Easy to start
No account to create. No extra participant joins your call.
Record the conversation. Keep the details.
Recognizing turns speech into text and keeps it with your notes and photos. Use it for meetings, interviews and classes.
Record on your phone or Mac. Read it back later, or make a summary to help you remember.
Free on the App Store. Requires macOS, iOS or iPadOS 26 or later. Help getting started.
Real app screens · made-up conversations
Choose your device
Your phone in the room. Your Mac on a call.
You can use either app on its own. Use both when you want to start on your phone and review on a bigger screen.
Record a call. Review it later.
Record your microphone and the sound from a call on your Mac. Add a quick note, a screenshot or a photo from your iPhone.
Read the transcript, listen back and correct a word. Create a summary, check it, then share it.
Works on Apple silicon and Intel Macs with macOS 26 or later.
Get Recognizing for MacMac version 1.0.2 is available now, with simpler recording controls and clearer summary progress.
Keep up with a conversation.
Record a conversation and see the words appear as people speak. Add a note or take a photo of the whiteboard.
Save it in History. Read it again, make a simple summary or send it to your Mac.
Want to lock your phone? Turn on Continue when locked for that conversation to keep recording audio.
Works on iPhone and iPad with iOS or iPadOS 26 or later.
Get Recognizing CaptionsiPhone and iPad version 1.0.1 is available now, with simpler navigation and a new icon matching the Mac app.
Features at a glance
What can I do on each device?
Both apps help you capture a conversation and come back to the useful details. Here is how they compare.
| Feature | Mac | iOS iPhone & iPad |
|---|---|---|
| Record audio | Your microphone and audio from Mac apps | Your microphone |
| See live captions and save a transcript | Yes | Yes |
| Add notes as you go | Yes | Yes |
| Keep pictures with the conversation | Screenshots, saved images and photos from iPhone | Camera and photo library |
| Make a summary | Meeting record with tools to review the source | Simple summary of your conversation |
| Record while using other apps | Yes, while your Mac is awake | Turn on Continue when locked first |
| Describe a saved image | Optional, on a supported device* | Optional, on a supported device* |
| Continue on your other device | Review a phone capture and send back a meeting record | Send a capture to Mac and receive the reviewed record |
* Image descriptions need macOS, iOS or iPadOS 27 and a compatible, ready Apple Intelligence image model. Check descriptions against the original photo.
You choose what to share between devices; nothing syncs automatically. Audio stays on the device that recorded it. See how the apps work together.
Better together
From iPhone to Mac. And back.
Record a workshop on your phone. Review it on your Mac, then send the finished meeting record back to the same conversation on your phone.
Record on your phone
Save the spoken words, add your notes and photograph the plan on the board.
Send it with AirDrop
Open the saved conversation, choose Details → Prepare for Mac, then share it to your Mac.
Review on a bigger screen
Open it in Recognizing on Mac. Check the words, notes and photos, then create a meeting record. Choose Export Copy → Return Record to iPhone to take a copy with you.
You choose what to send; nothing syncs automatically. The audio stays on your phone. Review and accept the returned record alongside your original conversation. Use Mac app 1.0.2 and iPhone or iPad app 1.0.1 or later. See the transfer steps.
When it helps
Less to remember after the meeting.
Keep what was said and what you added in one place. Here are a few ways to use it.
A work meeting
Go back to a decision, check a deadline or see who agreed to do what.
An interview
Focus on the person speaking. Read their words and your notes afterwards.
A class or workshop
Follow the live text. Add a note or photo of the board to help you review the lesson.
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00:14
Someone says
“Morgan will confirm the room booking by Friday.”
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00:24
Your note
Wait for the room booking before sending invitations.
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Photo
Your photo
The workshop plan on the whiteboard.
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Later
What to remember
Morgan to confirm the room booking by Friday.
Go back to the words and your note to check.
A made-up example. Transcripts and summaries can make mistakes, so check important details.
Your privacy
Your recordings stay with you.
Recordings and transcripts are saved on your device. We do not receive your meetings.
Read the privacy policyYou choose when to recordRecording starts when you press Record. Let everyone know before you begin.
You choose what to shareKeep a conversation on your device, send a copy or delete it.
Online AI is optionalOn Mac, you can choose an online AI service. It receives meeting text only if you enable it. Audio and images are not sent.
Available now
Try it at your next meeting.
Choose your device, allow microphone access and select the language you will speak. Let everyone know, then start recording.
Get in touch
Questions or feedback?
Have a question or an idea? Tell us what would make the app more useful to you.
Email us directly at support@vibewait.ing.