Private meetings with who-said-what and Live Translate on the transcript. Control Center one-tap start. One-time Pro — no subscription.
LocalVoiceNote turns speech into text directly on your iPhone or iPad — built around Apple's own on-device intelligence, with privacy first.
Apple Speech comes first. On supported devices, LocalVoiceNote transcribes with Apple's built-in on-device speech recognition — the same engine the system uses — so you get fast, natural, low-power results with no setup and no account.
Apple Intelligence powers the thinking. On devices with Apple Intelligence, your transcripts are polished, summarised, and turned into actions entirely on-device. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored on a server, and none of it costs you a subscription.
Whisper keeps you covered. If Apple Speech isn't available for your device or your language, LocalVoiceNote falls back automatically to a bundled Whisper Large model. It ships inside the app, needs no download and no network, and covers languages and older devices Apple Speech doesn't reach — so transcription always works.
LocalVoiceNote is designed for fast capture: tap once to start recording, speak naturally, and watch your transcript appear live. Save transcripts automatically, rename them, search later, revise text, and translate supported content when needed.
Whether you are capturing meeting notes, voice memos, ideas on the go, lecture summaries, bilingual phrases, or quick dictated drafts, LocalVoiceNote keeps the workflow simple and local.
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Meeting Mode now really identifies speakers. Record a conversation in Meeting mode and the transcript is split by who spoke, with each turn timestamped — then draft minutes from it
Speaker turns are worked out on your device while you record. No recording is kept and no audio leaves the phone; only the labels are saved with the note
Rename a speaker once and every one of their turns updates
The first meeting you label downloads a one-time speech model (about 95 MB) over Wi-Fi
Live Translate (Pro) — translation under the live transcript as you speak
A new live bar — switch between Note, Meeting, and Translate in one place
Control Center — start Transcription, Meeting Mode, or Live Translate in one tap
Better East Asia support — Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), Japanese, Korean
Optional cloud AI for China and nearby markets — configure Qwen or DeepSeek when Apple Intelligence isn’t available
Transcription accuracy is still never held back for Pro
Version 3.2.0
In-App Purchases
LocalVoiceNote Pro
Unlock AI, audio import, and copy/share features
$5.99
The developer, Liang Cheng, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
Seller
Liang Cheng
Size
598.8 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
English and 4 more
English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese