LocalVoiceNote

Offline transcription, AI

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

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

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 .

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    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
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    © 2026 Liang Cheng