HarkNote vs HushMemo

HarkNote is a private voice recorder and meeting transcription app. Recording, transcription, speaker labels and summaries all run on your iPhone. There is no account, no sign-in, no analytics and no cloud. Your audio and your notes never leave the device unless you share them yourself. WHAT IT DOES • Record meetings, interviews, lectures and voice notes, or import audio from the share sheet • Transcribe offline with NVIDIA Parakeet or Whisper, running on your iPhone • Speaker labels tell who said what, and finish even for two and three hour meetings • Summaries, key points, action items and decisions with Apple Intelligence on supported iPhones, with an honest fallback when it is not available • Ask questions about a recording and get answers from the transcript, on device • Transcribe a finished recording again with a different model whenever the audio is still on your iPhone • Apple Watch companion: record on your wrist and hand the audio to your iPhone, with an optional live preview while you speak • Calendar-aware: see today's meetings and start a recording from the list • Control Center and Live Activity controls so a recording is one tap away PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • No account, no telemetry, nothing phones home • Your recordings stay in your own iCloud Drive and your notes in your private iCloud database, never on our servers • A save receipt tells you exactly when a note is safely stored, so you can put the phone away BUILT FOR LONG SESSIONS Hour-long meetings are normal. If the app is closed mid-way, processing picks up where it left off instead of starting over, and the card tells you how long it has been running and how long is left. Languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch and Portuguese. HarkNote is a one-time purchase. No subscription.

HushMemo turns recordings into private, searchable notes using AI that runs on your device. 3 transcription engines. 2 local summary models. 24 AI templates. 7 languages. 5 export formats. No subscription. Record a meeting, lecture, interview, idea, or personal memo. HushMemo transcribes your audio, organizes the content, generates summaries, and extracts action items—without uploading your recordings to an AI service. ■ Record and Transcribe - Record voice notes and optionally keep the original audio - Import audio or video files - Detect the spoken language automatically or select one manually - Choose Whisper, SenseVoice, or Zipformer - Add custom vocabulary for names, terms, and phrases - Edit transcripts whenever something needs correcting SenseVoice prioritizes speed for Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean. Whisper Small supports all seven languages and is better suited to accents, background noise, and challenging recordings. Zipformer provides low-latency transcription for Chinese and English. ■ Turn Speech into Useful Notes Choose from 24 localized templates for meetings, lectures, interviews, journals, brainstorming, speeches, transcript cleanup, and more. - Choose how brief or detailed each summary should be - Generate different summaries from the same transcript - Extract and review action items - Ask the built-in local AI questions about a note - Create custom templates for repeated workflows - Tag, pin, search, and organize notes - Attach images and add your own writing ■ Private by Design After downloading your chosen models, transcription, summaries, action items, and note chat run locally. Your recordings, transcripts, summaries, notes, templates, vocabulary, chats, images, and tags stay on your device. HushMemo requires no account, does not sync notes to a cloud account, and does not use tracking. Turn on airplane mode after downloading your models—the core recording and AI features will continue to work. Network access is used only for model downloads and links you choose to open. ■ On-Device Performance Estimated processing time for 5 minutes of clear audio on iPhone 15: - SenseVoice: about 20 seconds - Whisper Small: about 1–1.5 minutes Speed varies with the model, language, audio quality, device temperature, and available memory. ■ Export Without Lock-In - Notes and summaries: TXT, Markdown, PDF, or DOCX - Transcripts: TXT, SRT, PDF, or DOCX - Original audio: WAV or M4A - Optional timestamps for transcript exports ■ Honest Pricing Comparable transcription and AI summarization services can cost $199 a year or more. HushMemo is a one-time purchase. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no ads, and no per-minute transcription or summary credits. Transcription, summaries, action items, and note chat run on your device—no recurring AI server costs or monthly usage quotas. Need help with a refund? Open Settings → Request a Refund to view Apple’s official instructions. ■ Supported Languages English, 简体中文, 日本語, 한국어, Español, Deutsch, and Français—with automatic language detection. The app interface and all 24 built-in templates are available in every supported language. ■ Good to Know AI models require an initial download and use local storage. Manage or remove them from Settings. Because your content is stored locally, deleting HushMemo also deletes its local data. Export important notes and recordings first. HushMemo is made for meetings, lectures, interviews, journals, voice memos, brainstorming, and every moment when speaking is faster than typing. Questions or feedback? support@hushmemo.app