iPhone
Available nowThe fastest way to catch a thought: one tap, or none at all.
- Start recording with Siri, Back Tap or a Shortcut
- A recording timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island
- Lock private notes with Face ID
AI voice notes for iPhone, iPad and Mac
Think it, Say it, Saved.
AltNotes turns what you say into a transcript, a summary and tasks, then lets you ask AI across every note. On iPhone and iPad today, and soon on Mac.
Capture the thought now. Ask about it later.
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From a thought to a to-do
The same three steps on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
- 1
Record, import or dictate
Tap record, ask Siri or import an audio file. On Mac, AltNotes also offers to record your calls, and you can hold Fn to dictate into any app.
- 2
Get the gist
When you stop, AltNotes transcribes the audio and writes a title, a summary, tags and suggested tasks.
- 3
Do something with it
Ask AI across your notes, turn a note into minutes or flashcards, set reminders and share it as a link.
Everything you need, on every device
Drawn from the apps themselves. Each of these works on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
- Transcripts
Read it back, word by word
Every recording becomes a timestamped transcript under its summary. Play it back and follow along as it plays.
Shown in the iPad app
- Ask AI
Ask your notes anything
Ask across every note or just the one in front of you. Each answer lists the notes it came from.
Shown in the Mac app
- AI Crafts
Turn a note into something new
Pick meeting minutes, a follow-up email or a blog post, and AltNotes writes it from your note, ready to copy or share.
Shown in the iPad app
- Tasks
Tasks that remind you
Suggested tasks get a reminder time and a repeat, and they all collect in one list.
Shown in the Mac app
- Study
Study what you recorded
Turn a lecture into flashcards and a scored quiz, then see how you did.
Shown in the iPad app
- Private notes
Private when you need it
Lock anything sensitive. It stays locked in your list until you open it.
Shown in the iPad app
Every screen you work on.
Record on your iPhone, review on your iPad, and soon take meeting notes on your Mac. Your notes sync between them.
iPad
Available nowA bigger canvas for long recordings, lectures and reviewing your week.
- Your notes, the open note and its details side by side
- A floating Ask AI panel you can keep beside any note
- Turn lectures into quizzes and flashcards
Mac
Coming soonBuilt for the meetings and writing you do at a desk.
- Notices Zoom, Teams and Google Meet calls and offers to record
- Records both sides of the call, never your screen
- Hold Fn to dictate into any app
Everything AltNotes does
The full list, and where each feature works. Mac features arrive with the Mac app.
- 1Capture
- 2Understand
- 3Act and organize
- 4Share and stay private
1Capture
Get the thought down the moment you have it, by voice, by typing or from a file.
One-tap recording
Pause and resume, and keep recording with the screen locked.
Lock Screen and Dynamic Island timer
See that you’re still recording without opening the app.
Siri, Shortcuts and Back Tap
Start a recording or a note by voice, from a Shortcut or by tapping the back of your iPhone.
Import audio
Open recordings from Files, Voice Memos or other apps. On Mac, drop them into the window.
Text notes
Type a note when you can’t talk. It gets a summary and tasks too.
Meeting recording
Records both sides of a call from your Mac. No bot joins, and your screen is never recorded.
Meeting detection
Notices Zoom, Teams, Meet and other calls and asks before recording.
Dictation in any app
Hold Fn, speak, and the text is typed where your cursor is.
Floating recorder and menu bar
Pause or finish from a small panel above your windows or the menu bar.
2Understand
Turn raw audio into something you can read, question and study.
AI titles and summaries
Every note gets a title, key points and a short summary.
Full transcript
A timestamped timeline, with each word lit up as the audio plays.
Ask AI
Ask about all your notes or one note, and see which notes each answer came from.
Floating Ask AI panel
Keep Ask AI open beside the note you’re reading, and drag it where you like.
AI Crafts
Turn a note into meeting minutes, a follow-up email or a post.
Translate into 30+ languages
Get any note in another language with one tap.
