New for iPhone · iOS 26
Record anything.
Read it back in seconds.
Voice Smart turns lectures, meetings and ideas into text while you record, right on your iPhone. Your audio never leaves your phone.
- Free to start
- No account
- Works offline
No account, No cloud, No ads, No tracking, Data Not Collected, Works in airplane mode, Made for iPhone
How it works
Three taps from voice to text.
- 01
Tap record
One tap and you're recording. Lock the screen, switch apps, take notes. Voice Smart keeps going for hours.
- 02
Watch it write
Text appears as people speak. When you stop, a second, more careful pass gives you the final transcript, with every line timestamped.
- 03
Share it
Copy the text, send it anywhere, or export a PDF, text file, subtitles or the audio itself.
Features
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
Live transcript
See the words as they're spoken.
Settled text in black, the words still being recognized in blue. Glance at your phone during a lecture and know exactly where the speaker is.
- Pause and resume anytime
- Calls and alarms pause it, then it carries on
- Recovered automatically if the app closes
Playback that follows along
Tap any line to hear it.
The line being played lights up as the audio moves. Jump back 15 seconds, speed up to 2×, or tap a sentence to hear exactly how it was said.
- Edit any line, timestamps stay put
- 0.75× to 2× speed
- Copy the whole transcript in one tap
Your library
Find anything you've ever recorded.
Search across titles and every word of every transcript. Rename with a swipe. Deleted something by mistake? It waits in Recently Deleted for 30 days.
- Full-text search
- Import audio from Files
- Recently Deleted, kept 30 days
And more
Small details that add up.
Never loses audio
Saved to storage every few seconds. A crash, a restart or a dead battery can't take your recording.
Dozens of languages
Everything Apple's on-device speech supports, picked per recording or per import.
Pro exports
PDF with page numbers, plain text, .srt subtitles for video, or the original audio.
Fix any word
Edit a line and keep its timestamp, so playback and subtitles still line up.
Import recordings
Already have a voice memo or a call recording? Bring it in from Files and transcribe it.
Hours in the background
Lock your phone and put it in your bag. Recording keeps going.
Built for everyone
VoiceOver, the largest text sizes and dark mode work throughout the app.
English & Spanish
The whole app is available in English and Spanish.
Privacy
Your voice stays
on your phone.
Lectures, client calls, interviews, personal notes. Some recordings shouldn't live on someone else's server. With Voice Smart, they don't.
Read the Privacy Policy →Transcribed on your iPhone
Apple's on-device speech recognition does the work. No audio is ever sent to a server.
No account, no sign-in
There's nothing to sign up for. Purchases go through your Apple Account.
No analytics or ads in the app
The app contains no tracking, analytics or advertising code. It's listed as Data Not Collected.
You decide what's shared
Nothing leaves your phone until you tap Share or Export, and then only to where you send it.
Made for
Whatever you need to remember.
Students
Record the whole lecture, then search it the night before the exam. Export the transcript as a PDF to study from.
Meetings
Stay in the conversation instead of typing notes. Copy the action items straight from the transcript.
Interviews & journalism
Tap a quote to hear it again and get it exactly right. Export .srt subtitles for video.
Ideas on the go
Talk through an idea on a walk and come back to it as text. Search finds it months later.
Pricing
Start free. Upgrade when it clicks.
Free
Everything you need to try it properly.
$0
- Unlimited recording and playback
- 3 transcripts a week, resetting every Monday
- Read the first 10 minutes of each
- Copy and share as text
- Import audio files
Pro
For people who record every week.
Annual
$29.99
a year
3-day free trial · about $2.50 a month
Monthly
$4.99
a month
Cancel anytime
Lifetime
$59.99
once
Pay once, keep Pro forever
- Unlimited transcripts of any length
- Export PDF, text, subtitles (.srt) and audio
- Share without the app credit line
- Everything in Free
Prices in US dollars; the App Store shows your local price. Subscriptions renew automatically until canceled. Cancel anytime in Settings at least 24 hours before renewal.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Does my audio get uploaded anywhere?
No. Voice Smart records and transcribes on your iPhone using Apple's on-device speech recognition. Your audio and transcripts are stored on your phone and are only sent somewhere when you tap Share or Export.
There are no Voice Smart servers, no accounts and no analytics in the app.
Does it work offline?
Recording always works, online or not. Transcription needs your language's speech model, which your iPhone downloads from Apple once. After that, everything works in airplane mode.
If you record before the model is ready, your audio is saved and transcribed automatically as soon as the download finishes.
How accurate is it?
It uses Apple's latest on-device speech recognition, and it's very good with clear audio. Keep your iPhone close to the speaker; echo and background noise lower accuracy.
Names and technical terms can come out wrong. Tap Edit to fix any line; the timestamps stay in place.
What's free?
Unlimited recording and playback, and 3 transcripts a week. The week resets every Monday. You can read the first 10 minutes of each, copy it and share it as text.
A transcription only counts once it succeeds. Failed attempts and retries never use one up.
What happens when I reach the free limit?
Nothing is lost. Your audio is saved and always playable, and the transcript is still made. You'll see the first part of it, and upgrading reveals the rest instantly.
Stop taking notes.
Start listening.
Free to download. Three transcripts a week on us. No account, no cloud.