AI Notes vs Transcripts

Transcribe and summarize recordings using private on-device AI or your own cloud AI providers with Bring Your Own Key (BYOK). One-time purchase. No subscription. No account required. No ads. Choose between completely offline transcription or your own cloud AI providers — without a middle-man server. **WHY AI NOTES?** ► **Private On-Device Transcription** Transcribe completely offline using Whisper models, including Large V3 Turbo. In local mode, your audio stays on your device. ► **Bring Your Own AI** Connect your own supported AI providers and API keys. Choose the provider and model that works best for your needs, whether you prioritize speed, accuracy, privacy, or cost. ► **Smart AI Summaries & Chat** Turn long recordings into useful summaries, key points, notes, and action items. Choose from multiple summary styles or ask AI questions about your transcript. ► **Live Transcription** See your words appear in real time while recording using on-device transcription or supported cloud providers. Live transcription also includes: • Conversation Copilot — Get contextual AI cues, knowledge lookups, name context, and useful suggestions while you speak. • Live AI Chat — Ask questions about your conversation while you're still recording. • Context & Notes — Add meeting notes, people, and important context before recording. ► **Speaker Identification** Supported providers such as ElevenLabs can identify different speakers, making meetings, conversations, and interviews easier to follow. ► **Audio & Video Import** Import MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4, MOV, AVI, and other supported formats. Import from Voice Memos, Files, Photos, or share audio directly from other apps. ► **99+ Languages** Automatically detect the spoken language or manually select it for improved transcription accuracy. ► **Multiple AI Providers** Use local Whisper models or connect supported cloud providers including OpenAI, Groq, Anthropic, and ElevenLabs. ► **Flexible Model Selection** Choose between different local Whisper models or supported cloud AI models based on the performance, accuracy, and capabilities you need. **PRIVACY FIRST** ► No account required. ► No subscription required. ► No tracking. ► In offline mode, your audio stays on your device. ► In cloud mode, your device communicates directly with the AI provider you choose. AI Notes does not use a middle-man server to process your recordings. **PERFECT FOR** • Professionals — Meeting notes, summaries, and action items • Students — Lecture transcripts and study notes • Journalists — Interviews, recordings, and quotes • Researchers — Transcription, documentation, and analysis • International Teams — Multilingual meetings and conversations • Content Creators — Turn recorded audio and video into reusable text **MORE FEATURES** ► **Searchable History** Search your transcription history to quickly find a quote, conversation, or important detail. ► **Smart Organization** Organize recordings with categories, favorites, and custom folders. ► **iCloud Sync** Keep your recordings, transcripts, summaries, and AI conversations available across your Apple devices. ► **Export & Share** Share transcripts and notes through Messages, Mail, Files, and other apps. AI Notes gives you the flexibility to keep transcription completely private and offline when you want it — or use your own cloud AI provider when you want additional speed and advanced capabilities.

Transcripts records and transcribes on your iPhone or iPad, and works with Transcripts for Mac to turn those recordings into meeting notes. Continue on your Mac Get Transcripts for Mac from the Mac App Store. Point both apps at the same Transcripts folder in iCloud Drive. The Mac processes your finished mobile recordings, adds speaker names and summaries, and saves the results back to the shared folder for you to read on iPhone or iPad. The Mac app also captures your microphone and the other side of a call, shows a live transcript, and files the finished notes where you keep them. Recording and speech processing happen on your devices; iCloud Drive syncs the files you choose to share. Your iPhone and iPad remain complete recorders on their own. A Mac is optional. Read it while you record Words appear on screen as you speak, using on-device speech recognition. No waiting for a file to upload and come back as text. It keeps recording Lock the screen, switch apps, take a call — capture continues, and a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island shows it is still running. Your files, your folder Recordings are saved as ordinary .m4a audio with a plain-text transcript beside each one. Choose where they go: iCloud Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, or just on your device. There is no proprietary library to escape from and nothing to export — the files are already yours. Genuinely private No servers, no accounts, no analytics, no advertising. Transcripts sends your audio nowhere: it requires on-device speech recognition and switches live text off rather than fall back to a server. Your recordings go only where you put them. Open source The app is open source under the MIT licence, so the privacy claims above are checkable rather than promised. Recording laws vary by location, and some places require the consent of everyone in a conversation. Please make sure you may lawfully record before you do.