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iPhone · iOS 18+ · free to start, no account
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Council budget hearing
TranscriptSummaryAsk
The revised figure covers the footbridge and nothing else.
So the allocation does not include the access road?
Correct. That sits in the next cycle, subject to review.
I would like that minuted, please.
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What did they decide about the access road?
It was deferred to the next funding cycle, subject to review.
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One tap. Lectures, interviews, or a meeting with the phone on the table.

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Transcribe

Speech becomes timestamped text on your device. No upload, no queue, works on a plane.

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Understand

Summaries, translation, and questions answered with citations back to the audio.

Recording

Record the room, not just yourself.

One button. The phone picks up a lecture hall, a podcast playing across the room, or a meeting around a table. Meeting mode raises gain and biases toward speech.

Long recordings are fine, and the timer keeps running when the screen locks.

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EN→ PL
ENGLISH
I would like that minuted, please.
POLSKI
Proszę o zaprotokołowanie tego.
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Languages · on device

English, Polish and more, on the device.

The language is detected while you talk — no menu — and one recording can switch between them. Translation runs on the device, so a transcript can be read in the language it was spoken or in another one, with the original beside it.

What it does
  • Records for as long as you need, with live captions as you speak
  • Detects the language while you talk — no menu, and one recording can switch languages
  • Big captions and a full-screen subtitle mode for reading across a room
  • Transcribes in the background; you can close the app and it keeps going
  • Translated between languages. English, Polish and more on the device
  • Searches every word you have ever recorded, not just titles — and a word in one language finds recordings in another
  • Meeting mode for a room with several people in it
  • Imports audio and video you already have
  • Markers you drop mid-recording and find again later
  • Exports to TXT, SRT, VTT and DOCX
  • Folders, trash with 30/60/90-day restore, Face ID lock, encryption at rest
The promise, and it is structural

Nothing leaves your phone. Not the audio, not the words, not even the AI.

This is the part most apps cannot say. Transcription runs on the device. Translation runs on the device. The summaries, key points, chapters, action items and the ask-a-question feature run on Apple’s on-device model — no server, no API call, no prompt leaving the handset.

There is no account to create, no password to lose and no database of your recordings anywhere, because there is nowhere for one to be. The App Store privacy label reads Data Not Collected. It says that because there is nothing to declare.

The one exception, upon your choice

You can choose to keep a copy in iCloud Drive — and if you do, those files go to your own iCloud account so you can reach them from your other devices. That is your storage under Apple’s terms, not ours, and it happens only because you picked that folder. Choose a folder on the phone instead and nothing leaves at all.

That choice is yours, it is made in plain sight, and it can be changed at any time.

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Pricing

Free to record. Pay when you want the limits gone.

14-day free trial. Your card is held by Apple and nothing is charged during the trial. Subscriptions are billed by the App Store and can be cancelled there at any time.

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Poland 29,99 zł / mo · 239,99 zł / yr    Euro zone 6,99 € / mo · 55,99 € / yr    Prices are set per App Store region.

Free vs Pro
FreePro
Recording
Record audioAny length, any number 2 × 30 min a day Unlimited
Markers while recordingTap to mark a moment you want to find again + +
Meeting modeSpoken consent, named participants, minutes and actions − +
256 kbps and Original WAVUncompressed, for an archive or a master − +
Record past the storage stopKeeps going past the cautious 50 MB stop − +
Capture the roomPhone on the table, everyone in it + +
Background recordingKeeps going when you leave the app + +
FormatPick what suits the job M4A, AAC WAV, FLAC
Transcription
On-device transcriptionNothing is uploaded, ever 2 × 30 min a day Unlimited
Automatic language detectionDetected as people speak + +
Multi-language in one recordingA conversation that switches language stays readable + +
PunctuationCommas and full stops + +
Custom vocabularyNames, jargon and places you feed in advance so they are heard right + +
Translation
Offline language packsEnglish, Polish and Macedonian, on this phone. Nothing is uploaded. + +
Translate a transcriptSubtitles in another language as people speak + +
Live translation while recordingSubtitles in another language as people speak + +
AI, on this phone
Summary, key points, chapters, actions, quizApple’s on-device model. Nothing leaves the phone − +
AskPut a question to a forty-minute meeting and get the answer, on device. − +
Editing
Inline word correctionLong-press a word and fix it + +
Learned correctionsFix it once; Kiwaro stops making that mistake + +
Titles and notes on a markerTap to mark a moment you want to find again + +
Library
Hide or lock a recordingFace ID, Touch ID or your passcode − +
Batch actionsMove, delete or export many at once − +
Import several at onceMove, delete or export many at once − +
Detailed file informationFormat, bitrate, words transcribed, languages, checksum — almost no other transcriber offers it + +
FoldersTrash, restore and auto-delete + +
File importsBring in something you already have Audio, up to 30 min Video, and long files
Trash, restore and auto-deleteTrash, restore and auto-delete + +
Search
Search everythingEvery word of every transcript, jump straight to the moment + +
Advanced searchSaved searches, search inside summaries, AND/OR/NEAR, and words in one language that find recordings in another − +
Export and sharing
Export — TXT, SRT, VTT, DOCXExport the audio + +
Export everythingTake all of it with you. Leaving is never a paid feature + +
Include AI notes in an exportApple’s on-device model. Nothing leaves the phone − +
Share linksSend a read-only link to a transcript. Free when it arrives. Soon Soon
Storage and privacy
Keep a copy in FilesYour folder, on the phone or in iCloud. Recordings must never be lost + +
On this phone only or iCloudiCloud goes to your account, under Apple’s terms + +
Lock recordings and encrypt at restFace ID, Touch ID or your passcode + +
Good to know
Do I need Pro to get a transcript?

No. Transcription runs on your phone and is free, within the daily limit. Pro removes the limits and adds the AI notes, meeting mode and advanced search.

Does it work without internet?

All of it. Recording, transcription, translation, search, export and the AI features run on the phone. Airplane mode changes nothing.

Can Kiwaro record a phone call?

No. App store rules do not allow it. Meeting mode is the substitute: put the call on speaker and record the room.

What happens when the trial ends?

The app reverts to Free. Nothing is deleted — your recordings, transcripts and exports stay on the phone.

Support

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