ThinkAloud Notes vs Scribe AI

You think out loud. ThinkAloud writes it down. Hit record and just talk: a passing idea, a meeting, a whole lecture. When you stop, you can play the recording back and decide whether it's worth keeping before anything happens to it. Only then does the on-device AI turn it into a real note, with a title, some structure, tags, and links to the related notes you already have. Here's the part that matters. All of this happens on your phone. ThinkAloud runs Google's Gemma model locally, so your voice and your notes never get uploaded anywhere. There's no account to create, no server in the middle, and nothing to pay every month. You download the model once, and after that it works offline. Your notes are just Markdown files in an ordinary folder, the same format Obsidian uses. Point ThinkAloud at a vault you already have, or let it keep one for you. Either way you can open, edit, or back them up with any app you like. Nothing is trapped inside. What it's good at: - Voice, photos, or quick text go in; clean, tagged notes come out - Ask your notes a question in plain language and get an answer with its sources listed, so you can tap straight through to where each fact came from - A knowledge graph that builds itself as your notes start linking up - Full-text search, tags, folders, and checklists - Optional sync to your own Google Drive or iCloud. Your account, a private folder, no servers of mine in between. No ads, no analytics, no tracking, no accounts. I made ThinkAloud because I wanted a notebook that was actually mine. That's the whole idea. The on-device model needs around 3 GB of free space and a fairly recent device.

Scribe AI is your private AI scribe: it turns voice, photos and documents into professional transcripts and minutes, privacy-first because everything runs on your device. FILL A NOTE ANY WAY YOU LIKE • App and Siri in 10 languages (EN, IT, ES, FR, DE, PT, JA, ZH, RU, HI) - Note: Siri isn't available in Russian or Hindi. • Record from the mic with live transcription • Import audio or video • Scan documents with the camera (multi-page OCR) • Capture text from photos in your library • Import documents: PDF, Word, txt, md and more • Type or paste by hand FROM VOICE TO MINUTES • On-device transcription with WhisperKit • Minutes with Apple Intelligence: summary, decisions and actions • Automatic chapters and important moments • One-tap text correction ASK & AUTOMATE • Ask your notes: on-device AI chat that searches across your notes • Siri & Shortcuts: open, create and find notes by voice TRANSLATE & EXPORT • Translate minutes and transcript into several languages • Export to PDF or Markdown, enriched with photos and videos • Send action items to Reminders, get titles from Calendar • Siri & Shortcuts: open, create and find notes by voice OTHER FUNCTIONS • Ask your notes: the AI chat now searches across all your notes • Text capture: scan documents (OCR), import photos and documents (PDF, Word, txt, md) • Light/dark theme and app language selectable in-app PRIVACY • Transcription and minutes run entirely on your device • No data sent to external servers • Private sync via iCloud FREE & PREMIUM Free: recording, OCR scanning, minutes and transcript, a number of free notes. Premium (one-time): import audio/video, photos and documents, translation, rich formatting, attached photos/videos, minutes templates, correction, unlimited notes and watermark-free export.