What Tablif read on Offhand: Private Voice Notes's site
Offhand: Private Voice Notes describes itself as: “Offhand — Private Voice Notes with On-Device AI for iPhone and Android”
- Price model: One-time · Yearly · free tier
- Free tier: Free forever
- Stage: Live, no waitlist
- How it differs: “Offhand can't leak your notes to the cloud, because there is no cloud.”
What it is
Calls itself “meeting transcription” and “voice notes”.
- Calls itself: meeting transcription · voice notes
“Voice notes, meeting transcription, and AI note structuring — in one private app.”
“Offhand records your voice notes, meetings, and dictations, then transcribes and rewrites them into structured, readable notes”
Where it puts itself
Claims “100% offline”.
- Superlative claim: 100% offline
“Most voice apps send your audio to a server and promise to be careful with it. Offhand can't leak your notes to the cloud, because there is no cloud.”
“Offhand records voice notes and meetings and turns them into structured notes with AI that runs 100% offline on your phone.”
What it costs
One-time purchase and yearly plan. A free tier, free forever. Trial: “14-day”. No monthly plan.
- One-time: yes
- Monthly: no
- Yearly: yes
- Free plan: free forever
- Trial: 14-day
“No subscription required.”
“Offhand Pro is an optional upgrade for your own note styles, PDF and Word export, smart calendar suggestions and audio file import: yearly with a 14-day free trial, or one lifetime purchase.”
Who it sells to
Sells to consumers. Available in 7 languages.
- Sells to: consumers
- Languages: 7 languages
“Free on Google Play and the App Store. Say something — Offhand will make sense of it.”
“On-device speech recognition (Whisper) turns your voice to text right on your phone — in English, German, Spanish, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian and Ukrainian.”
How it runs
A mobile app for Android, iOS, iPadOS and macOS. Runs locally and works offline. Distributed through the App Store and Play Store. Open source. AI is the core of the product. Built with Umami.
- Kind: mobile
- Runs on: Android · iOS · iPadOS · +1
- Runs where: on the device, offline
- Distributed via: App Store · Play Store
- Open source: yes
- AI role: core to the product
- Analytics: Umami
“Free · Open source · Android 12+ · iOS 18+ · iPad & Apple Silicon Mac”
“Offhand records voice notes and meetings and turns them into structured notes with AI that runs 100% offline on your phone.”
What it works with
Names Fireflies, Otter and 1 more on its pages.
- Names: Fireflies · Otter · Whisper
“How is Offhand different from Otter, Fireflies, or other AI note-takers?”
“Offhand records voice notes and meetings and turns them into structured notes with AI that runs 100% offline on your phone.”
What it offers as proof
Live, no waitlist. Try it without signing up.
- Trial asks for: nothing
“No account, no tracking There is nothing to sign up for and no profile of you to build.”
Sources
Tablif read these pages, last on 30 Sept 2026. Everything above is what the product says about itself; Tablif does not verify every claim.
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