Hum: Voice Notes
Voice notes, considered.
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
You speak. Hum writes it up.
Hum is a voice-notes app that does the work after you stop talking. Record naturally, and Hum transcribes it on-device and turns it into a clean, short Summary — an overview, the key points, decisions and action items — that you can actually read, search, and share. No cloud. No account.
Everything happens on your iPhone — Hum has no servers and never receives your audio, and your recordings live in your own encrypted iPhone backup so a lost phone doesn't lose them.
AI SUMMARY
Every recording gets a short Summary — an overview, the key points, decisions and action items — written on your iPhone. Open a recording and the Summary writes itself. (Requires iPhone 15 Pro or newer.)
ACTION ITEMS → REMINDERS
When your Summary contains action items, add them straight to Apple Reminders in one tap — "Sarah to send the deck" becomes a real reminder. Copy the whole Summary to paste anywhere, too.
ON-DEVICE TRANSCRIPTION
Hum transcribes locally on your iPhone — your audio is never uploaded. English uses an enhanced on-device model that is especially strong on meetings and voices across a room; other languages use Apple's on-device speech engine. Tap anywhere in the transcript to jump straight to that moment in the audio.
CHAT WITH YOUR RECORDING
Ask a recording anything — "what were the action items?", "what did we decide?" — and get answers grounded in the transcript, on-device. (iPhone 15 Pro or newer.)
EMAIL & SHARE
One tap opens your mail app with the Summary ready to send — subject, notes, done. Copy them, add action items to Reminders, or export the lot.
KNOWS WHO'S TALKING
Multi-speaker recordings get speaker labels for clear conversations. Rename "Speaker 1" to "Sarah" and the whole transcript updates.
LIBRARY SEARCH
Semantic + keyword search across every transcript. Find an idea from last Tuesday in seconds.
FOLDERS, FAVOURITES, TRIM, EXPORT
Organise into folders. Star the important ones. Trim audio with a waveform editor. Export to Markdown, Apple Notes, Obsidian, or Drafts.
QUICK CAPTURE
Add Hum to your Lock Screen, Action Button, or Spotlight to start recording in a single tap.
HOW HUM HEARS
Hum records through your microphone — perfect for in-person conversations, interviews, and dictation. For a Zoom, Teams, or phone call, put it on speakerphone so the mic can hear the room. Hum is not a meeting bot: it does not join your calls or tap into another app's audio, so a call taken on a headset captures only your side.
PRIVACY, BUILT IN
- No cloud uploads — audio and transcripts stay in this app's sandbox
- No analytics, no tracking
- No account, no email required
- Uninstalling Hum deletes everything
- Network use is limited to one-time model downloads
The full privacy policy lives in the app and on the website.
FOR
- Personal voice journals
- Students recording lectures
- In-person meetings, interviews, and one-on-ones (or calls on speakerphone)
- Anyone thinking out loud who wants notes that stay theirs
PRICING
Free for 7 days. Then $9.99/month or $49.99/year. Cancel anytime in Settings.
Hum is a sibling to Lume — same maker, same posture: small, considered apps that respect the people who use them.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://mandeepsembi1.github.io/hum-site/privacy.html
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
Your first three notes are free, so you can hear what Hum does with your own voice before deciding. The start screen counts them down.
Hum also no longer asks for speech recognition access before you have asked it to.
The developer, Hardeep Sembi, 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
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Hardeep Sembi
- Size
- 19.1 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.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Hum Pro Annual $49.99
- Hum Pro Monthly $9.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Mandeep Sembi