Quizzes and flashcards
Study a lecture with a scored quiz or a deck of cards.
3Act and organize
Follow-ups, reminders and a tidy library, without filing anything yourself.
Tasks from every note
AltNotes suggests the follow-ups, and you can add your own.
Reminders that repeat
Get a notification at the time you pick, once or daily, weekly, monthly or yearly.
Tags and stars
Notes are tagged for you. Star the ones you come back to.
Attachments
Add photos, PDFs and documents up to 10 MB to any note.
Trash you can undo
Deleted notes wait 30 days before they’re gone for good.
Three-pane layout
Your notes, the open note and its details side by side.
Home with what’s due
Starred notes, tasks due this week and recent recordings in one place.
Keyboard shortcuts
Create, search, switch tabs and control playback without the mouse.
4Share and stay private
Send what matters, lock what doesn't, and keep it in sync everywhere.
Publish to the web
Share a link that opens without the app, with a password, an expiry date or a single view.
Share, copy, email and print
Send the summary or transcript anywhere. On Mac, export as Markdown too.
Private notes
Lock a note with Face ID or Touch ID. Screenshots are blocked while it’s open on iPhone and iPad.
Sync across devices
Sign in with Apple and your notes follow you between iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Never used for AI training
Your recordings and notes aren’t sold, used for ads or used to train AI models.
In your language
The app speaks English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese and Korean.
Private and secure by design.
Privacy is not a setting you have to find — it is how the app is built.
Yours alone
Notes are visible only to you unless you share them. Lock private notes with Face ID, and screenshots are blocked while one is open.
Encrypted in transit
Recordings and notes travel over an encrypted connection. They’re never sold, never used for ads, and never used to train AI models.
Share on your terms
Publish any note as a web link that opens even without the app. Add a password, set an expiry date, or let it open only once.
Praised by professionals and creators
See how thousands of users capture ideas, record meetings, and accelerate their daily workflow.
SP
“AltNotes has completely changed how I capture business ideas during my daily commute. I talk naturally for 5 minutes and get instant executive summaries and action items ready to send to my team.”
PN
“I run my whole company from my phone between school runs. I record product decisions out loud and AltNotes turns them into a clean changelog and a weekly investor update.”
TB
“Our leadership offsites used to lose half their value to bad notes. Now I record each session and walk out with decisions, owners, and deadlines already written down.”
AR
“I dump complex architecture decisions into AltNotes verbally. Ask AI parses my rambling tech specs into clean Markdown technical docs and Jira tasks in seconds.”
NK
“After every user interview I hold the mic and think out loud for two minutes. AltNotes turns that into a tidy research summary my engineers actually read.”
EM
“As someone with ADHD, sitting and typing long notes is painful. AltNotes lets me speak freely for 2-hour lectures, and then turns the audio into exam study guides and quiz cards.”
OH
“I dictate lab observations while my hands are busy, and Ask AI lets me search six months of recordings for the one detail I half-remember.”
MV
“AI Crafts is pure magic. I record a 10-minute episode brain dump while walking my dog, and AltNotes turns it into a complete podcast outline and newsletter draft.”
JW
“Recording long subject interviews and having the transcript right after is a game changer. I can find exact quote timestamps with Ask AI and draft story outlines 10x faster.”
SL
“Recording prospect discovery calls and having AltNotes extract key pain points and action items instantly has doubled my follow-up speed. I can't work without it.”
CR
“I log every call from the car on the way to the next meeting. The summaries land in my CRM notes before I have even parked.”
Use cases
Short, real scenarios — from lectures to interviews to creative work.
Students
Record lectures, get a clean summary after class, and turn key points into tasks for revision.
Journalists
Record interviews, find the quote with Ask AI, and copy it straight from the transcript.
Professionals
Turn meetings into minutes. Create follow‑up reminders and action items before you leave the room.
Creators
Brainstorm on the go. Generate drafts for emails, tweets, captions, and scripts from a single recording.
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