On-device recording and transcription for Mac, iPhone and iPad
Listen to any text, understand it with AI
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Pricing model
Freemium
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Pricing
Free trial with five-minute recording limit per recording. Mac: US$7.99/month or US$79 one-time purchase for unlimited recording on five Macs with one year of updates. iPhone and iPad: US$5.99 one-time in-app purchase.
Free: all on-device features. Starter Monthly $4.99, Starter Yearly $34.99, Pro Monthly $9.99, Pro Yearly $69.99 (US prices; local pricing in other regions). Starter gives 30 minutes of cloud voice and 15 Ai pages per month; Pro gives 90 minutes and 40 pages.
Key features
Live transcription with speaker labels while recording
Record both microphone and system audio together
Local recording library with Markdown notes
Optional screen recording alongside audio
Dictation into any app with double-tap ⌘
Vocabulary customization for improved recognition
Enhanced transcript re-transcription
Access files with third-party AI tools and editors
Import Apple Voice Memos into library
Command-line interface for managing recordings
Read PDF, Word, EPUB and text files aloud in natural voice
Quillo Ai assistant for document questions and summaries
Exam and quiz maker from notes and documents
Document scanner with text recognition and edge detection
PDF tools: merge, split, compress, edit, convert, password protect
E-signature, letterhead and stamp features
Translation in 13 languages with listen capability
Google Drive sync across devices
Voice chat with AI
What makes it different
All recording and transcription runs on your device with no audio uploaded to servers
Plain Markdown files you own, usable outside the app
Sits in your Mac's notch, stays out of the way while recording
Free dictation into any app with no subscription required
One-time purchase option with no monthly fees
One unified app with reading, AI, scanning, PDF tools and signatures
Designed for accessibility: voice-first for blind and low-vision users
AI quality levels: Fast, Balanced, and Most careful for different needs
Memory Notch
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