00:00SARAHOkay, let's kick off — did everyone get a chance to look at the Q3 numbers?
00:06YOUQuick heads-up before we start: I'm taking notes on my Mac.
00:11SARAHperfect, then let's start with the roadmap and —

The call starts. So does TinyScribe.

Automatic transcription and summaries for every call on your Mac. Built entirely on Apple technology. Transcription on your device, summaries through Apple Intelligence's Private Cloud Compute. No cloud, no bot, no account, no subscription.

Download on the Mac App StoreFree for 30 meetings · macOS 27 · Apple silicon
00:00 · PRIVACY BY DESIGN

No cloud, no account, no tracking.

Transcription happens on your Mac. Summaries are created with Apple Intelligence's Private Cloud Compute — Apple promises to keep your data private, to store nothing, and to never train on it. You can opt out of summaries entirely if you want.

Audio never leaves your Mac. TinyScribe deletes it a few days after the meeting if you want — or you keep it forever.

07:30 · AUTOMATIC

Recording starts and stops automatically

TinyScribe notices when a call begins, no matter which app you use — Zoom, Teams, Meet, Slack, or anything else that uses your microphone and speakers at the same time. It starts transcribing. When the call ends, it stops.

The fennec in your menu bar wears a red dot for as long as it is recording.

Prefer to decide yourself? Start and stop manually whenever you like.

14:20 · FREE BACKUPS

Synced with iCloud

Transcripts and summaries sync through your own iCloud, so they're on every Mac you use. Audio stays on your Mac and doesn't take up space in your iCloud.

Your notes are always safe, even if your Mac dies.

26:00 · DEEP SYSTEM INTEGRATION

Siri and Spotlight can find your meetings

TinyScribe writes into Apple Intelligence's search index, so you can use Spotlight and Siri to find your meetings.

Copy transcripts and summaries with one click to give other AI agents access to your meeting context. Export as PDF or rich text is also available.

33:00 · CONSENT

No bots in your calls

TinyScribe never joins your calls — there is no bot for others to see. That also means it's on you to tell them. Recording laws differ by country and by US state: some require only your consent, many require everyone's.

The simplest habit is also the safest one: say at the start of a call that you're taking notes. One sentence, and it lands in the transcript.

This isn't legal advice. How consent rules work, by region →

38:00 · FEATURES

Everything, briefly

  • Automatic meeting detection · Zoom, Teams, Meet, Slack, browser calls
  • Manual start and stop
  • Live transcription while the call runs
  • Every language Apple's speech model supports
  • Summaries and action items via Private Cloud Compute
  • Automatic summaries optional — off is a valid setting
  • Search across everything, powered by Apple Intelligence
  • Indexed for Spotlight and Siri
  • Audio kept and replayable, deleted on your schedule
  • Trash with 30-day restore
  • iCloud sync for transcripts and summaries — audio stays local
  • Export as Markdown, PDF, rich text
  • Native Swift, under 5 MB, lives in your menu bar
  • No account, no server, no subscription
45:00 · FAIR PRICING

Buy it once, use it forever

$49.99one-time purchase, no subscription
  1. Download free. Your first 30 meetings include everything — transcription and summaries.
  2. After 30 meetings, audio still gets recorded automatically. If you like it, unlock once to get all transcripts and summaries retroactively.
  3. Use TinyScribe forever and enjoy free updates. We have a long roadmap of features planned.

Prices vary by country — the App Store shows yours.

58:00 · FAQ

Frequently asked

Can my colleagues tell that I'm recording?

Only if you tell them — and TinyScribe helps you do exactly that. macOS shows its own microphone indicator on your Mac, and the fennec in your menu bar carries a red dot while recording. Telling the other participants is up to you — how consent rules work, by region →

What happens if Apple Intelligence is switched off?

Transcription still works — it runs on Apple's speech framework, which is independent. Summaries won't. You get the full transcript, and the summary is queued until the model is available again.

It depends entirely on where you and the other participants are. In twelve US states and much of Europe, everyone has to agree. That is why we treat consent as a conversation, not a setting. We are not lawyers.

Where is my audio stored?

On your Mac, in your own file system, until it is deleted according to your setting. It is never synced to iCloud, and it is never sent anywhere else.

Do you train on my meetings?

We couldn't. There is no server of ours that receives anything. Apple's Private Cloud Compute does not retain or train on the data it processes.

Why is there no subscription?

Because there are no running costs to cover. Apple pays for the inference that powers the summaries. Everything else runs on your Mac.

Why only Mac?

We want to provide the best user experience, so we focus on macOS only. An iOS companion will probably come later.

What happens after the 30 free meetings?

TinyScribe keeps recording your calls. New transcripts and summaries wait until you unlock — buy once, and everything recorded in the meantime is transcribed and summarized retroactively.