Dictate: Private Voice Notes
On-device AI transcription
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Press once and talk. Dictate writes it down on your iPhone and cleans it up for reading. No cloud, no account, no data collected, no subscription.
Private voice notes that never leave your iPhone. Press once and talk. Dictate turns what you said into text on the device and cleans it up for reading.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
- No cloud processing
- No account required
- No data collected
- No subscription fees
ON YOUR IPHONE, NOTHING TO SET UP
Parakeet, a leading open speech model, ships inside the app. It transcribes 25 languages and detects which one you speak. Apple Speech covers the other languages your iPhone has models for. Neither sends audio anywhere, and neither needs a key or an account. A fresh install records and transcribes before you open Settings.
A TRANSCRIPT YOU CAN READ
Apple Intelligence makes a reading version on your iPhone: filler words and false starts go, spoken corrections are resolved, and counted points, lists, dates, amounts and numbers are formatted. Switch to the original at any time. It is split into timed blocks you can play from or copy one by one, and the words highlight as the audio plays.
MEETINGS, WITH WHO SAID WHAT
Recordings longer than five minutes are meetings, and Dictate labels the speakers on the device. The reading version keeps who said what.
ONE PRESS, FROM ANYWHERE
Start from your Apple Watch, the Action button, a shortcut, Control Center, the Home Screen widget or the Lock Screen. Control Center, Siri and Shortcuts start recording without opening the app. The Watch records on its own, hands the recording to your iPhone, and shows you the text when it is ready.
AUDIO FROM OTHER APPS
Share a recording from Voice Memos, Files or another app to Dictate, and it is transcribed on your iPhone like any other.
YOUR DICTIONARY
Add names and terms once, and the reading version spells them your way.
EXTENSIBLE WITH WEBHOOKS
For people who want to take the text further: every transcript can POST to an HTTPS endpoint you control, signed with your own secret and retried when your endpoint is down. Connect your own assistant, an automation or your backend. It is optional and off until you set it up.
NOTHING GETS LOST
Every recording is saved before anything else happens, and each step has its own queue, so a recording made with the phone in your pocket is there when you look. A deleted recording stays in Recently Deleted for 30 days.
Ratings & Reviews
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- Recently Deleted keeps deleted recordings for 30 days, so you can get them back.
- Long recordings become meetings on their own, with who said what. Switch any recording with Transcribe Again.
- A progress bar for recordings longer than five minutes.
- Read your transcripts on Apple Watch.
- The reading version sets apart a voice in the background, like someone across the room.
- Cleaner sentences when you pause to think.
- A bigger recording clock on Apple Watch, lower battery use, and smaller fixes.
The developer, Donado Labs, 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.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- DONADO LABS S.A.S
- Size
- 679.4 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.2 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.2 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.2 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.2 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.2 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 26.2 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Donado Labs