Remove Silence from Podcasts

Shorter podcast episodes, without long pauses.

5 free exports

every month

Long pauses make a podcast slow. Many short pauses between sentences also take time. 5cut finds the silence on your iPhone and cuts it, in your own podcast or in an episode that you import. The result depends on the recording. On a typical phone recording, Moderate keeps about 70% of the time.

Recorder with Chapter Bookmarks

Record lectures, meetings and interviews in the app. Tap to add a chapter bookmark while you record. Later, the bookmark takes you to that moment.

Smart Silence Removal

5cut finds the silence in lectures and podcasts and cuts it. Choose Gentle, Moderate or Aggressive, or set the threshold yourself.

On-Device Translation & AI Summaries

Read the lecture in your language with live translation. With Premium, 5cut also makes AI summaries, key points and flashcards on your iPhone. For this, it uses Apple Intelligence or an AI model that you download one time.

Export to Notion, Anki & Obsidian

Send the transcript and your notes to Apple Notes, Markdown, Anki, Notion or Obsidian. 5cut also makes Anki study cards from the transcript.

Speaker Identification (Premium)

5cut finds up to 4 speakers in one recording. Each speaker gets a color and a name that you can change. This helps with seminars and group discussions.

How it works

Record or import audio or video on your iPhone.

Cut the silence. 5cut shows speech in green and silence in red.

Transcribe and translate on your iPhone. With Premium, 5cut also makes AI summaries.

Export to your study tools: Anki, Notion, Obsidian or Apple Notes.

Your recordings never leave your iPhone

5cut cuts, transcribes and makes notes on the device. There is no 5cut server. Test it yourself: download a transcription model one time, then turn on Airplane Mode. 5cut works the same. The app has no account, no analytics and no ads.

Free download · Premium: monthly with 7 days free, Semester (6 months) or one-time · No account