# Shoulder Surf — Meeting Copilot, No Install

> Meeting copilot for real-time transcription, AI-powered Q&A, and deliverable generation. (iPhone/iPad app by WEIRTECH.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shoulder-surf/id6760098225 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [WEIRTECH](https://appshunter.io/developer/1146325109)
- Category: Productivity, Business
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 168 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), Japanese, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-07-26
- Data updated: 2026-09-15
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shoulder-surf/id6760098225/reviews.md

## What is Shoulder Surf?

SHOULDER SURF: MEETING & INTERVIEW ASSISTANT

You can take notes, or you can be in the meeting. Not both.

I built Shoulder Surf because I kept losing the conversation while trying to capture it. Looking down to write something means missing the next thing. Trying to remember everything means listening less. The harder you work to stay on top of a meeting, the less present you actually are.

Shoulder Surf takes the tracking off your plate so you can stay where you should be: in the conversation, looking at the person in front of you.

STAY PRESENT
It listens, transcribes, and quietly keeps a running record of what was said and who said it. Rolling summaries refresh every few minutes, so if your attention drifts you can catch up in seconds without breaking eye contact.

ASK WITHOUT INTERRUPTING
Tap once to ask anything about what was just said. Pull the action items, get a fact checked, request a suggested response, or ask whatever you want, and the answer lands before the conversation moves on. Read it on screen, or hear it privately through your AirPods.

TURN MEETINGS INTO DELIVERABLES
This is where Shoulder Surf goes past note taking. Ask it to build something and it does: a real Excel spreadsheet, a project Gantt chart, a summary document, a follow up email. It generates the actual file, right there in the chat, from what was discussed. Hand it a document too, a spec, an agenda, a contract, and it reads that alongside the meeting so its answers are grounded in your real material, not guesswork.

CHAT WITH YOUR MEETINGS
Every session is saved as a complete record: full transcript, captured insights, photos, and AI responses. Chat with any meeting to surface a decision or pull a detail. Or chat across an entire project, choose how many past meetings to include and what to draw from, and ask questions that span weeks.

REMEMBER ACROSS MEETINGS
Meeting Memory carries decisions and commitments into the next meeting. Plus brings your recent meetings into every answer. Pro brings all of them.

HOW IT WORKS
Shoulder Surf runs on your iPhone, beside your meeting. It captures audio through the microphone and transcribes on device in real time. Nothing to install on your computer. No bots joining your calls. Never in a screen share. Works with Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, in person, or anywhere conversations happen.

FEATURES
• Live transcription with on-device speech recognition
• Speaker labels so you know who said what
• Quick Prompts: summaries, action items, suggested responses, fact checking, and your own custom prompts
• Generate real files: spreadsheets, Gantt charts, documents, and emails from your meeting
• Attach documents so the AI answers from your own material
• Web search on demand for questions that need current info
• Private audio responses through AirPods or Bluetooth headphones
• Camera capture: slides, whiteboards, documents
• Shareable meeting reports
• Save action items straight to Reminders
• Apple Watch: trigger queries from your wrist, phone untouched
• Dynamic Island and Lock Screen for at a glance status
• Available in English, French, Spanish, and Japanese

PRIVACY FIRST
• On-device transcription means audio never leaves your phone
• API keys stored in your iOS Keychain
• iCloud sync optional, no account required for on-device features
• Your data, your control

PLANS
• Free: on-device Apple Intelligence AI at no cost, plus a recurring monthly cloud AI budget of about 5 hours a month that renews. Reports, People, monthly searches and files.
• Plus: unlimited cloud AI, Memory across recent meetings, document attachments, project chat, more searches and files each month. 7 day free trial.
• Pro: everything in Plus, plus full-history Memory and advanced AI for reports and analysis.
• Bring Your Own Key: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, and more.

Subscriptions auto renew monthly. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings.


