AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Swift Scribe: On-device AI scribe using Apple's new Foundation Models
Despite the Liquid Glass controversy, our team is quite excited about the new on-device ASR model and Foundation Model Framework. It makes building local-first AI apps much easier, it was very easy to build a basic scribe app compared to our first iteration of our meeting note taker. Everything runs locally with zero cloud dependencies. With the option to combine with cloud models for more complex tasks, we hope to see more local-first AI apps. Microsoft just announced Foundry local as well, and it'll be interesting to see where they go with it. There are still some limitations with the…
Swift Scribe is an on-device AI transcription app built using Apple's Foundation Models framework. It converts speech to text locally on the device with no cloud dependencies, making it suitable for users who need… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Luke from ElevenLabs here. We just released Scribe Realtime v2, our new real-time Speech to Text model. We rebuilt it from the ground up around a new architecture that uses predictive transcription – it anticipates the next likely word before it’s spoken. That makes it both fast (around 150 ms latency) and highly accurate. Scribe v2 Realtime outperforms every low latency transcription model across 30 commonly used EU and Asian languages – 93.5% accuracy, compared to Gemini 2.5 Flash (91.4%), GPT-4o MiniTranscribe (90.7%), and Deepgram Nova 3 (85%). It supports 90+ languages including…
2025 · elevenlabs.io · its alternatives →
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Build with Apple's on-device AI, now open to developers
2017 · machinelearning.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! We were part of YC S24, ended up pivoting around. Made dictation that worked really well, and decided to go all in on agentic. We've done two major things. 1. Scribe is a revamp of our product. Continually learns your style (can get into details if comments want). TLDR; we fingerprint based off your edits, and make dictation sound more and more like you. Post-trained Llama 3.1 8b. 2. Dictation is completely free. Unlimited unpersonalized dictation for everyone.
Jul 2026 · willowvoice.com · its alternatives →
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Spellar for iOS▲304AI Conversation companion and note taker in your pocket
2025 · appsflyer.spellar.ai · its alternatives →
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Private, local transcription and system-wide dictation for Apple Silicon. - VladUZH/qwen-scribe
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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We built SwiftAI, an open-source Swift library that lets you use Apple’s on-device LLMs when available (Apple opened access in June), and fall back to a cloud model when they aren’t available — all without duplicating code. SwiftAI gives you: - A single, model-agnostic API - An agent/tool loop - Strongly-typed structured outputs - Optional chat state Backstory: We started experimenting with Apple’s local models because they’re free (no API calls), private, and work offline. The problem: not all devices support them (older iPhones, Apple Intelligence disabled, low battery, etc.). That…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Native Swift apps + a real cloud database. One prompt away.
Mar 2026 · nativeline.ai · its alternatives →
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Apple has quietly shipped a pretty complete on-device AI stack into macOS, with these features first getting API access in MacOS 26. There are multiple components in the foundation model, but the skills it shipped with actually make this ~3b parameter model useful. The API to hit the model is super easy, and no one is really wiring them together yet. - Foundation Models (macOS 26) - a ~3B-parameter LLM with an API. Streaming, structured output, tool use. No API key, no cloud call, no per-token cost. - NLContextualEmbedding (Natural Language framework, macOS 14+) -- a BERT-style 512-dim text…
Apr 2026 · cyberwriter.app · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! Built this because I was tired of waiting hours for transcription services and didn't want to upload sensitive recordings to the cloud. Real metrics from my M1 Max: 4.5hr video file transcribed in 3 minutes 32 seconds. Works completely offline. First 5 HN users who click the button on the page get it free. Literally promo code straight to the app sore Key differences vs Rev/Otter: - No 2-hour file limits (handles any length) - Timecodes stay accurate on long files (no drift from chunking) - Supports MP3, WAV, MP4, MOV, M4A, FLAC - Exports to SRT, VTT, JSON, PDF, DOCX, CSV,…
2025 · scriberpro.cc · its alternatives →
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This lets you talk to local LLMs in Apple Notes. I saw Obsidian Ollama (https://github.com/hinterdupfinger/obsidian-ollama) and thought it was handy, but I'm too lazy to migrate away from the Apple ecosystem, so I quickly hacked this together. I tend to use Notes as a scratchpad for prompts, so it's nice to do some quick inference without leaving the app. Notes doesn't really support plugins so I'm using the macOS accessibility API for reading selections and then stream responses using the clipboard (not ideal but it works).
2024 · smallest.app · its alternatives →
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Mneme AI ▲175Chat with your notes, documents and books on-device
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Spoke▲102Dictate into any Mac app by holding a key. Spoke runs fully on-device using local AI — no cloud, no account, no subscription. $9.99 one-time.
Mar 2026 · usespoke.app · its alternatives →
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Ultimate On-Device AI Transcription! private on your device.
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Whisper Notes▲115Offline AI Speech to Text Transcription for iOS & macOS
2025 · whispernotes.app · its alternatives →
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Local▲107Super excited to launch our new app Local today. What we’ve learned at Base Compute over the last months is that running AI directly on your laptop or workstation gives you maximum privacy and it’s free, but it’s also a massive headache to configure. So we’ve decided what matters is making the experience completely frictionless for users. Local analyses the hardware of your laptop, optimises the AI for it, and recommends the best models for your specific device. It let’s you do what you’re doing with cloud AI already, just for free and on your own machine: Chatting with PDF’s, Recording and…
Aug 2026 · basecompute.co · its alternatives →
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Harness local AI for notes
Jul 2026 · voice-to-md.xajik0.workers.dev · its alternatives →
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VoiSistant▲80AI-powered speech to text, tts, & translation Mac app
Oct 2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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On-device or Cloud transcription powered by OpenAI's Whisper
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Labs AI▲93Turn any text into natural AI voiceovers on iPhone
Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Lekh AI▲80Run powerful AI models on your Mac:fully offline and private
Jan 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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