# Whisper Transcription — Voice, Speech, Audio Dictation

> AI-powered audio transcription and analysis tool for various formats and languages. (iPhone/iPad app by Good Snooze.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whisper-transcription/id1668083311 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Good Snooze](https://appshunter.io/developer/1154986448)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.80/5 from 157 App Store ratings · 383 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 115 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany)
- Released: 2023-02-01
- Data updated: 2026-08-29
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whisper-transcription/id1668083311/reviews.md

## What is Whisper Transcription?

Quickly and easily transcribe audio files into text with state-of-the-art transcription technology Whisper. Transcribe files from other apps through the share extension and get high quality transcripts in seconds.

■ Features
- Share audio files and voice memos from apps such as iMessage, WhatsApp and Voice Memos to transcribe
- Record directly in the app and transcribe afterwards
- Transcribe at ultra high quality and top speed by using the Assistant cloud transcription
- Transcribe locally on your device with an on-device model that you can download to your device for offline use and for private audio files (iPhone 13 or newer, or iPad with M-series chip required)
- Get high quality AI summaries
- Chat with your transcripts to get useful information out of a long recording in no time
- Select transcription language (or use auto detect)
- Supported formats: mp3, wav, m4a, mp4, mov

■ Supported Languages
Whisper Transcription can transcribe audio in 100 different languages:

English, Chinese, German, Spanish, Russian, Korean, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Turkish, Polish, Catalan, Dutch, Arabic, Swedish, Italian, Indonesian, Hindi, Finnish, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Ukrainian, Greek, Malay, Czech, Romanian, Danish, Hungarian, Tamil, Norwegian, Thai, Urdu, Croatian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Latin, Maori, Malayalam, Welsh, Slovak, Telugu, Persian, Latvian, Bengali, Serbian, Azerbaijani, Slovenian, Kannada, Estonian, Macedonian, Breton, Basque, Icelandic, Armenian, Nepali, Mongolian, Bosnian, Kazakh, Albanian, Swahili, Galician, Marathi, Punjabi, Sinhala, Khmer, Shona, Yoruba, Somali, Afrikaans, Occitan, Georgian, Belarusian, Tajik, Sindhi, Gujarati, Amharic, Yiddish, Lao, Uzbek, Faroese, Haitian Creole, Pashto, Turkmen, Nynorsk, Maltese, Sanskrit, Luxembourgish, Myanmar, Tibetan, Tagalog, Malagasy, Assamese, Tatar, Hawaiian, Lingala, Hausa, Bashkir, Javanese, Sundanese.

Subscriptions will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period and will be charged to your iTunes account. You can turn off auto-renew/manage subscriptions in your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use & Privacy policy can https://impresskit.net/press-release/f5537c9f-c2c1-42d9-a870-6cecd28a8c31.

## Key features

- Share audio from other apps
- Direct recording and transcription
- Cloud and offline transcription options
- AI-generated summaries
- Chat with transcripts
- Multi-language support

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Assistant Yearly | $89.99 | per year |
| Pro | $29.99 | per year |
| Assistant Monthly | $9.99 | per month |
| Assistant Weekly | $5.99 | per 7 days |
| Pro | $8.99 | per month |
| Pro | $6.99 | per 7 days |
| Pro & Assistant | $12.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro Lifetime | $89.99 | one-time |
| Pro Lifetime | $99.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Whisper Transcription?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🚀 Fast and accurate transcription
- 🔒 Local, on-device processing for privacy
- 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
- 💡 Useful for a variety of use cases (meetings, interviews, etc.)
- 🚀 Impressive speed and efficiency

**Cons**

- 🐛 Inconsistent performance, crashes, and bugs
- 💰 Expensive subscription model
- 🔒 Limited functionality in free version
- 🔍 Poor speaker identification and paragraph detection
- 🔍 Lack of customization and advanced features

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Transcription errors and hallucinations
- Inability to save or export transcripts
- Compatibility issues with older devices and macOS versions
- Unreliable recording and playback functionality

**Most requested features**

- Improved speaker separation and labeling
- Automatic paragraph detection
- Integration with AI assistants like ChatGPT
- More flexible pricing options
- Expanded language support

## Recent user reviews (10 of 383)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whisper-transcription/id1668083311/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Just disappointing

*2026-08-18, version 14.7*

I find that the main feature, transcribing YouTube videos works seldomly… I can’t find help.  Disappointing.

### 3/5 — バランスが取れたモデルも欲しい

*2026-08-12*

OpenAI Whisper Smallだと話者認識こそできるが制度がイマイチ
Large v2だと精度は上がるが、あまりに時間がかかる
中間のモデルが欲しい

日本語対応してほしい

IntegrationにCraft連携が欲しい

iCloude同期が欲しい

Apple Watchアプリも欲しい

総じて及第点にとどまる

### 2/5 — Great Tool if You Pay the Full Price

*2026-08-10, version 14.6.1*

The tool is good if you pay for the PRO version; otherwise, there is no way to save the transcripts. It offers various formats for saving the transcripts you create, yet you cannot use even the most basic one without paying for the PRO version. It makes little sense to use it to transcribe a video only to find you can't do anything with the result. While it does let you copy and paste the text into another program, a tool that offers a PRO option should still provide some fully functional basic features. Otherwise, it’s useless.

### 1/5 — It isn’t “free”

*2026-07-23, version 14.4*

You can download the app, but as soon as you try to transcribe a video you’re hit with a paywall.  1 star for the bait-and-switch. If you had put this up as an $89 app, I probably would have been happy to pay that. However hiding it until after I’ve downloaded and installed the app and started a project… Well, I’d give you zero stars if I could.

