# Whisper Transcription — user reviews > 383 indexed App Store user reviews of Whisper Transcription by Good Snooze, rated 3.80/5 from 157 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whisper-transcription/id1668083311/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whisper-transcription/id1668083311.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 96 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 32 ## 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 ## Newest reviews (16 of 383) ### 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. ### 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. ### 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. ### 3/5 — Leider Crash-Anfällig *2026-06-19* Ich nutze Whisper seit einem Jahr hauptsächlich zur Erstellung von Transcripten. Anfangs dachte ich: Wenn die Sprecher-Erkennung besser wird, dann ist die App absolut topp. Die Sprechererkennung ist mittlerweile recht gut, nicht perfekt. Ein Problem ist jedoch, dass die App seit eineigen Monaten immer wieder Fehler ausspuckt, dass das Modell corrupt sei (egal welches Modell man auswählt). Mal wird es durch Updates besser, mal hat man den Eindruck es wird noch übler. Es ist absolut nicht nachvollziehbar warum die App beim Transcribieren aussteigt. Es handelt sich immer um den gleichen Dateityp (Video). Manchmal hilft es das Modell zu wechseln, dafür stürzt diese Modell dann bei einer anderen Datei ab. Wenn das nicht aufhört, nützen mir auch neue Features nichts und ich muss mir etwas anderes suchen… Das wäre sehr schade, denn gerade der Einmalkauf ist schon ein echtes Argument für Whisper. ### 2/5 — Gratuité *2026-06-03* Ne pas dire que l’Apps est gratuite, seul 3 jours sont gratuits. Une fois inscrit , que faire pour se désinscrire ? ### 1/5 — The app is not intuitive, not convenient *2026-05-16, version 4.1.1* ... and the app itself recommends one uses the free voice memo app for longer recordings. Why pay then? Developer needs to make a better version, connect it to the desktop version, etc. ### 1/5 — Unusable *2026-05-10, version 4.1.1* Minimum functions aren’t even free to use, unlike the macOS app. This iOS app is unusable without subscription upfront ### 3/5 — Please Add Support for YouTube Videos *2026-05-07, version 4.1.1* The app desperately needs to be able to take sources such as YouTube or other social media and transcribe them from the share function. ### 1/5 — Complete Rip Off - Can’t Copy text without being extorted *2026-05-03, version 13.20* Unfortunately, these guys will be making money by exploiting people’s ignorance. You can literally spend 10 minutes asking ChatGPT or Claude or Gemini or whatever your preferred LLM is and it will take you through the extremely simple download and use of many free options out there that do exactly the same job. I guess, if you just like to burn money for fun, then this is the app for you. So shameful to see them not even allow copy and pasting on the unpaid version. ### 1/5 — Extremely disappointed *2026-05-02, version 4.1.1* The mobile app can’t at all work with the desktop one. It can’t even open the whisper files! Ridiculous!!! ### 1/5 — Not great *2026-04-20, version 13.19* Downloaded and start. Immediately hits you with a pay wall with no obvious way to try. Can’t even quit the app. Had to force quit. ### 1/5 — Complaint against Jordi tech support! *2026-04-20, version 4.1* App is not working properly not working at all. Tech support non responsive. Refund is not available. Waste of time and nerves. Worst app ever! ### 1/5 — Not easy to use for transcription *2026-04-17, version 13.19* Just make that a primary feature. Who just wants you to transcribe stuff on a screen and not be able to copy it or put it in your highlighted text? If that is an existing feature, its not easy to find and I’m already over it. