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Record voice notes on Apple Watch.

Start recording from your wrist when a meeting begins, or catch a thought before it’s gone. On iPhone, one tap in Control Center or on the Lock Screen opens Phrase ready to record. Every recording becomes a note in the same searchable library.

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Where Phrase is one tap away

Apple Watch

Record from your wrist with a live timer and waveform. Put Phrase on your watch face and see each recording’s progress.

Control Center and Lock Screen

Add the Phrase record control. One tap opens Phrase ready to record.

Home Screen widgets

Recent notes, starred notes or open to-dos at a glance. Tap one to open it in Phrase.

On your Mac

Press ⇧⌘R or click record in the toolbar. The elapsed time shows on Phrase’s Dock icon.

From the wrist

Raise. Tap. Talk.

Phrase on Apple Watch is a real recorder: a running timer, a live waveform and a proper red button. Put Phrase on your watch face to start in one tap. Recordings go to Phrase on your iPhone, which turns them into full notes.

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Phrase recording on Apple Watch Ultra: a 12:48 timer, a live waveform, and pause and stop buttons.
The same full note

Quick capture. Full-size result.

A one-minute memo from your wrist gets the same treatment as an hour-long meeting: a transcript, a summary and an organized note you can edit, with the audio attached.

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FAQ

Quick capture, answered.

Can I record from my wrist?

Yes. The Phrase app on Apple Watch records with a live timer and waveform and shows each recording’s progress. Recordings go to Phrase on your iPhone, which turns them into notes. Put Phrase on your watch face to start in one tap.

How fast can I start a recording?

On Apple Watch, one tap: put Phrase on your watch face and tap it to start recording. On iPhone, the Phrase record control in Control Center or on the Lock Screen opens Phrase ready to record, and one more tap starts it. On a Mac, press Shift-Command-R.

Do quick captures become full notes?

Yes. Every recording gets the same treatment: a transcript, a summary and an organized note you can edit, with the original audio attached, in the same searchable library.

Phrase for Apple devices

Capture at the speed of thought.

Free to download for iPhone, iPad and Mac, with the Apple Watch app included. Every recording lands in the same library, which syncs through your own iCloud with Pro.

Start with up to 100 notes and one free media-to-note conversion. Pro adds unlimited notes, further conversions, AI features and iCloud sync, with the current usage allowance shown in the app.

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