aira vs Lucy

aira is a note-taking app that's also good at meetings. Write notes with headings, lists, and formatting. Tag anything with # to organize your way, and link notes together with @ so related ideas stay connected. When you need to record a meeting, add a recording block right inside your note, like embedding audio inline. aira transcribes the recording and labels who said what. An AI running on your iPhone reads the transcript and pulls out a summary with action items. No server, no account, no uploads. Audio, transcripts, and notes live in an encrypted database on your device. Nothing leaves your phone. You can also ask aira questions. It searches across everything you've written and recorded to answer, all without the internet. • Rich text notes with headings, bold, italic, and lists • #tags to organize and filter notes • @mentions to link notes together • Meeting recordings embedded inside notes • Transcription with speaker labels • AI summaries and action items • Ask questions about any note or meeting • Encrypted local storage • No account required

All processing happens on your iPhone. No account. One-time purchase. Your content never goes to a server. Lucy transcribes your meetings, sessions, and interviews entirely on your device — powered by WhisperKit (Whisper large-v3-turbo class models) and open-source AI. Audio is never uploaded for processing — transcription and summaries happen on the phone in your hand. WHAT YOU GET · On-device transcription — powered by WhisperKit · Speaker attribution — identify and label up to 4 voices · On-device AI summary — key points, action items, and decisions extracted locally (Qwen3 / Apple Intelligence); processing never touches a server · Mixed-language support — per-segment language detection, easy language lock · Fix speaker labels line by line · Low-confidence word flags so you know where to review · Transcript version history with compare and restore · Full-text search across all sessions · Optional iCloud sync — off by default. If you turn it on, sessions back up privately to your own iCloud account, and you choose whether audio is included (Lucy Pro) · Export to plain text, Markdown, and PDF with speaker labels and timestamps (Lucy Base) Features marked (Lucy Base) or (Lucy Pro) require a one-time purchase. BUILT FOR PROFESSIONALS WHO CAN'T USE THE CLOUD Mental health practitioners: Therapist mode adds clinical vocabulary so terms are recognised more often. Document sessions privately — audio is processed entirely on the device and is never sent to us. Legal professionals: Legal mode adds legal vocabulary — depositions, motions, case discussions. Anyone who needs private records: M&A discussions, board meetings, HR interviews, sensitive client meetings. BEST RESULTS WITH · Quiet or low-background-noise environment · 2–4 speakers with distinct voices · One language per recording · Phone within 3 feet of speakers Transcripts may require correction for heavy accents, technical vocabulary, and overlapping speech. Review flagged lines before exporting. TRY BEFORE YOU BUY Download free — run up to 10 complete sessions with full transcription and speaker attribution before purchasing. Export (save as file, share) unlocks with a one-time purchase. Your free sessions and transcripts are saved when you upgrade. PRIVACY No advertising SDKs. No ad tracking. No data brokers. We run no servers of our own and can never see your recordings, transcripts or summaries. Your recordings, transcripts and summaries stay on your device unless you turn on iCloud sync (off by default) — and then they go only to your own private iCloud, never to us. Lucy does send anonymous crash and performance diagnostics so bugs get fixed; these never include your recordings, transcripts, summaries or meeting names. REQUIREMENTS iOS 26 or later. iPhone 14 or later recommended for best performance. AI models (approximately 600 MB to 1.6 GB depending on selection) download once on first launch over Wi-Fi. PRICING Lucy Base: one-time purchase. Unlocks unlimited sessions and export. Lucy Pro: optional one-time purchase for heavy users and Mac workflows — full-quality Mac re-processing, batch export, your own summary templates, and iCloud sync. Buy once, use on iPhone and Mac — a single purchase covers both. Therapist mode and Legal mode are free vocabulary modes; no additional purchase required. No recurring charges, ever. Terms: https://lucy.xymex.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://lucy.xymex.app/privacy