Stenographer
Stenographer is #2 in Productivity Paid in Philippines and charting in 2 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperCaleb Phillips
CategoryProductivity
Price4.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 4.3 (3)
Version3.0
Age rating4+
First seen by us
5 Oct 2026
5 Oct 2026Installs (est.)500+ worldwide
Rating
4.3 ★
3 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#2
Productivity PaidMeasured
Stenographer at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-23. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Stenographer is a local-first iOS productivity app for recording, transcribing, and querying conversations using on-device AI or optional cloud APIs. The app currently ranks #2 in the Paid Productivity category in the Philippines, distinguishing itself through its emphasis on privacy via local processing and source-linked chat features.
Similar apps: Otter.ai, Plaud Note, Fireflies.ai
Stenographer on the App Store
App details
App ID
6596780585
Publisher
13998959 Canada Inc.
On the store since
Dec 2024
1 year on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.5+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad · Watch
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
525 MB
Also listed in
Utilities
Stenographer downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. iPhone downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Stenographer's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Philippines | ProductivityPaid | #2 |
 Poland | ProductivityPaid | #26 |
| Philippines | All AppsPaid | #183 |
Apps near Stenographer on the chart
Productivity Paid, around #2.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.3 ★
3 ratings
Measured
Ratings
3
Measured
What users say about Stenographer
From recent reviews.
About Stenographer
Record conversations. Keep the words. Revisit what mattered.
Stenographer 3.0 brings local recording, transcription and source-linked Chat into a cleaner workspace on iPhone and iPad, with Apple Watch recording as a companion.
• Record on iPhone or Apple Watch and keep continuous capture together as one conversation.
• Read transcripts, play original audio, search words and tags, and edit speaker names.
• See live text when processing is available; saved audio remains available when processing is deferred.
• Ask about a conversation or your library. Numbered sources open the captured passages behind an answer.
• Review action targets before opening, playing, sharing or deleting recordings.
LOCAL RECORDING AND TRANSCRIPTION
Audio is recorded locally. Watch audio transfers to the paired iPhone for processing. Small multilingual transcription is included and works offline. Settings also offers downloadable Large multilingual; it needs more memory and processing time. Settings also offers optional Distil English-only transcription. Your multilingual settings are saved for switching back. The app shows the selected and actual model, preparation progress and recovery options. Some model failures can use Small while preserving your Large selection.
LOCAL AI
Apple Intelligence is the default local Chat option on supported, ready devices. You can download and select Qwen3.5-4B for local use. Automatic summaries and tags stay local. Keep the phone app active and idle for pending automatic work to finish. Model availability and speed vary with device, OS, language, downloaded assets and workload.
OPTIONAL CLOUD CHAT
Bring your own OpenAI, Anthropic or OpenRouter API key and choose a provider model. Keys are stored in device Keychain. Explicit consent is required before cloud Chat sends your current question, selected transcript passages and recording dates and identifiers to the selected provider. Audio files and voice profiles are not sent. OpenRouter may route to another provider. Provider data policies and account charges apply. Failed requests do not silently switch providers.
AI, transcripts and speaker attribution can contain mistakes or omissions. Check the original audio and source passages. Sharing uses your chosen destination; deletion requires confirmation.
Stenographer 3.0 brings local recording, transcription and source-linked Chat into a cleaner workspace on iPhone and iPad, with Apple Watch recording as a companion.
• Record on iPhone or Apple Watch and keep continuous capture together as one conversation.
• Read transcripts, play original audio, search words and tags, and edit speaker names.
• See live text when processing is available; saved audio remains available when processing is deferred.
• Ask about a conversation or your library. Numbered sources open the captured passages behind an answer.
• Review action targets before opening, playing, sharing or deleting recordings.
LOCAL RECORDING AND TRANSCRIPTION
Audio is recorded locally. Watch audio transfers to the paired iPhone for processing. Small multilingual transcription is included and works offline. Settings also offers downloadable Large multilingual; it needs more memory and processing time. Settings also offers optional Distil English-only transcription. Your multilingual settings are saved for switching back. The app shows the selected and actual model, preparation progress and recovery options. Some model failures can use Small while preserving your Large selection.
LOCAL AI
Apple Intelligence is the default local Chat option on supported, ready devices. You can download and select Qwen3.5-4B for local use. Automatic summaries and tags stay local. Keep the phone app active and idle for pending automatic work to finish. Model availability and speed vary with device, OS, language, downloaded assets and workload.
OPTIONAL CLOUD CHAT
Bring your own OpenAI, Anthropic or OpenRouter API key and choose a provider model. Keys are stored in device Keychain. Explicit consent is required before cloud Chat sends your current question, selected transcript passages and recording dates and identifiers to the selected provider. Audio files and voice profiles are not sent. OpenRouter may route to another provider. Provider data policies and account charges apply. Failed requests do not silently switch providers.
AI, transcripts and speaker attribution can contain mistakes or omissions. Check the original audio and source passages. Sharing uses your chosen destination; deletion requires confirmation.
Latest updates
3.0
A new workspace for your conversations.
• Cleaner recording, reading and source-linked Chat on iPhone and iPad.
• Continuous Apple Watch recording, paired-iPhone processing and durable transfer recovery.
• Included Small multilingual, optional Large multilingual, and restored Distil English-only transcription with accurate model status and recovery options.
• Local Apple Intelligence or optional downloadable Qwen3.5-4B.
• Readable speaker labels, preserved corrections, and bounded automatic-tag recovery.
• Library and conversation Chat scopes, inspectable sources and action previews.
• Optional consent-based cloud Chat using your own OpenAI, Anthropic or OpenRouter key.
2.0.3
Fixed Watch transfer queues that could get stuck after an app update or restart. Improved recovery of pending recordings and clarified transfer-queue errors.
Store changes
What Stenographer changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Description updated 
New iPad screenshots
New screenshots
6 screenshots (was 7)