The best capture tool is the one already within reach. Phrase records from your Apple Watch, Control Center and Lock Screen controls, and Home Screen widgets — and every capture runs through the same pipeline into the same searchable library.
Record from your wrist with a live timer and waveform. Task status and complications included.
Control Center & Lock Screen
Add the Phrase recording control and start a voice note with one tap — no unlock-and-hunt.
Home Screen widgets
Notes, lists, and todos at a glance, and a straight shot into recording.
The share sheet
Send audio files, PDFs, photos, and video into Phrase from any app.
From the wrist
Raise. Tap. Talk.
The Phrase watch app is a real recorder: live elapsed time, a moving waveform, and a proper red button. Watch-face complications put it one tap away, and recordings hand off to Phrase on your iPhone, where they become full structured notes.
Live waveformComplicationsTask status
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Same pipeline
Quick capture. Full-size result.
A ten-second wrist memo gets the same treatment as an hour-long meeting: visible processing, transcription in 100+ languages, a summary, and an organized, editable note with the audio attached. Quick in never means throwaway out.
Yes. The Phrase Apple Watch app records with a live timer and waveform, shows task status, and hands recordings off to Phrase on iPhone for note creation and organization. Watch-face complications give you one-tap access.
How fast can I start a recording without opening the app?
One tap. Add the Phrase recording control to Control Center or the Lock Screen, use a Home Screen widget, or raise your wrist and tap record on Apple Watch.
Do quick captures become full notes?
Yes — every capture runs through the same pipeline: transcription, summary, and an organized, editable note with the original audio attached, landing in the same searchable library.
Phrase for Apple devices
Capture at the speed of the thought.
Free on the App Store for iPhone, with the Apple Watch companion included. Every capture lands in one library on your device, synced through your own iCloud.