Offline Meeting Notes on iPhone

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 at any point.

How offline meeting notes work

1. Download a language model once — this is the only step that needs internet (40-700 MB)
2. Record the meeting — tap record. Works in airplane mode, underground, anywhere
3. Transcribe on-device — the AI runs on your iPhone's Neural Engine.
4. Speaker separation — up to 4 speakers are automatically identified and labeled.
5. 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. IT security reviews for new SaaS tools take months. 5cut needs no security review — data never leaves the device.

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 combines private recording, on-device transcription, silence removal, and batch processing.