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Phonic

Record and transcribe. On iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.

Download on theApp Store Free. Phonic Pro is a £2.99 in-app purchase.Requires iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 or watchOS 27
Phonic on Mac, a transcript playing with the current word highlighted

Everything happens on your device.

Transcribed as it plays.

Apple's speech models run on device, with timings for every word. The current line and word light up as they are spoken, and tapping a line jumps there.

Phonic Pro

Knows who said what.

Speakers are identified on device and named when they introduce themselves or are addressed by name, using your calendar's attendees when there is a meeting.

Phonic Pro

Insights, without replaying it.

A summary, key points, action items with owners, decisions, open questions and talk time per speaker. Uses Apple Intelligence when it is available.

Find any moment.

Search every transcript and title at once. Each result opens the recording at the moment it was said.

Record the room, the call, or both.

Quick Record starts at once from the source you last chose. New Recording opens every option.

Microphone Built-in, wired, Bluetooth, USB or Continuity.
System audioPro From apps such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
MeetingPro Your microphone mixed with the other participants.
Import Audio or video files. The audio is extracted and transcribed.

Recordings are saved in fragments every few seconds, so a crash or a flat battery keeps everything up to the last fragment.

Phonic record sheet on iPhone

Your recordings are files you own.

Each recording is a package in your iCloud Drive, visible in Files and Finder. Without iCloud, they stay in a Phonic Library on the device.

Work/Hiring plan sync.phonic/
  audio.m4a         the recording
  recording.json    metadata
  transcript.json   speakers, word timings
  insights.json     summary, actions, topics

Free to start. Pro for meetings.

Record and transcribe for free. Unlock Phonic Pro once, inside the app, when you need it for calls and meetings.

PhonicFree
  • Record from the microphone, or import audio and video
  • On-device transcription with word timings
  • Playback with line and word highlighting, 0.5x to 2x
  • Full-text search across every recording
  • Folders, export to Text, Markdown or SRT
  • iCloud Drive, Apple Watch, widgets and controls
Phonic Pro£2.99

In-app purchase. Everything in Phonic, plus:

  • Speaker identification and automatic naming
  • System audio from Teams, Zoom and other apps
  • Meeting mode: your microphone and the call together
  • Insights: summary, action items, decisions, topics and talk time

On every device you carry.

iPhone Widgets, Control Center, the Action button, and a Live Activity with a Stop button while you record.
iPad New Recording and Quick Record in the toolbar, with the transcript and Insights side by side.
Mac Keeps recording from the menu bar. Command-R starts Quick Record, Command-period stops.
Apple Watch Record from your wrist. The watch keeps each recording until your iPhone has it.

Get Phonic.

Download on theApp Store

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