A voice notes app that doesn't upload your audio
Most voice-to-text apps ship every recording off to a server and give you no say in it. Anotea recognizes speech on your phone for everyday notes — and for the rest, the switch is yours: one tap and nothing leaves the device.
On-device for everyday notes, and you hold the switch
The speech model runs inside the app, so a normal note is transcribed locally and the recording stays on your phone. Short notes and dictation are always handled that way. A long recording is sent to the cloud instead, where it transcribes far faster and more accurately — that arrives switched on so the app is genuinely useful from day one, and it is a single switch in Settings. Turn it off and every recording, long or short, is transcribed on the phone.
It works with no signal
Because transcription happens on the phone, you can record and get text in a parking garage, on a plane, or anywhere with no bars. The features that need a connection are AI organization (sorting a note into a list or reminder), family sharing and cloud transcription of long clips — and AI organization sends the transcribed text, never the audio.
Private notes stay private
There is no account: no name, no email, no phone number, so there is no profile of you anywhere. A note you don't share isn't synced anywhere. Text sent for AI sorting is processed on the spot and isn't stored or used to train anything. Anything you do share with your family is encrypted on the phone before it's sent, with a key only your linked phones hold, so Anotea's servers relay it without being able to read it.
Quick comparison
| App | Transcribes on-device? | Works offline? | Audio uploaded? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typical cloud dictation apps | No | No | Yes |
| Built-in assistant dictation | Partial | Partial | Often |
| Anotea | Yes | Yes | Short notes never · long clips switchable |
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Frequently asked questions
Does Anotea upload my audio to the cloud?
Short notes and dictation, never — they are transcribed on your phone. Recordings over a minute use cloud transcription so they come back much faster; one tap in Settings turns that off.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Recording and everyday transcription run on the phone. AI organization, family sharing and long-clip transcription need a connection; AI organization sends text, never audio.
Who can read my notes?
Nobody else. No account, no email, no phone number. Text sent for AI sorting isn't stored; shared notes are encrypted before they're sent.