Aiko 
Aiko provides private on-device audio transcription for Apple platforms. Users should obtain recording consent, verify names and technical terms and protect exported transcripts.
Starting price Free
Tool Information
Aiko provides private on-device audio transcription for Apple platforms. Users should obtain recording consent, verify names and technical terms and protect exported transcripts.
Use authorized, non-sensitive inputs and minimum permissions. Configure privacy, retention, sharing, disclosure, accessibility, export, moderation and spending controls. Test representative cases, verify facts, calculations, citations, code and generated media, preserve originals and require accountable human approval before publication or action.
The reviewed app is available free, with no mandatory paid plan listed on the official product page.
AI output may be inaccurate, biased, derivative, insecure or misleading. Review consent, copyright, training and retention terms, renewals, refunds, platform rules and applicable law. Health, education, security, employment and customer-facing workflows require qualified human review.
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Pros and Cons
Pros
- Provides high-quality on-device audio transcription
- Runs OpenAI Whisper locally rather than uploading recordings to a cloud model
- Supports macOS; iOS; and visionOS
- Recognizes one hundred languages
- Accepts audio and video formats supported by Apple platforms
- Exports JSON; CSV; text; and subtitle formats
- Supports Apple Shortcuts automation
- Offers a full fourteen-day trial without automatic charges
- Uses a Universal Purchase across supported Apple platforms
- Can translate supported speech into English
- Provides timestamp controls
- Offers repetition-reduction and silence-skipping options
- Can auto-delete recordings older than seven days
- Supports Finder Quick Actions and iPhone Action Button workflows
- Is implemented as a native Swift and SwiftUI application
- Publishes extensive troubleshooting and workflow documentation
Cons
- Aiko does not yet support live transcription
- It does not provide speaker diarization
- Users cannot edit transcripts inside the app
- Built-in batch transcription requires external Shortcuts
- Whisper can omit punctuation or repeat phrases
- Accuracy varies substantially by language; accent; noise; and recording quality
- Traditional and Simplified Chinese may be confused
- The app cannot process OGG files directly
- Original transcription and English translation require separate runs
- Recordings are not automatically deleted unless the user enables that setting
- Local processing can use substantial storage; memory; CPU; and battery
- Long transcription can make a device warm or slow
- iOS requires the app to remain open during extended processing
- Meeting and lecture recording requires participant consent
- A transcript is not authoritative evidence and needs human correction
- The product is limited to Apple's device ecosystem
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- Share only authorised data, and read the provider's encryption, retention and model-training terms first.
- AI output can be incomplete or wrong. Verify facts, citations, calculations and code before you publish or ship.
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