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 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. ### 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. ### 1/5 — Nic *2026-07-01, version 4.2.0* Unusable beyond 20 seconds cant transcript m4a ### 1/5 — Terrible app *2026-06-22, version 4.2.0* Sometimes it doesn’t record. I don’t like the fact that it doesn’t continue to record if I go to another app. I have missed a lot of information with this app. ### 1/5 — Poor App, lots of inaccuracies *2026-06-20, version 4.2.0* The Mac app performs reasonably well, but the iPhone app falls short. Translation accuracy is often poor, and the summaries generated are frequently inaccurate. Overall, the experience did not meet my expectations, and I wish a refund were available. Based on my experience, I would not recommend this app. ### 1/5 — Watch out Mac users *2026-06-19, version 13.22.0* All features, including the one I really needed, are not available on Intel-based Macs. Speaker detection was critical, and of course this didn’t work. ### 1/5 — On device transcription model not working *2026-06-06, version 4.1.1* We haven’t been able to get the on device local transcription model to work on iOS or iPadOS. It attempts to transcribe, but doesn’t generate anything. ### 1/5 — Pessimo *2026-06-04* Eu comprei a versão completa no meu macOS, sendo o mesmo aplicativo da mesma empresa não me dá acesso a versão do iOS. Se eu soubesse não teria comprado no Mac. PESSIMO! ### 1/5 — Broken on Sonoma *2026-05-31, version 13.21.2* App is completely broken on Sonoma, and there's no way to roll back. Transcription hangs at 99%. GPU is no longer used regardless of how settings are set. What a joke. ### 1/5 — Great app! *2026-05-20, version 13.21.1* I purchased the full Pro version of this a long time ago, and it’s shocking to me how—even after all this time of asking and waiting—Whisper still cannot create transcripts with paragraph breaks. The entire transcript comes out in one massive paragraph. The “Segments” option is equally useless because every single sentence is then placed in its own paragraph. Who writes or reads like this?! For a 30-40 minute speech, this is absolutely agonizing and tedious to fix. If humans can intuitively listen and generally know when a new paragraph should start, AI should be able to reasonably decipher where the natural breaks are in a speech, based on the audible pauses or subject matter. Really disappointing. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good *2026-07-08, version 13.23.1* Good ### 5/5 — Multifunktional, Präzise, Korrekt, Werthaltig *2026-06-16* Ich bin begeistert von der Funktionsvielfalt, dem Leistungsspektrum, der klaren Nutzerführung und hohen Nutzerfreundlichkeit. Whisper Transkription vervielfacht meine Produktivität und schafft echten Mehrwert. Vielen Dank für diese wertvolle Assistenz. ### 5/5 — Excellent, well-designed app *2026-06-03, version 13.21.4* This app gets a lot of things right and has a very nice native macOS design. Even perusing the settings is a joy compared to some other apps! ### 5/5 — Easy to use and very close accuracy for Portuguese *2026-05-29* Easy to use, and the accuracy for Brazilian Portuguese was very good (not excellent, but very good). It would be interesting to add a feature to define timestamp lengths… I would like to define a timestamp every 5 or 10 min, so it is easy to find specific parts on the audio. Currently the timestamps are based on dialogs, but sometimes there are some lengthy dialogs. Overall, I will recommend this to friends. ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2026-04-10, version 4.1* Great application, it’s such a bummer that it can’t switch back to the previous app anymore. Apple knows how to kill a good thing. ### 5/5 — Issue *2026-03-30, version 4.0.3* Not sure if this is a ios 26.4 problem of a whisper problem but I'm not able to switch to whispers keyboard anymore, it jumps right back to the stock keyboard. ### 5/5 — Hyper utile *2026-03-24* Je ne peux plus m’en passer pour faire de la transcription audio. Le modèle Large V3 est le plus précis, et avec un MacBook Air M5, 1 h 15 d’une réunion de travail à deux personnes prend 20 minutes à transcrire et avec l’identification des interlocuteurs dans le transcript, ce qui permet de faire des synthèses de réunion sans rien oublier avec ChatGPT et NotebookLM. C’est impressionnant. ### 5/5 — 中英夹杂翻译不错 *2026-03-07, version 13.14* 中英文综合用Large V3就挺好 ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-02-12, version 4.0.3* This is such a time saver as it works so accurately and now supports a custom keyboard which makes it super inconvenient to use with whatever app you want. ### 5/5 — Thank you very much! *2026-02-01* I needed an app that would allow me to get transcripts in Russian offline, and this is exactly what I needed! Just add the option to save them in .srt format; they're currently saved in that format, but the extension is .txt --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*