Transcription apps for iPhone and iPad

To transcribe recordings or meetings on an iPhone or iPad, decide whether you need speaker labels, Chinese or a one-time purchase, then check what the free tier covers. The apps below document transcription on iOS. Apps in this guide: Aiko, CapCut, Just Press Record, Notta, Rev, Riverside, Sembly AI, Transkriptor, 腾讯会议, 飞书妙记.

Conditions checked

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Transcription

Before you choose

Transcription accuracy isn't tested here. Some apps send audio to a cloud service; if local processing isn't documented, treat it as unknown.

Documented conditions compared

Each cell reflects the catalog's current qualified sources for this platform. Not documented means unknown, not unsupported. Notes and sources are on each app below.

App	Free	No subscription	Speaker labels	Transcribes Chinese
Aiko	One-time purchase	Documented	Not supported per source	Documented
CapCut	Free, important features paid	Free, important features paid	Not documented	Not documented
Just Press Record	One-time purchase	Documented	Not documented	Not documented
Notta	Subscription · Free, important features paid	Subscription · Free, important features paid	Documented	Documented
Rev	Subscription · Free, important features paid	Subscription · Free, important features paid	Not documented	Not documented
Riverside	Subscription	Subscription	Documented	Not documented
Sembly AI	Subscription	Subscription	Documented	Not documented
Transkriptor	Subscription · Free, important features paid	Subscription · Free, important features paid	Documented	Not documented
腾讯会议	Free, important features paid	Free, important features paid	Not documented	Not documented
飞书妙记	Free, important features paid	Free, important features paid	Documented	Documented

Products with evidence for these conditions

Listed alphabetically, with no paid placement. Inclusion establishes these documented conditions, not a hands-on endorsement or a guarantee of fit.

Aiko
iOS
iOS · Transcription · No subscription · Transcribes Chinese
- apps.apple.com 2026-09-26
CapCut
iOS
iOS · Transcription
- CapCut is a general video editor; this record only covers its auto-caption generator, which an official CapCut resource page states is exclusive to Pro users, turning spoken audio into synchronized text automatically.
- Transcription: Paid tier only
- Free cloud storage was discontinued in August 2024, so the free (Standard) plan currently has no cloud storage of its own.
- Paid features: Auto caption generator; Motion tracking; Background remover; Noise reduction; Pro video templates & exclusive effects; Premium stock resources; About 1TB of cloud storage; Collaboration & team features
- apps.apple.com 2026-09-26
- capcut.com 2026-09-26
- capcut.com 2026-09-26
- capcut.com 2026-09-26
Just Press Record
iOS
iOS · Transcription · No subscription
- apps.apple.com 2026-09-26
Notta
iOS
iOS · Transcription · Speaker labels · Transcribes Chinese
- apps.apple.com 2026-09-26
- notta.ai 2026-09-26
- notta.ai 2026-09-26
Rev
iOS
iOS · Transcription
- Human-verified transcription is also available separately, priced per minute, which this catalog does not record as a purchase option.
- Essentials is billed $305.90 a year in the pricing page's default view; a monthly option also exists, but its charge sits behind a toggle whose label appears twice on the page, so no Essentials price is recorded until both terms can be.
- apps.apple.com 2026-09-26
- rev.com 2026-09-26
- rev.com 2026-09-26
Riverside
iOS
iOS · Transcription · Speaker labels
- Riverside no longer offers a free plan, only a 14-day free trial of a paid plan. The pricing page shows a Pro plan charge of $35/month when Monthly billing is selected, but the actual yearly total is not printed in visible text even after selecting Yearly billing, so this catalog does not record purchase prices for Riverside.
- riverside.com 2026-09-26
- riverside.fm 2026-09-26
- riverside.fm 2026-09-26
- riverside.com 2026-09-26
Sembly AI
iOS
iOS · Transcription · Speaker labels
- Basic, Pro, and Max are self-serve subscriptions billed monthly or annually. The pricing page prints only the discounted per-month rate for annual billing (e.g. $10/month for Basic), never the actual annual total charged, so this catalog does not record purchase prices for Sembly. The Free Trial plan is a trial (limited to 1 meeting hour), not a persistent free tier.
- apps.apple.com 2026-09-26
- sembly.ai 2026-09-26
- sembly.ai 2026-09-26
Transkriptor
iOS
iOS · Transcription · Speaker labels
- Pro is billed $99.99 a year in the pricing page's default view; a monthly option also exists, but its charge sits behind a toggle whose label appears twice on the page, so no Pro price is recorded until both terms can be.
- apps.apple.com 2026-09-26
- transkriptor.com 2026-09-26
腾讯会议
iOS
iOS · Transcription
- The comparison table lists real-time transcription as a time-limited trial on the free tier, the same treatment it gives meeting captions; Professional and above currently include it free of charge as an ongoing promotion, without a stated time limit.
- Transcription: Paid tier only
- The free tier caps meetings at 40 minutes when 3 or more people join.
- Paid features: Unlimited-duration meetings for up to 100 people; 100GB of cloud recording storage; Screen sharing up to original quality at 30fps; Unlimited smart recordings; Up to 4 co-hosts per meeting; Unlimited-duration meeting captions and real-time transcription; Verified identity badge shown to others
- meeting.tencent.com 2026-09-29
- meeting.tencent.com 2026-09-26
- meeting.tencent.com 2026-09-26
飞书妙记
iOS
iOS · Transcription · Speaker labels · Transcribes Chinese
- The Feishu help center describes generating and using 妙记 from the Feishu mobile client (移动端), and Feishu's own download page names iOS as one of its mobile clients; this claim combines the two.
- Feishu's free Basic edition caps the 妙记 speech-to-text quota; Business and Enterprise editions are unlimited.
- Feishu's free Basic edition (基础版) gives a limited speech-to-text quota for 妙记; once used up, new 妙记 stop showing a transcript. Business and Enterprise editions have no such limit.
- Paid features: Unlimited quota for 妙记 speech-to-text transcription
- feishu.cn 2026-09-26
- feishu.cn 2026-09-26
- feishu.cn 2026-09-26
- feishu.cn 2026-09-26

