# HarkNote

> Private on-device transcriber

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6770582770](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6770582770)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6770582770`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Christopher Knuteson
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Version:** 1.2.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-09
- **First published:** 2026-05-28
- **Size:** 18 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/harknote/id6770582770)
- **Website:** [https://harknote.app](https://harknote.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://harknote.app/privacy](https://harknote.app/privacy)

## Description

HarkNote is a privacy-first audio recorder and transcriber that processes your recordings on your iPhone.

Tap RECORD — that’s it. No account, no sign-in. Choose between Whisper and NVIDIA Parakeet v3; both transcribe entirely on your iPhone, with an optional live preview while recording. Your audio is not sent to us or to a cloud AI service. HarkNote downloads model assets only when needed or when you request them, and Settings lets you download, activate, switch, and remove models with live progress and a free-space check.

WHAT YOU CAN DO
• Record on demand from the app or, on supported devices, the Action Button, Control Center, or a Live Activity
• Record standalone on Apple Watch with no iPhone nearby, then transfer the session to your iPhone for transcription when the devices reconnect
• Import audio files from other apps through the iOS Share Sheet
• Turn on a live transcript preview while you speak, then get a clean final transcript
• Optionally link a recording to a calendar event using read-only calendar access
• Optionally train a local Self voice profile so high-confidence speaker matches can be tagged as Self
• Get an on-device summary and hold a conversation about the transcript using Apple’s on-device intelligence where available and a deterministic offline engine everywhere else
• Keep audio local-only, or choose iCloud Drive storage for audio sync across your own devices

PRIVACY BY DESIGN
• No analytics, crash-reporting uploads, advertising SDKs, or tracking
• Privacy nutrition label: Data Not Collected
• Your audio, transcripts, notes, questions, summaries, calendar content, voice profiles, and speaker embeddings are not sent to us
• Audio remains local by default; private iCloud storage is optional
• You own and control your recordings

WHAT TO KNOW
HarkNote is a recording tool. A consent notice is shown during onboarding and must be accepted before use. A visible recording indicator and Live Activity show when recording is active. Recording laws vary; you are responsible for obtaining any consent required where you are.

Microphone access is required. Calendar access is optional and read-only, and the app remains fully usable without it.

On-device transcription is compute-intensive, so your device may warm during long sessions. You can disable live preview in Settings to reduce load.

No subscription. No ads. No account. Just a recorder that respects you.

## Rankings

- #1,185,161 — Overall

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