Whisper Notes - Speech to Text

Whisper Notes is a solid app overall. I really like that it runs locally on-device, is fast, private, and does not require a subscription. The transcription is impressively quick, and the Whisper option does a good job with technical terms compared to a lot of built-in dictation tools. My main complaint is that on newer, more powerful iPhones, I wish there were higher-quality Whisper model options available. My phone can clearly handle the current models very quickly, so I would gladly trade speed for accuracy and let a larger model take longer if it meant better transcription. Right now the iOS model options feel limited compared to what newer hardware should be capable of. Still a good app and worth the price, but I hope future updates add more powerful downloadable model options for newer iPhones.

Won’t run in the background so you have to babysit the transcription the whole time, otherwise it craps out- and there’s no function to pick up from where you left off, you have to start all over again. This makes the process tedious and time-consuming, even in “fast” mode.

started using Whisper Notes during my morning commute to capture random ideas before I forgot them, and it’s been surprisingly accurate even when I’m speaking quickly. I tested it with both short reminders and longer brainstorming sessions, and the transcription was cleaner than I expected with very little editing afterward. I also like that the interface stays simple instead of burying basic features under too many menus. It’s become useful for quick work notes and journaling when I don’t feel like typing everything out manually.