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Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- Email Me
An Apple app that sends a typed note or transcribed voice memo to your own inbox in a few taps.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Kekoso
Mac app that turns speech into text on your own machine: dictation in any app, file and call transcripts, paid once.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- HushBook
Phone app that transcribes your audiobooks on the device so you can read the text word by word as you listen.
Since 2026
Something else · Individuals and families
- CastLoom Pro
Desktop app that plays and batch downloads podcasts, then transcribes and translates them offline into your notes.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Podcasting · Individuals and families
- Aside
A Mac and Windows app that records and summarises calls without a bot and prompts you with answers while you talk.
Since 2026
Free plan · CRM and sales
- SSL Insecure Content Fixer
Fixes the mixed content and insecure content warnings a WordPress site shows after it moves to HTTPS.
Website builders
- SubSmith
Makes subtitles for your video and audio files so language learners can look up words and send them to Anki.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Auto-Install Free SSL
Gets and renews free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates on cPanel shared hosting without command line work.
Free plan · Security and passwords
- Meetily
Records, transcribes and summarises your meetings on your own computer, so audio and notes never go to the cloud.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge
- threadfork
Records and transcribes your meetings on your Mac without a bot, then turns them into tasks and notes you can search.
Since 2026
Subscription · Notes and knowledge
- Anarlog
Mac app that records meetings without a bot and writes editable AI summaries, keeping notes and data on your own machine.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge
- Memory Notch
Records meetings and lectures from the Mac notch and transcribes them on your device, saving plain files you keep.
Since 2026
Free trial · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- VoxAI
Mac app that records and transcribes meetings on your machine, labels speakers and passes the live text to your AI for notes.
Since 2026
Free trial · Notes and knowledge
- Vocal Slice
Desktop app that transcribes voice recordings offline so podcasters and editors can cut clips by highlighting words.
Since 2026
Free · Video and audio · Creators and writers
- MimicScribe
A Mac app that records meetings without a bot, transcribes them on your device and tells speakers apart.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge
- Grape
A note app for desktop and phone that records and transcribes, then answers questions using your own notes.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Speechmark
A Mac menu bar app that records meetings, transcribes them by speaker and writes notes, all kept on your computer.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge
- Silkwave Voice
A Mac app that records meetings, transcribes them on device with speaker labels, and lets you summarise and query them.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge
- OpenWhispr
Voice dictation and meeting note app that turns speech into text on your device or in the cloud, for people who type a lot.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge
- Minutes
Transcribes meetings, calls and voice memos on your own machine into markdown files that your AI assistant can search.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Prismical
Records meeting audio and voice memos without a bot joining, then turns them into transcripts, summaries and action items.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge
- Voice Recorder - Audio Memos
Record voice memos on iPhone, cut and join clips, remove noise, transcribe them and save as MP3, WAV or other formats.
Video and audio · Individuals and families
- Wave Subs
Creates SRT or ASS subtitles from your video files on your own computer and translates them into 29 languages, offline and free.
Free · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- Summit AI Notes
Mac app that records client calls and makes transcripts, summaries and action items on the device, with no cloud upload.
Since 2025
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Law firms
- Earnote
Records lectures and meetings on Mac or iPhone, transcribes them locally and turns them into notes, flashcards and study sheets.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- OmniForge
Records and summarises meetings on your own computer without a bot, then answers questions across recordings and documents.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge
- Oats
Free Mac app that records and transcribes your meetings locally, with no bot in the call and no account or cloud upload.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge
- Parrot
Mac app that records your calls without a bot, transcribes them on your machine and suggests answers from your files.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge
- Bible Note Journal
An iPhone app that records sermons, writes up transcripts and summaries, and turns them into study questions.
Since 2025
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Alt
Records meetings and lectures and transcribes, translates and summarises them with AI that runs on your own device.
Since 2025
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- TapeACall
Records phone calls on iPhone and Android, transcribes them and saves them to cloud storage.
Free trial · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- TrueScribe
Transcribes, translates and labels speakers in recordings and meetings on your own Windows or Linux computer.
Since 2026
Free plan · Video and audio · Creators and writers
- Recly
Turns your Apple Watch or Galaxy Watch into a meeting recorder with free on device transcription and audio stored in your Google Drive.
Since 2026
Free · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- Voice Recorder
Records audio on your phone or watch, turns it into a transcript, and writes summary notes with action items.
Video and audio · Individuals and families
- AutoDoc
A Mac and Windows app that records meeting audio and screen, then writes searchable notes on your own computer with no bot.
Free · Notes and knowledge
- Keen Bean
Mac app that listens to your meetings and writes tasks, decisions and first drafts into folders you pick.
Since 2026
Subscription · Notes and knowledge · Freelancers
- BeMyEars
Mac app that turns any sound your computer plays into live subtitles and translations, processed on the device.
Video and audio · Individuals and families