Heritage Journal
Heritage document scanner
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Heritage Journal brings your historical documents to life.
Photograph, upload, or import documents from the web — birth certificates, parish registers, census returns, wills, military records, letters, and more — and Heritage Journal transcribes them using advanced AI with specialist knowledge of historical handwriting from the 16th to 20th centuries.
DOCUMENT TRANSCRIPTION
• Photograph documents in archives, churches, cemeteries, and from family collections using your iPhone camera
• Import images directly from your Photos library — including screenshots of documents from Ancestry, FindMyPast, and other genealogy sites
• Transcribe documents from any publicly accessible web URL
• Expert transcription of handwritten and printed historical documents
• Specialist knowledge of secretary hand, court hand, Latin abbreviations, and historical letter forms
• Automatic translation of non-English documents into your device’s default language, with original text preserved
• Editable transcription output — correct any errors before saving
DOCUMENT LIBRARY
• Every transcribed document saved with its original image, transcription, and translation
• Searchable library of all your transcribed documents
• Browse and revisit your complete transcription history
FAMILY TREE INTEGRATION
• When used alongside Heritage Compass, extracted names, dates, places, and relationships save directly into your shared family tree
• No re-importing — Heritage Compass and Heritage Journal share a single family tree database
• Documents attach to the people, places, and events already in your tree
PRIVACY BY DESIGN
• All documents and transcriptions stored locally on your device
• No documents are stored by Siorai Labs
• Document processing goes directly from your device to the transcription service
SUBSCRIPTION
• Monthly: £1.99/month
• Annual: £9.99/year (save 58%)
• Lifetime: £34.99 one-time payment
• 50 transcriptions per month on all plans
• Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase
• Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period
• Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings
Terms of Use: https://siorailabs.com/terms-of-service/
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Security and Performance Update
• Enhanced security: API credentials moved server-side
• Improved AI service reliability
• Added rate limiting for fair usage
• Bug fixes and performance improvements
The developer, Siorai Labs Ltd, 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
- Siorai Labs Ltd
- Size
- 3.8 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 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
- Heritage Journal Lifetime $34.99
- Heritage Journal Annual $9.99
- Heritage Journal Monthly $1.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Siorai Labs Ltd