Echo: AI Voice Notes & Journal
Quantdesk Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Echo: AI Voice Notes & Journal is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by Quantdesk. Requires iOS 16.4. Updated September 23, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 63 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 23
- 2026 · v2.4.0
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About Echo: AI Voice Notes & Journal
Most thoughts worth keeping arrive when typing is too slow, and most voice memos end up in a pile nobody plays back. Echo exists so that saying a thought out loud is enough. Talk for a minute about an idea, a decision, or something you need to remember, and Echo writes the note up, titles it, summarizes it, and files it under one of your categories. After a few weeks you have a searchable journal of your own thinking that you never had to organize. Capturing a thought takes one tap in the app, or a long-press on the Echo icon and New note from your Home Screen. Your words appear as you speak, so you can see the app is hearing you. There is nothing to name, tag, or file afterwards. Echo records in English (US and UK), French, German, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish (Mexico and Spain), and writes the title, summary, and tags in the language you spoke. A language is offered only when your iPhone can recognize it on the device. The app's menus are in English. Every note keeps two versions. The written-up one drops false starts and filler words but keeps your wording, numbers, and names. The original transcript is one tap away for when you want to check what you actually said. Your library is ordered by recency, category chips narrow it to one subject, and search covers titles, summaries, transcripts, and tags. Echo Pro adds search by meaning, so headache finds the note where you said migraine, and lets you ask a question across all your notes and get an answer drawn from them, with links back to each source. The Library shows how many days in a row you have recorded, and an optional daily reminder opens the recorder at a time you pick. On This Day brings back what you said a month ago and, after a year, on the same date last year. Journaling prompts help when you are not sure where to start. Echo starts with six categories and adds new ones when your notes call for them. Move a misfiled note and Echo learns from the correction. Transcription runs on your iPhone through Apple's speech recognition. The recording stays on the device, and only the text is sent to be written up. Turn on Require Face ID and Echo locks on open and after a minute away, with a cover in the app switcher. You can still record while it is locked, since a new note reveals nothing stored. Notes sync through your Apple or Google account, and recording, transcription, reading, and keyword search work offline. A free account includes unlimited recording, on-device transcription, keyword search, streaks, reminders, On This Day, the Face ID lock, sync, and 25 AI-filed notes a month of up to three minutes each. Echo Pro removes the monthly limit, allows notes of fifteen minutes, and adds search by meaning, questions across your notes, and follow-up questions. It costs $39.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, or $5.99 a month. Subscription Details: • Echo Pro - Annual Subscription: $39.99 per year, auto-renewable, with a 7-day free trial • Echo Pro - Monthly Subscription: $5.99 per month, auto-renewable • Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends • You can manage or cancel your subscription any time in Account Settings on the App Store • Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription Write to [email protected] if something goes wrong or there is something you want Echo to do. Support: [email protected] | https://quantdesk.in/support Privacy Policy: https://quantdesk.in/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://quantdesk.in/terms
What’s new
Version 2.4.0 · Updated September 23, 2026
New in this version: Recording language: Echo now records in English (US and UK), French, German, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish (Mexico and Spain). Pick the language in Settings, and Echo writes the title, summary, and tags in the language you spoke. A language is offered only when your iPhone can recognize it on the device, so the audio never leaves your phone. The menus stay in English. Face ID lock: turn on Require Face ID in Settings and Echo locks when you open it and after you have been away for a minute. The app switcher shows a cover instead of your notes, and you can still record a new note while the journal is locked. Streaks, a daily reminder, and On This Day: the Library shows how many days in a row you have recorded, an optional reminder at a time you choose opens the recorder, and On This Day brings back notes from a month ago and, later, from a year ago. New note from the Home Screen: long-press the Echo icon and choose New note to start recording in one step. You can now rate Echo from Settings. A rating helps other people find the app.
App privacy
The developer, Quantdesk, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- User Content: Other User Content
- Identifiers: User ID
- Usage Data: Other Usage Data
Used for: App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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