Awaazly vs Transcriptinator

AI voice-to-text transcription that runs 100% on your iPhone and iPad. Awaazly turns speech into accurate text in 12 languages — offline, private, no account, no subscription. Your voice never leaves your device unless you choose to share the transcript. WHY AWAAZLY • Fully on-device — Whisper and a small language model run locally. Audio and transcripts stay on your device. • 12 languages out of the box — English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi. Switch language per recording or let auto-detect handle it. • Two capture modes — Live mic for spontaneous meetings and ideas; File drop for existing recordings. • Instant — no round-trip to a server. Transcription begins the moment you speak. • AI-powered — get 2-line TL;DRs, extracted action items, and Q&A on any transcript. All on-device. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Transcribe confidential interviews without sending audio to a third party. • Capture meeting decisions with accurate word-level source offsets. • Import audio files and get a searchable transcript back in seconds. • Edit transcripts inline with diff-aware save. • Export as text or captions — you choose what leaves your device. • Search across your entire transcript library by keyword, with highlights. • Star, archive, and filter transcripts by date, duration, or source. • Ask questions about any transcript in chat-style Q&A — the model reasons locally. • Generate a 2-line summary and extract action items with a single tap. BUILT FOR PRIVACY • No account required. No sign-up flow. • No analytics. No tracking. No ads. • Verifiable privacy claims — Settings shows exactly what runs offline and what (if anything) touches the network. • Configurable network policy: Wi-Fi only, cellular, manual, or never. • Storage breakdown with one-tap clear-cache. WHO IT IS FOR • Journalists transcribing sensitive interviews. • Founders capturing meeting decisions and action items. • Bilingual creators producing multi-language content. • Students, researchers, lawyers, doctors — anyone whose voice content must stay private. FIRST-LAUNCH SETUP On first launch you will pick a language and download the Whisper model for offline transcription. After that, Awaazly works with or without a network connection. Awaazly is available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Web — the same private transcription experience, wherever you work.

Transcriptinator turns your voice into structured notes without sending audio anywhere. RECORD & TRANSCRIBE, FULLY OFFLINE Tap Record. Speak. Get a transcript. Everything happens on your iPhone using open-source Whisper models — audio never leaves your device, and the app works with no internet after initial setup. LEARNS WHO'S SPEAKING Enroll your voice once and Transcriptinator recognises you in every future recording. Add colleagues, family, or interview subjects with one guided sample each. Multi-speaker conversations get labelled automatically. IMPORT EXISTING AUDIO Bring in voice memos, meeting recordings, or any audio file from Files. Transcriptinator decodes WAV, M4A, MP3, AIFF, and more, then processes them the same way as live recordings. PICK YOUR QUALITY TIER - Fast (Whisper base, ~200 MB): quick turnaround for short notes - Balanced (Whisper small, ~600 MB): the everyday default - Accurate (Whisper medium, ~1.4 GB): best quality for interviews and meetings OPTIONAL: BRING YOUR OWN AI Connect your own API key from Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google to unlock: - Automatic document classification (meeting, todo list, journal, interview, etc.) - Todo extraction with assignees and due dates - Calendar event extraction with dates and locations - Question, decision, and note extraction - Custom extraction rules you write yourself Only text transcripts are sent to the provider you choose. Audio and speaker embeddings never leave your device. The app is fully useful without any AI configured. WHAT YOU'LL SEE - Home: your recordings, tap to play, swipe to transcribe or delete - Recording detail: full transcript with per-speaker chips and tap-to-seek - People: manage voice profiles, rename, merge, or delete - Extractions: todos, events, and notes with one-tap "Add to Calendar" or Share WHY OFFLINE MATTERS - No monthly subscription for transcription - Works on planes, in remote locations, at conferences with poor WiFi - Sensitive conversations (medical, legal, personal) stay on your phone - No account required — install and go Requires ~1 GB of storage for the recommended model bundle plus your recordings. Downloads happen once during setup.