Legal & healthcare
Client interviews and consultations where the recording is privileged. The transcript stays on the device and can be deleted per session.
On-device · No account
Your meeting is transcribed before it ever leaves your phone
LocalScribe records, transcribes, labels speakers, summarises and extracts to-dos — entirely on your iPhone. There is no upload step, so there is nothing to leak, stall or lose in the cloud.
- No sign-up
- No cloud upload
- No ads or trackers
10Interface languages
4Export formats
0Uploads to a server
iOS 17+iPhone · Duo · iPad
Who it is for
Built for recordings you cannot upload
Writing the minutes is not the hard part. The hard part is that the recording is not allowed to leave the room. These are the people who tell us so most often.
Journalism & research
Interview recordings that must not sit on a third-party server. Export the transcript as Markdown or Word and keep the audio local.
Consulting & sales
Discovery calls and site visits. Speaker labels plus a summary turn an hour of audio into a one-page minute.
Meetings & lectures
Weekly syncs and lectures. Search across every past transcript instead of scrubbing the audio timeline.
Features
Everything you need after the meeting ends
Transcription is only the first step. LocalScribe also separates speakers, writes the summary, pulls out to-dos and exports in the format your workflow already uses.
On-device transcription
Long recordings are split into slices and transcribed with the system speech engine, on-device assets first. Word-level timestamps let you jump from any sentence straight to the audio.
Speaker separation & voice profiles
Speakers are labelled automatically. Register a name once and LocalScribe recognises that voice in later recordings, so the transcript reads like a real meeting minute.
Summaries and action items
Each session gets a summary with topic, key conclusions and open questions, plus to-dos with due dates such as “next Wednesday”. To-dos can be written into your calendar.
Markdown, text, Word and PDF
Export a single session or a batch, with or without the compressed audio. Word and PDF are generated locally, so nothing passes through a conversion service.
Ask your own archive
Search across every transcript by keyword or ask a question in plain language. LocalScribe returns the original sentences with their source session — not a generated guess.
Built for iPad and foldables
A three-column layout on iPad, a two-column layout with a fold-aware gutter on foldables, and Home Screen widgets for the sessions you are in the middle of.
How it works
Three steps, no setup
There is no account to create and no import step. Press record, then read.
Record
Record in the app or import an audio file. Recordings continue across screen lock, and a call interruption is split into a new part instead of losing the file.
Transcribe
Transcription starts when you stop, or live while recording. You can re-run a session later with a different language setting.
Read, edit, share
Correct a word, label a speaker, generate the summary, then export or send the to-dos to your calendar.
Privacy architecture
No upload step means a different threat model
Most transcription apps send audio to a server and return text. LocalScribe does not have that step: the audio, the transcript and the summary stay inside the app sandbox.
- Audio and transcripts are stored in the app sandbox and protected by iOS data protection.
- Speech recognition, diarization, summarisation and PDF/Word generation run on the device.
- No account, no advertising identifier, no third-party analytics or tracking SDK.
- Optional iCloud sync — when it ships — uses your own private iCloud database, never a server we operate.
| Cloud transcription apps | LocalScribe | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio leaves the device | Yes, by design | No |
| Account required | Usually | Never |
| Works offline | No | Yes |
| Recording lost if upload fails | Reported by users | Not applicable |
| Advertising identifier | Common | None |
Pricing
Three free transcriptions, then one honest choice
You can finish real work before paying anything. Prices are always shown by the App Store before you confirm — never buried behind a setup flow.
Free
Free No account needed
- 3 full transcriptions per month
- Up to 30 minutes per recording
- On-device transcription and speaker labels
- Markdown, text, Word and PDF export (with watermark)
Pro monthly
Monthly Price shown in the App Store
- Unlimited transcriptions, no monthly reset
- Summaries, to-dos and industry templates
- Speaker share statistics and trend drill-down
- Word, PDF and ZIP export without watermark
- Archive search by keyword or by sentence
Pro yearly
Yearly Best value per month
- Everything in Pro monthly
- One subscription covers iPhone and iPad
- Family Sharing enabled
Prices vary by region and are displayed by the App Store at checkout. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in your Apple account.
FAQ
Questions people ask before installing
Does my audio ever reach your servers?
No. There is no upload path in the app. Transcription uses the system speech engine configured for on-device recognition, and every derived artefact — transcript, speaker labels, summary, export — is produced locally.
How accurate is the transcript?
Accuracy depends on recording quality, distance to the microphone and background noise. On-device recognition is strong for clear, single-speaker audio and weaker in noisy rooms or with heavy jargon. Every word carries a confidence marker, so you can jump to the uncertain parts and correct them.
What happens to the free quota each month?
The free plan allows three full transcriptions per month, each up to 30 minutes. The quota resets at the start of each calendar month; existing transcripts are never taken away.
Can I record other people legally?
Recording laws differ by jurisdiction — some places require every participant to consent. LocalScribe shows a notice before the first recording and asks you to comply with local law. That responsibility stays with you.
Does it work without a network connection?
Yes. Recording, transcription with on-device assets, summarisation and export all work in airplane mode. Only StoreKit purchase verification needs a connection.
How do I cancel a subscription?
Subscriptions are managed by Apple: Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Cancelling keeps access until the paid period ends. A lifetime purchase has nothing to cancel.
Try it with one real meeting
Install, record something you would have had to write up by hand, and read the transcript. If it saves you ten minutes, it has paid for the download.
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