The quill writes up your meetings.
No accountNo cloudNo trackingWorks offline
See it work
Airplane mode on. It still works.
How it works
Record your meeting. Your Mac does the rest.
1. 1
Start from your menu bar
One click starts recording. There's no bot to invite and no link to paste. No one else in the call sees a third party join, because none did. 2. 2Talk. Both sides are captured.
QuickQuill records your voice and the other side together, in order. Turn on live captions to read along as you go. Everything stays on your Mac. 3. 3Stop, and the notes write themselves up.
When you stop, your Mac transcribes the whole conversation and writes a summary in the background. Review it, search it, export it. Nothing is ever uploaded. Live subtitlesRead every word as it's spoken. Even across languages.
Turn on the floating caption bar to read the conversation as it unfolds. Watching a call or a video in another language? QuickQuill translates it on the fly, using on-device translation. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Privacy by architecture
They promise not to read your meetings. We just can't.
Cloud notetakers promise not to train on your meetings. That is a promise about data they hold. QuickQuill holds none. The transcription and the summary both run on your Mac, so there is nothing to send and no one to trust. Switch on airplane mode and it all still works.
- On-device, end to endTranscription and summaries run entirely on your Mac. Neither makes a network request.
- No account, everThere is no sign-in and no profile. Nothing you record is tied to an identity, because there isn't one.
- Your recordings stay on your MacRecordings and transcripts are saved locally, kept for as long as you choose, and gone the instant you delete them.
- Dictation (push to talk), anywhere
- Custom vocabulary
- History and search
- Text and Markdown export
- Everything in Free, plus:
- Unlimited meeting capture
- File import (transcribe existing audio and video)
- On-device summaries
- Live subtitles and translation
- Every export format (SRT, VTT, subtitled video)
- Unlimited history Already tried it? Buy a license →
- Does it really work offline? Yes. Transcription and summaries run on your Mac. The only time QuickQuill touches the network is an optional check for a new version. Your audio and notes never go anywhere.
- Does a bot join my meeting? No. There is no bot and no link to share. QuickQuill records the audio your Mac is already playing, along with your microphone. Nobody on the call sees anything join.
- What do I need to run it? A Mac running macOS 26 or later. That's it. No account, no extra downloads to get started.
- Can I use it for things besides meetings? Yes. Calls, lectures, voice memos, a video you're watching. You can also import an existing audio or video file and have it transcribed and summarized.
- Is there a subscription? No. QuickQuill is a one-time purchase. Dictation is free forever, and buying once unlocks the full meeting workflow.
- Why isn't it on the Mac App Store? The system-wide hotkey and accessibility access it needs aren't permitted in the App Store sandbox. Buying direct also means faster updates and no store cut.
- Is Windows coming?
Read the full privacy policy.
Pricing
Own it, don't rent it.
No monthly fee. No seat you forget to cancel. Pay once, it's yours.
Free
$0forever
QuickQuill
$79$49one-time, launch price
Download for macOSBoth plans are the same app — download free, buy a license when you're ready.
The 14-day full trial starts the first time you record. After that, dictation stays free forever.
$49 is the launch price. It goes to $79 once meeting summaries, translation, and exports are fully polished.
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