Terms of Service: https://shouldersurf.com/terms

## Key features

- Live transcription with speaker labels
- AI-powered Q&A and custom prompts
- Generate spreadsheets, Gantt charts, and emails
- Attach documents for AI context
- Chat with past meetings
- Private audio responses
- On-device speech recognition

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro | $14.99 | per month |
| Plus | $9.99 | per month |


## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shoulder-surf/id6760098225/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Excelente aplicación para reuniones

*2026-07-30*

He probado varias aplicaciones para grabar y transcribir reuniones, y Shoulder Surf es la que mejor se adapta a mi forma de trabajar. Las transcripciones son precisas, identifica a los participantes, organiza las reuniones por proyectos y después puedo hacer preguntas sobre el contenido sin tener que buscar manualmente en mis notas. Me ha ahorrado mucho tiempo y me ayuda a no olvidar detalles importantes. La recomiendo totalmente para cualquier persona que tenga reuniones frecuentes.

## Frequently asked questions about Shoulder Surf

### Does Shoulder Surf have ads?

No, Shoulder Surf does not contain advertisements. It is an ad-free application.

### What devices does Shoulder Surf support?

Shoulder Surf is available on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, allowing for versatile use across your Apple ecosystem.

### How much does Shoulder Surf cost?

Shoulder Surf is free to download and use. Optional subscription plans, Plus and Pro, offer advanced features for $9.99/month and $14.99/month respectively, with a 7-day free trial for the Plus plan.

### What are the subscription tiers for Shoulder Surf?

Shoulder Surf offers a 'Plus' tier at $9.99/month with a 7-day free trial, and a 'Pro' tier at $14.99/month. These tiers likely unlock more advanced features beyond the free version.

### How often is Shoulder Surf updated?

The latest version of Shoulder Surf is 1.17, last updated on September 7, 2026. This indicates a relatively active development cycle.

### What is the age rating for Shoulder Surf?

Shoulder Surf has an age rating of 12+, suggesting it contains content generally suitable for users aged 12 and older.

### Can I integrate Shoulder Surf with other productivity tools?

Yes, Shoulder Surf allows you to save action items directly to Reminders. It also generates real files like spreadsheets and documents, which can be used with other productivity software.

### How does Shoulder Surf handle privacy during meetings?

Shoulder Surf operates on your device without requiring installation on computers or joining calls as bots. It captures audio through the microphone and transcribes on-device in real time, ensuring your conversations remain private.

## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.17 — 2026-09-07

FRENCH
Shoulder Surf now speaks French, alongside English, Spanish and Japanese. Every screen, every prompt, every error message.

PEOPLE
A new People tab. Everyone who has turned up in your meetings, in one place, with what they work on and where they show up. Match someone to a contact without handing over Contacts permission, then call, message or email them from their page. Tap a project they appear in and land on that project. When two names turn out to be the same person, you pick which one survives.

MEETING REPORTS THAT GO SOMEWHERE
Generate a report for any meeting, not just your last one. Then send it. Reports now arrive as a readable document in Slack, Notion, Mail and anywhere else the share sheet reaches, with a PDF fallback so nothing shows up as raw markup. Collapsed sections expand before it sends, so what you share is the whole report.

ACTION ITEMS YOU CAN CLOSE
Check an action item off, and uncheck it if you were wrong. Pick a deadline from a date picker and an owner from the people who were actually in the meeting. Completed items keep their history and reopen cleanly.

MEMORY YOU CAN CHECK
Every memory now points back at the meeting it came from, and every claim shows you what it cites. Tap through and read the source yourself.

MEETINGS
Rename a meeting from its overflow menu. Rename a speaker and the summary regenerates around the correction. Export a full transcript to a file. Pick the meeting language where you pick the project.

CHAT
Take a photo straight from the composer. The composer grows as you type. Web search says when it is on and how long it took. Your global instructions now reach Meeting Chat and Project Chat when you bring your own key.

SYNC
Contact photos travel between your devices now, along with ten settings that quietly did not.

SMALLER THINGS
A redesigned Review screen. A meeting-room backdrop behind the idle screen. Tips you silenced can be found again. The muted state explains itself and shows you the way out. Saving a meeting narrates its real stages instead of guessing at them.

FIXES
Speaker renames made after a meeting was saved now reach Meeting Memory. A hand-typed name survives a crash the same way an enrolled one does. The transcript stops crediting one person with everyone else's words. Two people with similar names are no longer offered as a merge. Pull to refresh stops reporting failures it caused itself. Reports open the meeting you tapped rather than guessing.

### 1.0 — 2026-07-27

No release notes.

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