Lecture Recorder – Earnote

Earnote takes notes in your lectures for you. Put your iPhone on the desk, start recording and turn the screen off. When the lecture is over, your notes are ready: structured, with the key terms, open tasks and flashcards to study with.

FREE AND PRIVATE • No account, no ads, no subscription • Your recording stays on your iPhone • Speech recognition runs on the device

HOW YOUR NOTES ARE WRITTEN – YOU CHOOSE • On this iPhone: offline, everything stays on the device (newer iPhones) • With your Mac: your iPhone records, Earnote on your Mac writes the notes and sends them back • Free with Google or OpenRouter: with your own key, set up in three steps

RECORD LIKE A VOICE RECORDER • Keeps going with the screen off, for hours • Pauses for phone calls, continues with AirPods • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Start from Control Center, the Action button, a widget or Siri

STUDY • Flashcards from every lecture, quiz yourself right in the app • PDF study sheets • Export for Anki • Areas for each subject, with your own instructions for the notes

EVERYWHERE YOU WORK • Automatically to Notion, Obsidian, a folder, Todoist or Reminders • Share as text, PDF or Anki file • Import recordings from Voice Memos or WhatsApp

EARNOTE PRO – ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION • Recognize speakers: who said what • Ask questions about your notes • Tap “Important” – the moment lands in the exam radar • Translate notes and transcripts Try every feature three times for free. Everything else stays free.

Earnote is open source (MIT) and also available for the Mac: earnote.dev

Please get everyone's consent before recording – in lectures, the lecturer's permission.

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