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For iPhone and iPad

Transcribe on your iPhone. Nothing leaves it.

Record a meeting or lecture, or open an audio or video file, and get searchable text with timestamps. Otofumi does the work on the device, so there is no account, no upload and no per-minute bill.

Coming soon to the App Store

$29.99Pay once. No subscription.

The first 30 minutes of every recording or file are free

Example transcript
  1. Thanks for joining. Let's start with the launch plan.
  2. The store listing is drafted in both languages.
  3. Screenshots are next, then the beta.
  4. So the first date we can…

What it does

  • Record with live text

    Watch the words appear as people speak. Recording keeps going with the screen locked or while you use another app.

  • Large live captions

    A full-screen view with big text, for following a conversation when hearing is hard.

  • Audio and video files

    Open files from the Files app or another app's Share button, or drag them in on iPad. Video files work too: Otofumi reads their sound.

  • Play back from any word

    Playback follows the text. Tap a word to jump there, fix a word by editing it, and keep the timestamps.

  • Search everything

    Find a word across all your transcripts. Sort them into folders and mark favourites.

  • Export

    Copy the text, or export TXT, Markdown, Word, PDF and SRT or VTT subtitles.

  • Draft summary

    Get a short summary and action items on iPhones and iPads with Apple Intelligence turned on.

  • App lock

    Lock the app with Face ID or your passcode.

Private by design

Otofumi has no server. Your recordings, transcripts and summaries are stored on your iPhone or iPad and nowhere else, and we never see them.

  • No account and no sign-in.
  • No analytics, no ads and no tracking. The App Store privacy label is “Data Not Collected”.
  • The app connects only to Apple: the App Store, to buy and restore Pro, and Apple's speech models, which download once per language.
  • After a language's speech model is on your device, recording and transcribing work without an internet connection.

Read the privacy policy

The first 30 minutes are free. Pay once for the rest.

One rule for the free version: the first 30 minutes of every recording or file are transcribed. Everything else in the app works. The audio is always kept in full, so buying Pro transcribes the rest straight away.

Free and Pro
FeatureFreePro, $29.99 once
Recordings and importsUnlimitedUnlimited
Transcription per recording or fileFirst 30 minutesAny length
Live text and large captionsFirst 30 minutesAny length
Import from Files, Share and drag and drop✓✓
Playback, tap to jump, edit text✓✓
Search, folders, favourites✓✓
Copy and share as text✓✓
Export TXT, Markdown, Word, PDF, SRT, VTT—✓
Draft summary and action items—✓
Import several files at once—✓
App lock✓✓
Ads, watermark or accountNeverNever

Pro is a single in-app purchase of $29.99 in the US store; the App Store shows the price for your country. It is not a subscription. It works with Family Sharing and can be restored on your other devices.

Coming soon to the App Store

$29.99Pay once. No subscription.

The first 30 minutes of every recording or file are free

What you need

  • iPhone with iOS 26 or later, or iPad with iPadOS 26 or later.
  • Best accuracy on iPhone 12 or later. Older supported iPhones use a basic speech engine with lower accuracy.
  • Transcription in the languages Apple's on-device speech engine supports on your device. The app itself is in English and Japanese.
  • An internet connection the first time you use a language, to download its speech model from Apple. Wi-Fi is best: the model is large.

Guides

Step by step, for the things people transcribe most.

Questions? See support and the FAQ