# Sussurro Whisper Audio to Text — Local AI speech transcription

> Local AI speech transcription (iPhone/iPad app by Cesare Forelli.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sussurro-whisper-audio-to-text/id6742109110 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Cesare Forelli](https://appshunter.io/developer/906894503)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 3 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, European Spanish
- Released: 2025-02-26
- Data updated: 2026-08-03
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sussurro-whisper-audio-to-text/id6742109110/reviews.md

## What is Sussurro Whisper Audio to Text?

Transcribe audio to text with complete privacy, powered by the most advanced AI.

Sussurro (Italian for Whisper) lets you convert audio to text using cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence models, entirely on your device. No data leaves your Mac, iPhone, or iPad — no audio uploads, no transcriptions stored externally, and absolutely no analytics. Just seamless, secure transcription of great quality with total privacy.

WHY CHOOSE SUSSURRO?
- Complete Privacy: Everything happens on your device. Your audio and text stay yours, always.
- Powered by Whisper: Sussurro downloads and runs locally OpenAI’s state-of-the-art Whisper models for accurate speech-to-text transcription.
- Works On All Your Apple devices: the app works natively on Mac, iPhone, and iPad, and is optimised for Apple silicon and the Neural Engine for fast, efficient processing.
- The User-interface is localised in English, German, Italian, Spanish, French and Japanese.

FLEXIBLE, FAST & ACCURATE
- Choose Your Model: Select from multiple AI models to balance speed and accuracy according to your needs. Sussurro makes model selection simple and easy to understand — no AI expertise required.
- Transcribe offline: Download models in-app and, once you get them the first time, you won't need any Internet connectivity.
- Supports audio and video files!

WORK YOUR WAY
- Load and transcribe existing Audio files.
- Capture audio directly within the app and transcribe it right away.
- When you're done transcribing, Copy, Save to file or Share text to any application.
- Sussurro auto-detects the language spoken in the audio with very high accuracy, but you can optionally specify to use a specific language.

TRY FOR FREE, BUY ONE TIME IF YOU LIKE IT.
- Free to Test: Preview any model with complete real-time transcription during processing. The free version shows the first 300 characters of the final transcription.
- One-Time Purchase: Unlock unlimited transcription capabilities across all your Apple devices with a single, affordable in-app purchase — NO SUBSCRIPTIONS, no hidden fees. Plus, Family Sharing support means your family members get full access, too.

WHAT ELSE YOU NEED TO KNOW:
- Sussurro Privacy Policy and Terms of use are written by a human (me, Cesare, hi!) to be read by other humans. And you should read it: https://cdf1982.com/privacy/sussurro_terms_of_service_and_privacy_policy
- Sussurro relies on OpenAI's Whisper models, which are distributed under the MIT license. However, OpenAI is neither involved nor affiliated with this app.
- Please be advised that Whisper models can be quite large, so you should download them only when you don't incur in costs from your provide.
- Transcription speed is affected by your device performance and the model you choose.
- Accuracy depends greatly on the source audio quality and the model chosen for transcription.
- Transcriptions may include errors, including significant mistakes.
- Sussurro does not separate different speakers and does not format the output text.

Download Sussurro today and transcribe with confidence — privately, efficiently, and forever.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Unlock Sussurro Pro Lifetime | $4.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.3.2 — 2026-08-01

This update includes minor bug fixes.

If you enjoy Sussurro and believe that more apps should respect your privacy and provide good value instead of relying on weekly subscriptions, please take a moment to leave a 5-star review: it really makes a whole lot of difference to indie developers like myself.

Thank you and ciao from Italy,
Cesare

### 1.3.1 — 2025-03-16

Sussurro keeps getting better: after adding video transcriptions, a much improved formatting of transcribed text, the ability to bypass automatic language detection and "tell the engine" which language to use for short or poorly recorded audio files and the localisation of the user-interface in French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish, the onboarding experience for the first time you launch the app is now improved.

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If you enjoy Sussurro and believe that more apps should respect your privacy and provide good value instead of relying on weekly subscriptions, please take a moment to leave a 5-star review: it really makes a whole lot of difference to indie developers like myself.

Thank you and ciao from Italy,
Cesare

### 1.3 — 2025-03-12

After introducing video transcriptions, much improved formatting of the transcribed text earlier and the German localisation earlier this week, Sussurro is back with new shiny improvements for you:

1. MANUAL LANGUAGE SELECTION
Sussurro has amazing auto-detection capabilities: just pick an audio file and the app reliably guesses the language the Whisper AI model should use for on-device transcription. New in version 1.3, you now have the option to manually select a language and tell the engine to use that for transcription: from the menu in the upper right corner, select (from a list of 99 options!) the language you want to "force" and Sussurro will oblige. This helps greatly for short audio files or poor recordings.

2. SPANISH, JAPANESE, ITALIAN AND FRENCH LOCALIZATIONS
Sussurro's UI speaks for 4 more languages, in addition to English and German.

