# Verbaloom – Meeting Notes — Record, understand, offline

> Record, understand, offline (iPhone/iPad app by Udo Popp.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/verbaloom-meeting-notes/id6798423805 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Udo Popp](https://appshunter.io/developer/6798423807)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 32 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified, China) and 1 more
- Released: 2026-08-17
- Data updated: 2026-10-15

## What is Verbaloom?

Nothing leaves your iPhone.

Most transcription apps send your recording to a service. This one does not have
to: speech recognition, speaker separation and the language model run on the
iPhone itself. No
account, no server, no analytics — and if you do want to use a service, the app
tells you beforehand what would be sent and to whom, and asks.

RECORDING
• Conversations, lectures, thoughts on the move — with the iPhone's microphone
• Share voice messages and audio files straight here from other apps
• Import audio and video files you already have

TRANSCRIPTION
• On the device: whisper.cpp or Apple's own recognizer, both without a network
• Speaker separation, on the iPhone as well: who in the room said what, up to
  eight people
• Name a speaker once and the voice is recognised in later recordings — on the
  Mac too
• Or through a service of your choice
• Transcript with timecodes; tap a line to jump there in the audio

UNDERSTANDING
• Summaries from templates you write — minutes, action items, whatever you need
• Long recordings are summarised in parts and the parts summarised together at
  the end
• Chat with a recording: questions answered from that transcript and nothing else
• The language model can run on the iPhone — llama.cpp or Apple Intelligence

KEEPING
• Export as PDF or Markdown, summary and transcript together or apart
• Library in your own iCloud, if you want it there

AND THE MAC APP
One purchase covers both. On the Mac the app additionally records the far side of
a call as its own track — which is why the transcript there knows exactly who
said what. Recordings, transcripts and templates travel between your devices
through your own iCloud.

VERBALOOM PRO
Recording and local transcription stay free. Pro adds speaker separation,
summaries and chat, services of your choice, PDF export and the library in
iCloud. For the first seven days after downloading, Pro is unlocked — no
purchase, nothing to cancel.
• Monthly – $1.99 per month
• Yearly – $17.99 per year
• One-time – $44.99, yours for good, does not renew
The two subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in your App Store
settings. Payment is charged to your Apple Account on confirmation; renewal is
charged within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Prices shown are
for the US store; elsewhere the price shown in the App Store applies.

Terms of Use (EULA):
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://verbaloom.app/privacy.html

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly | $1.99 | per month |
| Annual | $17.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lifetime | $44.99 | one-time |


## Is Verbaloom safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Verbaloom.

## Is Verbaloom legit?

Verbaloom – Meeting Notes has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Verbaloom is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.3 — 2026-09-29

Who said what — now on iPhone too

When your iPhone records a conversation with several people in the room,
Verbaloom now splits the transcript into individual speakers. Right on the
device: no audio goes to a service. When you switch it on, the app downloads
the model it needs (about 210 MB, over Wi-Fi only if you prefer), with the
progress shown in Settings. Up to eight speakers are
told apart.

Turn it on under Settings › Transcription › Tell individual speakers apart
(part of Verbaloom Pro).

NAMES STICK
• Put a name on a speaker, and Verbaloom recognises that voice in later
  recordings.
• With the same iCloud library, iPhone and Mac know the same names — someone
  named on the Mac is recognised on the iPhone, and the other way round.
• Known voices can be viewed, renamed and deleted under Settings ›
  Transcription.

ALSO
• If transcription ran in the background, the speakers are added as soon as
  you open the app again. The summary waits until then, so the names are in it.
• On iPad and on large foldable screens, the list and the recording sit side by
  side. The record button always stays in view.
• How long audio is kept now applies to every device on the same library. If
  iPhone and Mac were set differently, the longer period wins.
• Fixed: when a recording first had to come down from iCloud, the app stayed
  on "Downloading audio from iCloud …" long after the file had arrived — until
  a restart.

### 1.2 — 2026-09-02

No release notes.

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