Wave - AI Note Taker is an AI-powered transcription and summarization app designed for iOS, iPadOS, Mac (Apple Silicon), and Android that helps you capture, transcribe, summarize, and share audio from meetings, calls, podcasts, and other audio sources. It supports recording, importing audio, multilingual transcription, and customizable summaries, all accessible via a simple one-button interface. It emphasizes background recording, cross-device access, and easy sharing of transcripts and summaries.
How to Use Wave
- Record: Tap the red button to start recording audio (or phone calls) with unlimited recording in paid plans. Background recording allows you to use other apps or keep recording with the screen off.
- Transcribe: Wave transcribes the recorded audio using Whisper v3 for high accuracy.
- Summarize: The AI pipeline generates a concise summary from the transcription, with customizable length and format.
- Share: Share the audio, transcript, or summary via URL, PDF, or other formats.
Features and Capabilities
- AI-powered transcription and summarization
- Record on iPhone, iPad, and Mac with background capability
- Import voicemails, notes, podcasts, and YouTube videos
- Multilingual transcription support
- Customizable summary lengths and formats
- Sharing: URL publish, PDF exports, web dashboard (coming soon)
- Siri shortcut compatibility and iOS Action Button support on iPhone 15
- Web-based dashboard (coming soon)
- Cross-device availability (iOS, Android, with forthcoming web access)
Plans and Pricing
- Free: Limited to 30 minutes of recording per month
- Weekly Plan: $8.99 USD billed weekly — unlimited recording time, background recording in iOS, best-in-class transcription and summary, unlimited summary customization
- Monthly Plan: $21.99 USD billed monthly — same unlimited capabilities as above with web dashboard access
- Yearly Plan: $139.99 USD billed yearly — best value with unlimited recording and features
Safety and Privacy
- Wave emphasizes user privacy and provides details in its Privacy Policy.
Why Use Wave
- Capture crucial information from conversations and audio on the go
- Rapidly convert speech to text and extract actionable summaries
- Access transcripts and summaries across devices with upcoming web access
Core Features
- One-tap recording with background capability
- Fast, multilingual transcription (Whisper v3)
- AI-generated summaries with customizable lengths/formats
- Import from various audio sources (voicemails, notes, podcasts, YouTube videos)
- Shareable transcripts, summaries, and audio
- Siri shortcut compatibility and iOS action button support
- Web-based dashboard for management (coming soon)