Ally - AI for Life

Free, unlimited on-device recording and transcription.

The fastest, easiest way to transcribe meetings, voice notes, lectures, and more.

Quickly record and transcribe voice audio — for free — without sending a single byte of your data to the cloud. Ally runs entirely on your iPhone and Mac using frontier-accuracy speech-to-text AI models like NVIDIA's Parakeet v3.

Key Features:

• Bot-free recording - Captures system audio and microphone directly, no awkward bot joining your meetings.

• Speaker identification - Automatically labels different speakers in conversations.

• Custom labels - Create recording types that match your workflow and quickly apply them to new recordings.

• iCloud sync (optional) - Keep your audio notes in sync across your iPhone and Mac (iPad app coming soon!)

• Lightning-fast - Native (SwiftUI) app. Real-time transcription at ~15x speed using Core ML and NVIDIA's Parakeet v3 STT model.

• Open formats - Records in .m4a and creates .md transcripts. Easily share recordings and transcripts with other apps.

• Simplicity - One click start/stop recording. Designed with a focus on elegance and ease-of-use.

• Smart organization - Recordings automatically saved with timestamps, transcripts, and metadata.

• Apple Intelligence - (Optional) Have titles automatically generated from transcription content.

• 100% private - All transcription happens locally. No internet required, no data leaves your device unless you turn on iCloud sync.

Perfect For:

• Remote workers who need meeting notes
• Consultants tracking client calls
• Students recording lectures
• Journalists conducting interviews
• Creatives who want to quickly capture ideas
• Anyone who values their privacy

Why choose Ally?

1. Snappy. 100% iOS native (SwiftUI) and fully-optimized for a small resource footprint.
2. Easy. Ally gets out of your way so you can quickly capture meetings and notes and focus on your work.
3. Private. Ally leverages Apple Silicon to run state-of-the-art AI models on your device without sharing a single bit. You get fast, frontier-level transcription accuracy without compromising your privacy or your company's privacy.

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