### 4/5 — 性能としては、充分だが

*2026-07-17*

文字起こしの性能としては、十分なものを持っているし、Mac版では話者ごとにまとめてくれる
ただ、ローカライズされていないことと、リアルタイム文字起こしの時もしゃべり終わった後で停止した状態で、ようやく文字起こしにするが、リアルタイムでどんどんテスト化するような機能が欲しい

### 2/5 — Terrible sorting options

*2026-07-16, version 14.2*

We need the ability to sort imported files by their file creation time, or by their titles using natural sort. When I batch import 10 files, they come in all jumbled. A calendar or day through stepper would be nice too.

### 5/5 — Good

*2026-07-08, version 13.23.1*

Good

### 1/5 — Nic

*2026-07-01, version 4.2.0*

Unusable beyond 20 seconds cant transcript m4a

### 2/5 — Needs way more improvements.

*2026-06-30, version 13.23.0*

Keeps deleting long meeting transcripts.

### 2/5 — Weak app. It used to work much better

*2026-06-24, version 13.22.0*

At some point the developers got carried away adding AI transcription engines, but in the end the only one that works somewhat reliably is Parakeet v3.

I used to transcribe 90-minute presentation recordings through this app without any issues. Now even a 30–40 second video clip can take so long to process that it’s easier to walk away and do something else.

Very disappointing experience. The app has become slower, less reliable, and far less useful than it used to be.

## Frequently asked questions about Whisper Transcription

### What does Whisper Transcription do?

Whisper Transcription converts audio files and voice memos into text using advanced AI technology. It allows you to transcribe audio from other applications via a share extension, record audio directly within the app, and process these recordings into high-quality transcripts.

### What are the key features of Whisper Transcription?

Key features include sharing audio from apps like iMessage and WhatsApp, direct recording, ultra-high quality cloud transcription, offline on-device transcription (for compatible devices), AI summaries, chat functionality with transcripts, language selection, and support for multiple audio formats like MP3, WAV, and MP4.

### How much does Whisper Transcription cost?

The app operates on a freemium model. While specific pricing details for subscriptions are not provided, it mentions that subscriptions will automatically renew unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Users can manage subscriptions in their iTunes Account Settings.

### What devices is Whisper Transcription compatible with?

The app supports transcription of audio files and voice memos. For offline, on-device transcription, an iPhone 13 or newer, or an iPad with an M-series chip is required. It also supports various audio formats including mp3, wav, m4a, mp4, and mov.

### What are the common use cases for Whisper Transcription?

Common use cases include quickly transcribing meeting notes, lectures, interviews, or personal voice memos. The AI summaries and chat features allow users to extract key information from long recordings efficiently, making it useful for students, journalists, researchers, and content creators.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.5 — 2026-07-29

■ New
• Import from URL: paste a link to an audio or video file, and transcribe it straight from the home screen
• Added Claude Opus 5 to the Anthropic model picker for summaries, titles, and transcript chat

■ Improvements
• Redesigned Settings with new icons
• Assistant transcription now runs on Mistral's Voxtral model; larger files are still handled by ElevenLabs Scribe
• Clearer errors when an on-device model download fails because the connection is blocked or unstable
• Updated German, Dutch, and French translations

■ Bugfixes
• Fixed the detected language not showing on transcripts made with the Assistant
• Fixed some audio files being rejected by the Assistant because the upload did not include the original filename
• Fixed the "file too large" message from the Assistant not being translated

### 4.4 — 2026-07-17

■ New
• Added export previews, with support for VTT and Markdown subtitles and DOTE files
• Added Anthropic API key support and model selection for summaries, titles, and transcript chat
• Added an OpenAI model picker, including support for custom models
• Transcripts can now be renamed manually  

■ Improvements
• Redesigned transcript chat with clearer loading and empty states, a better input bar, and easier response copying
• Improved the transcript detail layout on iPad, including a wider playback bar and a collapsible inspector
• Improved search result reliability and transcription retry actions
• Improved the confirmation shown when deleting all dictations
• Updated translations throughout the iPhone and iPad apps

■ Bugfixes
• Fixed the selected AI service sometimes changing when it was temporarily unavailable
• Fixed opening Custom API Keys unexpectedly switching the selected AI service to OpenAI
• Fixed unclear errors when an on-device model download became corrupted
• Fixed sharing a transcript chat response sometimes sharing the prompt instead of the generated answer

### 4.3.0 — 2026-07-01

■ Improvements
• A cleaner, more consistent look across the app, including a redesigned on-device model download screen.
• Transcribe audio-only MP4 files.
• Smoother search on the home screen.
• Sharing a video now shows "Share Video" with a video icon, audio files show audio.
• More room on iPad: the home screen shows more of your history with longer, multi-line previews that fill the screen.
• Quick paste buttons on the OpenAI and ElevenLabs API key fields.
• VoiceOver and accessibility improvements throughout - progress indicators and the playback scrubber now announce what's happening (for example "1:23 of 4:56").

■ Bugfixes
• Fixed short audio clips sometimes producing an empty transcription.
• Fixed the Share Sheet prompt on the home screen dismissing when you didn't mean it to.

### 4.2.0 — 2026-06-19

■ New
• Local transcription models now run on latest iPad models

■ Improved
• Assistant can now handle files twice as long

### 4.1.1 — 2026-04-21

■ Improvements 
• Improved stability when using local models

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