Best Audio Transcription Apps

250+ iOS apps curated and reviewed

4.7 avg rating
20 free apps
Updated September 2026

Looking for free audio transcription apps? 20 of our 250+ tracked titles are free to download — no subscription, no trial. The rest are premium picks worth paying for.

Compare top Audio Transcription Apps (September 2026)

#AppPriceRatingAdsIn-App PurchasesUpdated
1Otter Transcribe Voice NotesOtter Transcribe Voice NotesFree4.8★ (79K)NoYesSep 2026
2iTranscribe - Audio to TextiTranscribe - Audio to TextFree4.6★ (6.8K)YesYesSep 2026
3Transcribe - Speech to TextTranscribe - Speech to TextFree4.5★ (11K)NoYesSep 2026
4Voice Recorder & Audio EditorVoice Recorder & Audio EditorFree4.7★ (451K)YesYesSep 2026
5Speechify – Text to Speech PDFSpeechify – Text to Speech PDFFree4.7★ (524K)YesYesSep 2026
6Summary - AI Note TakerSummary - AI Note TakerFree4.7★ (50K)NoYesSep 2026
7Audio TranscriptAudio TranscriptFreeNoYesAug 2026
8Yating: audio transcriptionYating: audio transcriptionFree4.4★ (63)NoNoSep 2026

Top Picks for Audio Transcription

Otter Transcribe Voice Notes#1

Otter Transcribe Voice Notes by Otter.ai, Inc.

AI Note Taking, Memo Recorder
Editor's Choice
📊 Productivity
4.8😊(79K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
#12in Productivity
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This app offers real-time voice transcription for meetings, lectures, and conversations. It acts as an AI assistant, capturing slides, generating summaries, and allowing for collaborative editing and sharing of notes. Available in multiple languages and on web.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Excellent transcription accuracy
  • 👍 Convenient features like speaker identification and timestamps
  • 🚀 Fast and efficient transcription process
  • 👍 Versatile for various use cases (meetings, interviews, lectures)
  • 👍 Helpful for deaf/hard of hearing users
  • 👍 Seamless integration between mobile and desktop

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Occasional transcription errors, especially with technical terms
  • 💰 Concerns about increasing subscription costs and reduced free minutes
  • 🐛 Buggy behavior and crashes reported by some users
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns around data usage for model training
4.6😐(6.8K ratings)
FreeAdsIn-App Purchases
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This app transforms your phone into a powerful voice recorder and transcriber. It offers real-time transcription, translation, and advanced export options for various professional and academic needs. Manage, search, and share your audio and text efficiently.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Fast and easy transcriptions
  • 👍 Useful and quick
  • 🚀 Exceptional transcription
  • 👍 Great tool
  • 🚀 Saves time
  • 👍 Accurate transcription

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Transcription errors
  • 🔒 Difficult to cancel subscription
  • 🐛 Unreliable
  • 🐛 Incompatible with certain languages
  • 🐛 Stopped working after a few months
  • 🐛 Inaccurate transcription
  • 🔒 Difficult to unsubscribe
  • 🐛 Buggy and not reliable
  • 🐛 Transcription issues
Transcribe - Speech to Text#3

Transcribe - Speech to Text by DENIVIP

AI Note Taker, Audio & Video
Worth Considering
🔧 Utilities
4.5😐(11K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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This AI-powered app converts audio and video into text, supporting over 100 languages. It offers live transcription, file uploads, and AI-generated summaries. Perfect for meetings, lectures, and voice notes, it helps you focus on content rather than typing.

What We Love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Fast transcription
  • 💡 Useful for interviews and meetings
  • 🚀 Saves time compared to manual transcription
  • 👍 Accurate transcription in many cases

Room to Improve

  • 💰 Expensive pricing
  • 🐛 Inaccurate transcription in some cases
  • 🐛 Misses parts of the audio
  • 🐛 Transcription quality issues with non-English languages
  • 🐛 Stops recording unexpectedly

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FAQ about Audio Transcription

What are the best audio transcription apps for iPhone?
Otter Transcribe Voice Notes tops our audio transcription apps ranking as of September 2026, with a 4.8-star average from 79K App Store ratings, and it's free to download.
Yes — 20 of the top audio transcription apps we rank are free to download, including Otter Transcribe Voice Notes and iTranscribe - Audio to Text.
Otter Transcribe Voice Notes has no ads and offers in-app purchases, according to its App Store listing as of September 2026.
We track 250+ audio transcription apps on the iOS App Store as of September 2026, ranked by rating, recency, and analysis of real user reviews.
This app provides real-time voice transcription for various spoken content, including meetings, interviews, and lectures. It acts as an AI assistant to automatically capture notes, record audio, and even grab slides from virtual meetings. You can then edit, highlight, search, and share these transcribed notes.
Key features include real-time transcription, automated meeting notes and summaries, an AI chat function for getting answers, the ability to record and transcribe live conversations, collaborative editing and sharing of notes, and searchable transcripts. It also offers automated slide capture during virtual meetings.

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