You're walking and ideas start coming. Stop and type each one? That's annoying. Keep walking and hope you remember? Good luck with that.
Memo fixes this. Hit record, talk, keep moving. The app handles the rest—transcription, formatting, even pulling out the important bits. No typing, no lost thoughts.
WORKS EVERYWHERE
Walking to work? Record. In a meeting? Put your phone on the table. At the doctor? Keep it in your pocket. Memo runs in the background and catches everything. You just talk.
ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDS YOU
The transcription is scary good. 12+ languages, and you can add your own words—client names, medical terms, that weird project acronym nobody can spell. It learns.
TURNS RAMBLING INTO REAL NOTES
Here's where it gets interesting. You talk for 20 minutes about three different things. Memo figures out what matters:
• The key points (not everything you said)
• Action items and deadlines
• Important dates you mentioned
• Formatted in clean markdown
CHAT WITH YOUR NOTES
"What did I say about the marketing budget?" Just ask. Memo searches your recordings, finds connections between notes, can even look things up online. The more you use it, the more context it has.
MAKE IT YOURS
Tell the AI how you like your notes. Short bullet points? Detailed summaries? Focus on action items? Set it once, or change it per recording. Your call.
ABOUT PRIVACY
Notes stay on your phone. Audio gets deleted after transcription (we don't want it either). Only the AI processing touches the cloud. We're not building a data business here.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
• One-tap recording, works in background
• Transcription in 12+ languages
• Custom dictionary for tricky words
• Auto-formatting and structure
• Action items synced to Reminders
• AI chat that actually remembers
• Search that understands meaning, not just keywords
• Export to Markdown, PDF, NotePlan
• Offline mode when you need it
PEOPLE USE THIS FOR
• Quick thoughts on the go
• Meeting notes (finally, good ones)
• Lectures and classes
• Interviews and research
• Doctor appointments (so you don't forget what they said)
• Lawyer and accountant meetings
• Therapy sessions
• Journaling without the typing
Try it. Your future self will thank you.
Terms of use: https://noteplan.co/memo/terms
Privacy Policy: https://noteplan.co/memo/privacy
I’ve been using this since the beta. Eduard has done an amazing job both at the pace and feature set of this app. The new note layouts are really useful for catching what happened in a meeting and I am using it often! Keep it up.
Developer Response
Amazing, thanks, glad you like it! Speaker detection is also coming so its easier to see who said what.
Memo AI Review
Datamill
Memo AI has rapidly become a central app for my workflow. Adding the Watch version has made it even better. Eduard has done some impressive work on Mamo AI and NotePlan.
Developer Response
Thank you for writing this review, appreciate it! And I’m happy that Memo is useful for you!
Needs work
EndoGI
Lots of potential, the only thing that I would appreciate is the ability to fully edit my transcript; right now you are limited to being able to edit just one word! What?! Otherwise, a good app
Developer Response
Thanks for your review. We made the conscious choice to not make Memo AI a note editor to keep it simple and focused. It transcribes audio and lets you correct individual misspellings. If you want to edit the transcription, you are free to export it into your note taking app of choice. In Memo AI, the transcription stays true to the original audio. You can also append audio if you need to correct an interpretation in the summary.
Great little app – for selected languages
HolyDuck
I really enjoy the app – and love to support the developer – but I should probably have thought a bit more about language support. Danish gets quite weird when Memo (and Apple) thinks it’s Dutch…
Developer Response
Thank you for the review, please submit a request to add Danish to the list of transcription languages (so you can select it directly vs “auto detect”). Many languages are supported, but we have added initially only the transcription languages in which the app itself is translated. Auto detection works mostly, but in similar cases can mix up things, that’s a limitation of the transcription AI model.
Memo AI 1.3: summaries get a whole new look, and conversations now come with speaker labels.
■ NEW
- Redesigned summaries with richer formatting and a structure that adapts to each memo.
- Speaker labels: Memo now detects who's speaking in a conversation. Tap a speaker to give them a name, and the transcript updates everywhere.
- Font themes: choose from five styles to make your notes feel like yours. They carry into PDF and image exports too.
- Action items are now grouped by date, so you can see what's due at a glance.
- iCloud sync: your memos, chats, and settings now sync securely across your devices.
- Import video files by sharing them to Memo, and it transcribes the audio.
- Explain selection: highlight any text in a memo, and select "Explain" to get more details about the selected text using AI.
- Export chats to save or share an AI conversation.
■ IMPROVEMENTS & FIXES
- More reliable transcription for long recordings, imports, and spotty connections.
- Better language detection for long recordings in a single language.
- Reorganized share menu: export formats first, copy-to-clipboard options grouped together.
- Fixed several crashes and sync edge cases.
---
Enjoying Memo AI? A quick review helps support independent development!
Version 1.3
The developer, NotePlan LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Purchases
User Content
Identifiers
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Supported Features
VoiceOver
Voice Control
Larger Text
Dark Interface
Differentiate Without Color Alone
Sufficient Contrast
Reduced Motion
Information
Seller
NotePlan LLC
Size
53.6 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.3 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18.3 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.3 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.