Your Lecture App for Study Abroad

Record the lecture. Read it in your language.

5 free exports

every month

Lectures in a foreign language are hard to follow. Record each lecture with 5cut. 5cut transcribes it in more than 30 languages and can translate it live. With Premium, 5cut also makes AI study notes on your iPhone.

5cut also cuts the silence from each recording, so you review the lecture in less time. Your recordings never leave your iPhone.

Frequently asked questions

Can 5cut translate a lecture while I listen?

Yes. Turn on live translation in the recorder. 5cut shows the translated text while it records. The translation uses Apple Translation on your iPhone and needs iOS 18 or later.

Which languages can 5cut transcribe?

More than 30 languages. The list depends on the engine. WhisperKit covers the most languages. Parakeet Ultra covers 25 European languages.

Can I follow a lecture without a recording?

Yes. On iOS 26 or later, Live Captions shows a live transcript and a translation. 5cut saves no audio, and the captions disappear after about one minute. Live Captions is free.

Is 5cut free for students?

You can start for free. The free version includes the recorder, silence removal, full transcripts of your own recordings and 5 exports each month. Premium adds more, for example full transcripts of imported files and AI notes.

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