Colloquy: Private Transcribe
Willneeds Pty Ltd Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Colloquy: Private Transcribe is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by Willneeds Pty Ltd. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated October 25, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 12 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 25
- 2026 · v1.2.3
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About Colloquy: Private Transcribe
Your recordings never leave your device. Colloquy is an on-device voice recorder and AI transcription tool. Built for lawyers, therapists, journalists, and executives who need confidentiality without compromise. WHY COLLOQUY • Recordings, transcripts, and summaries are processed entirely on your iPhone — nothing is ever uploaded • AES-256-GCM encryption for audio, transcripts, and summaries • Speaker labelling for two-person recordings — interviews, sessions, consultations • AI summaries with industry templates: General, Meeting Notes, Legal Consultation, Therapy Session, Interview • Custom vocabulary so names, jargon, and technical terms transcribe correctly • Export to TXT, Markdown, RTF, SRT, PDF FEATURES • High-quality audio recording (48kHz) • On-device transcription powered by Whisper, with Apple Speech as a fallback • Smart bookmarks during recording • Search every recording by title or transcript text • Action items, decisions, and key topics extracted automatically • Interview and legal summaries quote people word for word — each quote is checked against the transcript and links to the moment it was said • A reminder to confirm everyone has agreed before you record (you can turn it off) • Background recording — keeps going when you lock the screen or switch apps • On iPhone Duo, unfold to see your recordings and the open transcript side by side • Works fully offline once set up PRIVACY-FIRST Unlike cloud transcription services, Colloquy processes everything on your iPhone. Your audio and transcripts are encrypted with AES-256-GCM and never leave your device. No analytics. No telemetry. No accounts. The only network access is a one-time download of the AI models when you first use transcription or summaries. After that the app works entirely offline. Your recordings are never part of any upload. FREE TRIAL 5 free recordings, up to 60 minutes each. A one-time purchase removes both limits. No subscription. Requires iOS 17.0 or later. Privacy Policy: https://willneeds.com.au/transcribe/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://willneeds.com.au/transcribe/support
What’s new
Version 1.2.3 · Updated October 25, 2026
More accurate summaries and transcripts. • Summaries drop placeholder items like "None", and action items keep their due dates • Interview and legal summaries add verbatim quotes, each checked word-for-word against the transcript, with the speaker and a tap-to-play time • Mixed Chinese–English meetings are summarised in the right language • Chinese transcripts follow your Simplified or Traditional choice • Phrases invented during silence are filtered out • "Check audio" hints now point to individual sentences • Renaming a speaker updates the summary too • Exports include concerns, quotes, keywords and due dates • Long recordings are summarised in full with the downloadable summary model • A reminder to confirm everyone has agreed before you record — turn it off in Settings if you only record yourself • On iPhone Duo, unfolding shows your recordings and the open transcript side by side
App privacy
The developer, Willneeds Pty Ltd, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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