device. There is no cloud transcription provider, so the work happens locally and keeps going with no internet. No account to create. Optional iCloud sync is off by default.

Inscribe turns audio, video, and documents into searchable text you can question and summarize on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

WHAT IT DOES
- Transcribe audio and video files, or record live and read the words as people speak
- Label who said what with on-device speaker diarization
- Pull summaries and action items, with deadlines that drop into Apple Reminders
- Ask questions across your whole library and get answers that cite the source
- Capture system audio on macOS to transcribe any app, call, or video
- Read full-screen live captions during any conversation

IMPORT ANYTHING
- PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and text files
- Images with text, read through OCR
- Audio and video in common formats

BUILT FOR PRIVACY
- Powered by Apple Intelligence with a built-in local model when you need it
- Your recordings and transcripts stay on the device during processing
- Works on a plane, in a basement, anywhere with no signal

ACCESSIBILITY
- Full-screen live captions and a high contrast display
- VoiceOver support throughout
- Hear an alert when someone says your name

EXPORT AND SHARE
- PDF, Word, Markdown, SRT, VTT, and JSON
- 14 languages with multilingual summaries

Inscribe is a private alternative to cloud transcription services. Try it with no account and judge it on your own recordings.

Privacy Policy: https://get-inscribe.com/privacy.html
Terms of Service: https://get-inscribe.com/terms.html

## Key features

- On-device AI transcription
- Speaker labeling
- Summaries and action items
- Q&A across library
- Import various file types
- Offline functionality
- Export in multiple formats

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lyonesse Monthly | $7.99 | per month |
| Lyonesse Annual | $29.99 | per year |
| Weekly Subscription | $3.99 | per 7 days |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lyonesse Unlimited | $59.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/inscribe-ai-notes-and-pdf-chat/id6754086711/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Great idea. Room to improve

*2026-03-08*

Incredible concept still has bugg

**Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. Please update to the latest version of Inscribe to enjoy latest features and improvements.

## Frequently asked questions about Inscribe

### Does Inscribe have ads?

No, Inscribe is ad-free. The application is built for privacy and does not contain advertisements.

### What devices does Inscribe support?

Inscribe is available on Mac, iPhone, and iPad, leveraging Apple's ecosystem for on-device processing.

### How does Inscribe handle privacy?

All recordings and transcripts are processed 100% on your device, ensuring your data never leaves your device for transcription. Optional iCloud sync is off by default.

### Can I use Inscribe without an internet connection?

Yes, Inscribe is designed to work offline. All transcription, summarization, and Q&A features run locally on your device, making it usable anywhere.

### What file types can I import into Inscribe?

Inscribe supports importing PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, text files, images with text (via OCR), and common audio and video formats.

### What are the subscription options for Inscribe?

Inscribe offers a Weekly Subscription for $3.99 and an Inscribe Monthly plan for $9.99, providing access to its full features.

### How often is Inscribe updated?

The latest version, 1.8.0, was released on July 2, 2026, indicating regular updates to improve functionality and support.

### What languages does Inscribe support for transcription and summarization?

Inscribe supports 14 languages for transcription and offers multilingual summaries, making it versatile for global users.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.9.10 — 2026-08-21

A BETTER ON-DEVICE MODEL FOR YOUR DEVICE
Inscribe used to offer everyone the same small on-device model. Now it looks at what your iPhone, iPad or Mac can actually hold and offers the best model it runs comfortably — so more capable devices get noticeably better summaries and action items. Models your device cannot run are no longer offered at all, and setup now shows the real download size before you start.

Also fixed: Generate Summary did nothing on an imported photo.

### 1.9.9 — 2026-08-19

Interrupted recordings now survive:
• A call, Siri or an alarm no longer costs you your recording. Inscribe tells you the microphone was taken, stops the timer, and carries on in the same recording the moment the microphone is free.
• If you stop while it is still interrupted, everything captured before the interruption is saved — transcript and audio — instead of an empty note.
• Long recordings that were interrupted could previously save with no audio at all. They don't any more.

Summaries:
• If your device can't create summaries yet, Inscribe now tells you from your library as well, not only inside a note. If you share things into Inscribe without opening them, this is the message you never saw.

Also: improvements to how and when Inscribe asks for your feedback.

### 1.9.8 — 2026-08-13

Recording you can trust:
• Recordings in languages that use the built-in recognizer now save their audio properly — so playback, Follow Along, audio export and recovery all work for them too.
• A recording interrupted by a call, a crash or a low-memory shutdown is handed back to you the next time you open the app.
• Fewer duplicate recovered notes after a very long recording.

Smarter summaries:
• When a summary can't be generated, Inscribe now tells you exactly why — a note that's too long, a language Apple Intelligence doesn't support, or content it declined — and switches to your local AI model when one is installed.
• The on-device model is no longer unloaded in the middle of a summary, so summaries finish faster and fail less.

Easier to get going:
• Onboarding no longer blocks you: every question is optional, so you can start recording straight away.
• Ask Inscribe now suggests questions about your own notes instead of showing an empty box.
• Telling us what isn't working takes a single tap.

### 1.9.7 — 2026-08-09

Refinements throughout the app, plus a round of stability and reliability fixes.

As always, everything runs on your device: your recordings, transcripts, summaries and answers never go to a transcription or AI cloud.

Thanks for using Inscribe. If something isn't working the way you expect, get in touch — your feedback shapes what comes next.

### 1.9.6 — 2026-08-07

Recording you can trust:
• If live captions ever stop mid-recording, Inscribe now tells you on the spot — your audio keeps recording, and the full transcript is created the moment you tap stop.
• Fixed a rare case where the microphone could stay active after cancelling a recording.
• More reliable live transcription, especially on Mac.
• Recording durations are now always reported correctly.

Smarter summaries:
• When a summary can't be generated, Inscribe now tells you exactly why — a note that's too long, a language Apple Intelligence doesn't support, or content it declined — and automatically switches to your local AI model when one is installed.
• Fixed rare repeated retry attempts that could run on every app launch.

Plus clearer Restore Purchases messages and plenty of under-the-hood reliability work.

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