You need meeting notes, but your company's security policy won't let you use Otter, Fireflies, or any cloud transcription service. Or you're in a conference room with no WiFi. Or you simply don't trust a third party with your meeting content.
5cut generates meeting transcripts entirely offline on your iPhone. Record, transcribe, identify speakers — no internet connection required after the initial model download.
How offline meeting notes work
- Download a language model once — this is the only step that needs internet (40-700 MB)
- Record the meeting — tap record. Works in airplane mode, underground, anywhere
- Transcribe on-device — the AI runs on your iPhone's Neural Engine.
- Speaker separation — up to 4 speakers are automatically identified and labeled.
- Export — copy the transcript, share as text, or export with timestamps
Why go offline for meeting notes
Corporate security policies
Many companies prohibit uploading internal discussions to third-party services. Your recordings never leave your device, and no third party receives your audio. Always verify your organization's own recording and security requirements.
Regulated industries
Finance, healthcare, legal, defense — these sectors have strict data handling requirements. On-device processing means no vendor risk assessment.
Unreliable connectivity
Conference rooms in basements, meetings during travel, offsite retreats with spotty WiFi. Offline transcription just works regardless of your connection.
What you get
- Full transcript with timestamps
- Speaker labels — color-coded, renameable
- Silence removal — strip the "ums" and long pauses
- Multiple export formats — plain text, SRT subtitles, or video
- 30+ languages — multilingual teams can transcribe in the meeting's language
Free to start
5cut is free to download and includes in-app recording, silence removal, and transcription previews (first 5 minutes). Upgrade to Premium (with a 3-day free trial available) to unlock unlimited exports, full-length transcripts, speaker identification, and batch processing.
