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Basil Private AI Note Taker

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Free

Basil Private AI Note Taker

by Michael Stajer

5.0 (4) v1.8.4 31 MB Universal 4+

Description

Basil is the on-device AI app for taking private meeting notes, transcriptions, and summaries — all without the cloud. Use it for live meetings or upload your audio and video files and get transcriptions with AI summaries.

Your voice, conversations, and meeting minutes stay secure and offline. No servers, no hidden tracking. Just fast, accurate AI that works anywhere — even in airplane mode.

Your data is never shared with any AI companies, it is never used to train any models.

Record live meetings or upload pre-recorded audio or video files.

Key Features
• On-Device Secure & Private – 100% private. No uploads, no sharing, no leaks, no AI cloud, no analytics.
• Offline Meeting Recorder – Capture voice, calls, and conversations without internet.
• Private Transcription – On-device AI converts speech to text instantly.
• Automatic Summaries – Get clear meeting minutes, action items, and highlights.
• Organize Notes – Searchable transcripts, export to CSV,TXT,JSON,PDF, share with your team.
• Hands-Free Recording – Siri Shortcuts & Action Button integration.
• 60 languages supported – Uses device language by default, or change it manually.
• Record live or upload audio files and get them transcribed and summarized on-device. Nothing shared.
• Choose between Apple's or WhisperKit's on-device transcription and summarization models.

Perfect For
• Executives & Lawyers – Keep sensitive meetings fully private.
• Doctors & Professionals – Secure patient conversations with on-device AI.
• Students & Journalists – Record lectures and interviews anywhere.
• Teams – Capture, summarize, and share notes without risking privacy.

Why Basil?

Most AI note apps send your voice to the cloud. Basil doesn’t.

With Basil, your meeting recorder, transcription, and summaries are all offline — powered by Apple’s iOS foundation models.

Your conversations stay yours.

Fully GDPR compliant.

Languages supported:
- English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, UAE, UK, US)
- Chinese (Simplified and Traditional)
- French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland)
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal)
- Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain)
- Turkish
- Vietnamese
- Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish
- and more!

If you use Apple's iCloud sync, your meetings and notes can sync.

Do you need a HIPAA or GDPR compliant AI note taker? Basil AI is the note taker for you.

Privacy Policy: https://basilai.app/privacy.html
Terms: https://basilai.app/terms.html

What's new (v1.8.4)

What's New in 1.8.4

We've streamlined Basil to do what matters most, beautifully: a clean transcript and a clear summary.

• Simpler, more accurate transcription — it just works, with a higher-quality on-device model for sharper results.
• New export options — share any recording as a TXT, JSON, or CSV file, with timestamps included.
• A cleaner, less cluttered Settings screen.
• Faster, more reliable processing and a more focused recording experience.

As always, everything stays 100% on your device. No cloud, no tracking.