Sono Note does one thing well: record and transcribe audio without sending anything to the cloud. Best for anyone handling sensitive conversations who can't afford a data breach risk.
Who it's for: Professionals handling confidential conversations (lawyers, healthcare, finance), journalists, freelancers on client calls.
Who should skip it: Users who need the highest-accuracy transcription available and are comfortable uploading audio to a cloud service.
On-device transcription is accurate for clear speech in quiet conditions. It is less accurate than cloud-based services in noisy environments or with accented speech.
No. Sono Note performs transcription entirely on your device using on-device machine learning models. No audio is sent to any external server.
Yes. You can share transcripts as text files or copy them to other apps manually from Sono Note.
Sono Note supports the languages available through the on-device Speech framework on your iOS version. English is the most reliable; other languages depend on your device's local speech models.
This review is written by the developer of the app being reviewed. All claims are factual — the limitations section describes real trade-offs.