Memoth

Memoth is a personal AI voice-notes app for Apple users who record conversations, meetings, interviews, or everyday thoughts and want them turned into structured, searchable notes. It is particularly suited to people who move between iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch, imported audio, and WhatsApp. The deciding issue is its shared monthly allowance: every source consumes the same quota.

Overview

Memoth records on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, imports audio files, and accepts WhatsApp voice messages through a bot. It can produce transcripts, summaries, speaker labels, highlights, translations, and action items, while transcript search helps retrieve specific material later. That makes it more capable than a simple dictation tool for classes, interviews, research, sales calls, and personal journaling.

On Mac, meeting detection captures computer audio locally without a bot, calendar access, or a meeting invitation. It works with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Webex, FaceTime, Slack huddles, and other Mac audio sources. This is a strong fit for people who want unobtrusive capture, though the feature requires a Pro plan. Memoth stores recordings, notes, and transcripts in the device library and synchronizes them through the user’s own iCloud rather than a Memoth database. Uploaded audio remains as an AES-256-encrypted backup for 30 days before automatic deletion. Memoth says recordings are not sold or used to train AI models, and its third-party AI providers are contractually barred from training on them.

Key features

Capture and transcription

Offline recording supports situations where a connection is unavailable. Audio imports and WhatsApp processing broaden the workflow beyond live recording, but imported files and WhatsApp messages count against the same monthly recording allowance as app recordings. Users handling many long files should therefore monitor usage rather than assume imports are free of quota.

Meeting intelligence

Real-time transcription with live speaker labels supports 23 languages and is a Pro feature. Memoth’s meeting chat lets users ask questions using a meeting’s transcript, summary, speakers, and action items as context, turning the resulting record into something they can query instead of merely read.

Actions and sharing

On Pro plans, extracted action items can sync to Apple Reminders. Pro also adds audio export and sharing, while unlimited folders arrive with that tier. The service supports transcription in 99 languages overall, although live speaker-labelled transcription has the narrower 23-language coverage.

Pricing

Guest — free. This no-account option allows one recording of up to three minutes with full AI transcription. It is useful for a quick trial, but the single-recording cap makes it unsuitable for an ongoing archive.

Free — free account. The allowance is 10 minutes per month, with iPhone and iPad recording, AI transcription and summaries, audio import, and up to three folders. It suits occasional short notes; frequent meetings or imported recordings will exhaust the quota quickly.

Pro — $9.99 a month, billed monthly. The quota rises to 15 hours per month and adds Mac meeting detection, Apple Watch recording, the WhatsApp bot, Apple Reminders sync, audio export and sharing, and unlimited folders. This is the practical choice for regular Apple-device users who need meeting capture and integrations, provided 15 hours covers all recordings, imports, and WhatsApp messages combined.

Pro Plus — $24.99 a month, billed monthly. It provides 40 hours per month, all Pro features, and the ability to record every meeting. It is aimed at heavy meeting schedules and high-volume capture; lighter users are paying mainly for additional capacity.

Platforms

Memoth is offered as an extension plus iOS and macOS apps. Mobile recording covers iPhone and iPad, while Mac supplies meeting detection and computer-audio capture. Apple Watch recording is included on Pro. Offline recording is supported, and synchronization uses the customer’s iCloud.

Who it's for

Students, freelancers, founders, researchers, journalists, professionals, sales teams, client-facing workers, and personal voice-note users are all plausible fits. It is strongest for Apple-centered workflows that combine personal recordings with meetings and need searchable transcripts and follow-up actions. Android and Windows users, or anyone needing a large uncapped import workflow, should look elsewhere.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Local Mac meeting capture avoids bots, calendar permissions, and invitations.
• Pro: iCloud-based storage keeps the primary library in the user’s device ecosystem.
• Pro: Transcripts, speaker labels, summaries, translations, highlights, action items, search, and meeting chat cover the full path from audio to follow-up.
• Con: Recordings, imports, and WhatsApp messages draw from one monthly allowance, so mixed workflows can consume time faster than expected.
• Con: The free tiers are tightly capped at one three-minute Guest recording or 10 minutes per month.
• Con: Live speaker-labelled transcription is limited to 23 languages despite 99-language transcription support overall.

Alternatives

Choose AudioPen instead if you need Android, web, or Windows access, with a free tier covering recordings up to three minutes and transcription and rewriting.

Voicenotes is a better fit for cross-platform users who want unlimited recordings on its Basic plan, alongside 100 weekly transcription minutes and a 30-day history.

Pick Audionotes for unlimited one-minute voice notes, unlimited text notes, and transcripts and summaries across 99+ languages.

VoiceJournal suits users who prefer a 10-note free allowance with two-minute recordings and a basic AI transcription tier.

Choose Cleft for iOS and macOS when five-minute recordings, on-device transcription, tags, search, and export are the priority.

Memex is a free Android and iOS alternative, with AI features requiring a configured model service that may incur provider charges.

Murble is another option for Android, iOS, and macOS users seeking unlimited recording and on-device transcription.

PlancyAI fits Android and web users who want five voice memos or notes per day, 100 voice minutes per month, and a seven-day Pro trial.

Verdict

Memoth is a strong choice for Apple users who want one privacy-conscious workflow for recordings, Mac meetings, imported audio, and WhatsApp messages, with AI-generated notes and searchable transcripts. Choose Pro when meeting detection, Apple Watch, Reminders, or WhatsApp matter; choose Pro Plus only if 15 hours is not enough. Look elsewhere if you need Android or Windows support, or if a shared monthly quota across every audio source does not fit your volume.