TinyScribe is a privacy-focused meeting notetaker. The Mac app takes notes in your meetings without you having to start it every time. TinyScribe is a menu bar app. It records calls in all meeting tools such as Zoom, Teams, Meet, Slack and FaceTime, and in the browser, automatically. No bot joins the meeting.
TinyScribe transcribes with Apple's SpeechAnalyzer locally on your Mac. Summaries are created with Apple Intelligence Private Cloud Compute. Your audio never leaves your Mac, and the transcript is never sent to any third-party AI. No API key, no model download.
Recording starts and stops automatically, or manually with one click. A red dot in the menu bar shows for as long as a recording runs. Microphone and system audio are kept apart in the transcript, and individual apps can be excluded from automatic recording.
Transcripts and summaries become context for your AI: TinyScribe ships an MCP server, so Claude and Claude Code can reach your meetings directly. Meetings go into the index for Siri and Spotlight, any transcript or summary can be copied as Markdown with one click, and everything exports as Markdown, PDF, rich text or audio.
TinyScribe talks to no external server other than your own iCloud. No account, no training on your data. Audio stays on your Mac and can be deleted automatically after a period you choose.
TinyScribe is written in Swift and SwiftUI and is under 10 MB. The download is free, the app can be tried for 30 meetings, then a one-time purchase is required. The app requires macOS 27 and Apple silicon. Summaries need Apple Intelligence and an internet connection. The app also works within the EU.
