BisonNotes AI vs IA Voice Notes

Capture your thoughts effortlessly. BisonNotes AI turns voice recordings into clean, searchable transcripts—then auto-summarizes them with AI. • Record in the background—no interruptions • Full on-device transcription and summaries! (Requires iPhone 13 pro, iPhone 15 or newer) • Now available on Mac — same recordings, transcripts, and summaries on every device • Multiple Cloud AI engines: Mistral AI, Gemini and more • Import transcripts from TXT, PDF, DOCX, Markdown • Attach notes and files to recordings, with clean export to PDF or RTF (for Word) • Intelligent summaries with rich markdown formatting • Battery-aware background processing • Safe local storage with optional cloud sync • Perfect for meetings, interviews, lectures, or anything you speak into. Speak. Record. Review. Share. Download BisonNotes AI.

Capture every word, hands-free. IA Voice Notes transcribes your meetings, lectures, and conversations in real time with Apple's speech engine, on your device whenever your language supports it. On iOS 26 and later it uses Apple's newer speech model, which keeps up with fast speakers and voices across the room. Recording, transcription, the calendar, and AI features are free to use, with no key or account required. A FOLDER FOR EVERY COURSE Keep each class, client, or project in its own folder. A weekly class's calendar event files every recording into its folder, and a folder can start recordings in the mode that suits it, like Lecture. BRING IN ANY RECORDING Import a recording from Voice Memos, Files, or another app and it's transcribed on your device in a fraction of its length. A note that came out patchy can be re-transcribed with the newer model, too. ON IPHONE, IPAD, AND MAC Record on your iPhone, read the summary on your iPad or Mac. With iCloud Sync (Pro), your notes, recordings, folders, and events stay in step across your devices, in your own private iCloud. QUIZ YOURSELF, OUT LOUD Turn any lecture, meeting, or story into a spoken quiz. IA Voice Notes asks the questions, you answer by voice, and each answer is graded with feedback and a link to the moment in the recording that covers it. Quizzes adapt as you go, offer hints and practice rounds, and build on what you missed last time. Kid, Student, and Professional modes set the tone. TALK TO YOUR NOTES Ask a note anything, out loud, and hear the answer, with a link to the part of the recording it came from. Or type, even while you're still recording. Quiz Me and Talk also read the notes you typed. A CALENDAR THAT STARTS RECORDING FOR YOU See your events by day and time, or as a list. Set one up and IA Voice Notes starts recording on its own when the time comes, in the mode and folder you picked for it. Arm a recurring meeting once and it's covered every week. TURN ANY MENTION INTO AN EVENT Scan a flyer, paste an invitation, or just mention a meeting while recording. The AI picks out the date, time, place, and who's coming, and drops it into a review tray for you to approve. AI THAT WORKS WHILE YOU RECORD Pick one of 11 built-in recording modes (Meeting, 1:1, Lecture, Interview, Job Interview, Sales Call, Podcast, and more) or build your own, and the built-in AI detects action items, flags key terms, and keeps a rolling summary as you speak. A full summary is ready the moment you stop. ATTACH AS YOU GO Photograph a whiteboard, scan a document, sketch with Apple Pencil or your finger, or jot a text note, each placed at the moment you captured it. Studying later? Add one at any moment of the playback. A TIMELINE OF EVERY MOMENT Your transcript, photos, scans, sketches, and AI results sit in order on a timeline, with timestamps that jump to any moment in the recording. Listen back at anything from half to double speed. SEND, SHARE, AND EXPORT With Pro, send a whole note, recording and all, as one file anyone with IA Voice Notes opens for free. Or export it as Markdown or self-contained HTML with the audio. PRIVACY FIRST Your recordings stay on your devices, and iCloud Sync, if you turn it on, keeps them in your own private iCloud. AI features send only the text they need, never your audio. Every install includes free AI calls. AI Plan adds a monthly allowance (AI Plan Plus for more), or use your own Anthropic Claude or OpenAI key at your own cost. Requires iOS 17 or iPadOS 17, or a Mac with Apple silicon. Transcription quality depends on Apple's speech recognition for your language. Importing and re-transcribing need iOS 26 or later. AI Plan and AI Plan Plus are auto-renewing monthly subscriptions billed through your Apple ID; manage or cancel anytime in Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ — Privacy Policy: https://ianotes.net/privacy.html