3. TWEAKS AND IMPROVEMENTS
A general touch of polish never hurts!

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If you enjoy Sussurro and believe that more apps should respect your privacy and provide good value instead of relying on weekly subscriptions, please take a moment to leave a 5-star review: it really makes a whole lot of difference to indie developers like myself.

Thank you and ciao from Italy,
Cesare

### 1.2.2 — 2025-03-11

Oops. During Sussurro's German localisation I did introduce two bugs:

- Portions of the transcribed text may occasionally not appear on screen, while being present in the copied text or saved files.
- The alert asking if you want to remove an audio file recorded inside Sussurro after it was transcribed appeared and immediately disappeared.

I really want to express my gratitude to Vladimir for reporting both issues, allowing me to submit a fix in as little time as possible.

If you missed the release notes for Sussurro 1.2, it was a pretty big release:

1. TRANSCRIBE VIDEOS
You can now select a video file and start transcription. Sussurro takes care of extracting the audio track, making video transcription as efficient and accurate as regular audio files.
All with the privacy that Sussurro's local-only private processing guarantees you.

2. SELECT PARTS OF THE TRANSCRIBED TEXT
After transcription, you can either drag and select (macOS) or tap, hold and drag to select part of the transcribed text for copying or sharing.

3. SUSSURRO FLÜSTERT DIR JETZT AUF DEUTSCH ZU
I was overwhelmed by the warm welcome Germany, Austria and Switzerland reserved to Sussurro.
Undoubtedly, I must thank iPhone-blog.de and iPhone-ticker.de for their incredibly kind and positive reviews that helped many friends who speak German to discover Sussurro. My thank you takes the form of a complete localisation of the app in the beautiful language of Goethe.
Full disclosure: I studied German in school and was actually pretty good at it, but I also took advantage of AI translation tools; if you notice any mistake, please send me a screenshot and the correction!

4. IMPROVEMENTS ALL AROUND
- The waveform preview is now quicker to generate, and the interface makes it clear that you can start transcription without waiting for such preview to appear.
- Dynamic Type large text is now properly handled; hat tip to Vladimir for reporting a usability issue I should have caught and fixed, and my apologies for the oversight!
- When you cancel an ongoing transcription operation, it takes a few seconds to stop the engine and clean up things; now the user interface makes that clear and does its best to keep you entertained.

And if you missed the release notes from Sussurro 1.1, don't forget that Sussurro now handles proper formatting of the transcribed text to avoid the "wall-of-text" effect completely on-device and privately!

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If you enjoy Sussurro and believe that more apps should respect your privacy and provide good value instead of relying on weekly subscriptions, please take a moment to leave a 5-star review: it really makes a whole lot of difference to indie developers like myself.

Thank you and ciao from Italy,
Cesare

### 1.2.1 — 2025-03-09

Pretty incredible it's just a week since Sussurro launched! Here’s what’s new in version 1.2:

1. TRANSCRIBE VIDEOS
You can now select a video file and start transcription. Sussurro takes care of extracting the audio track, making video transcription as efficient and accurate as regular audio files.
All with the privacy that Sussurro's local-only private processing guarantees you.

2. SELECT PARTS OF THE TRANSCRIBED TEXT
After transcription, you can either drag and select (macOS) or tap, hold and drag to select part of the transcribed text for copying or sharing.

3. SUSSURRO FLÜSTERT DIR JETZT AUF DEUTSCH ZU
I was overwhelmed by the warm welcome Germany, Austria and Switzerland reserved to Sussurro.
Undoubtedly, I must thank iPhone-blog.de and iPhone-ticker.de for their incredibly kind and positive reviews that helped many friends who speak German to discover Sussurro. My thank you takes the form of a complete localisation of the app in the beautiful language of Goethe.
Full disclosure: I studied German in school and was actually pretty good at it, but I also took advantage of AI translation tools; if you notice any mistake, please send me a screenshot and the correction!

4. IMPROVEMENTS ALL AROUND
- The waveform preview is now quicker to generate, and the interface makes it clear that you can start transcription without waiting for such preview to appear.
- Dynamic Type large text is now properly handled; hat tip to Vladimir for reporting a usability issue I should have caught and fixed, and my apologies for the oversight!
- When you cancel an ongoing transcription operation, it takes a few seconds to stop the engine and clean up things; now the user interface makes that clear and does its best to keep you entertained.

And if you missed the release notes from Sussurro 1.1, don't forget that Sussurro now handles proper formatting of the transcribed text to avoid the "wall-of-text" effect completely on-device and privately!

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If you enjoy Sussurro and believe that more apps should respect your privacy and provide good value instead of relying on weekly subscriptions, please take a moment to leave a 5-star review: it really makes a whole lot of difference to indie developers like myself.

Thank you and ciao from Italy,
Cesare

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