Sources for the apps above were checked between 2026-09-26 and 2026-09-29.

Common questions

Is there an iPhone transcription app without a subscription?

No subscription, as recorded here: Aiko, Just Press Record — Documented; CapCut — Free, important features paid (Free cloud storage was discontinued in August 2024, so the free (Standard) plan currently has no cloud storage of its own. Paid features: Auto caption generator; Motion tracking; Background remover; Noise reduction; Pro video templates & exclusive effects; Premium stock resources; About 1TB of cloud storage; Collaboration & team features); Notta — Subscription · Free, important features paid (Paid features: Export transcripts; Transcript translation; Custom vocabulary; Record online meetings with video; Advanced data security controls; CRM & Zapier integration); Rev — Subscription · Free, important features paid (Essentials is billed $305.90 a year in the pricing page's default view; a monthly option also exists, but its charge sits behind a toggle whose label appears twice on the page, so no Essentials price is recorded until both terms can be. Paid features: English and Spanish transcription for bilingual cases and interviews; 37+ languages, including Spanglish; Image analysis; Clio Manage integration; CJIS and HIPAA compliance with advanced privacy controls; SSO for access management across your team); Riverside — Subscription (Riverside no longer offers a free plan, only a 14-day free trial of a paid plan. The pricing page shows a Pro plan charge of $35/month when Monthly billing is selected, but the actual yearly total is not printed in visible text even after selecting Yearly billing, so this catalog does not record purchase prices for Riverside); Sembly AI — Subscription (Basic, Pro, and Max are self-serve subscriptions billed monthly or annually. The pricing page prints only the discounted per-month rate for annual billing (e.g. $10/month for Basic), never the actual annual total charged, so this catalog does not record purchase prices for Sembly. The Free Trial plan is a trial (limited to 1 meeting hour), not a persistent free tier); Transkriptor — Subscription · Free, important features paid (Pro is billed $99.99 a year in the pricing page's default view; a monthly option also exists, but its charge sits behind a toggle whose label appears twice on the page, so no Pro price is recorded until both terms can be. Paid features: Access to AI summary; Custom meeting summary templates; Access to AI chat; Access to knowledge base; Call analysis: speaker talk time, AI filters, sentiment detection; Custom bot name & avatar for meetings); 腾讯会议 — Free, important features paid (The free tier caps meetings at 40 minutes when 3 or more people join. Paid features: Unlimited-duration meetings for up to 100 people; 100GB of cloud recording storage; Screen sharing up to original quality at 30fps; Unlimited smart recordings; Up to 4 co-hosts per meeting; Unlimited-duration meeting captions and real-time transcription; Verified identity badge shown to others); 飞书妙记 — Free, important features paid (Feishu's free Basic edition (基础版) gives a limited speech-to-text quota for 妙记; once used up, new 妙记 stop showing a transcript. Business and Enterprise editions have no such limit. Paid features: Unlimited quota for 妙记 speech-to-text transcription). Pricing differs: an app can be a one-time purchase, free with paid tiers, or subscription only. A free tier can cap minutes or uploads, so check each card's paid features.

Can these apps tell who is speaking?

Speaker labels, as recorded here: Aiko — Not supported per source; CapCut, Just Press Record, Rev, 腾讯会议 — Not documented; Notta, Riverside, Sembly AI, Transkriptor, 飞书妙记 — Documented. Only where the source documents speaker labels. If it isn't documented, treat it as unknown and test with a short recording.