Lock Screen voice notes
Record voice notes from the iPhone Lock Screen
Hold the button and talk. The note is waiting.
Press and hold the Action button, or the Record control on the Lock Screen, and your iPhone records while it stays locked. A Live Activity shows the timer and a Stop button. When you stop, Grape saves the recording as a new note without opening, and on Plus and Pro it transcribes it on Grape servers and sends a notification when the text is in.
- 1Hold the Action buttonOr press Record in a corner of the Lock Screen or in Control Center.
- 2Say what you need toA Live Activity runs the timer, and the phone stays locked.
- 3Tap StopGrape saves the recording as a new note without opening.
- 4Hear when it is written downOn Pro, Grape servers transcribe it and a notification says when.
- 5Read the noteThe text sits under the recording, titled with your first words.
Starts from the Action button, a corner of the Lock Screen or Control Center
Records with the phone locked for up to 3 hours, the timer and Stop in a Live Activity
Every recording becomes a new note on its own, on every plan, without opening Grape
On Plus and Pro it is transcribed on Grape servers, with the phone locked and Grape asleep
A notification says Your voice note is ready, and a tap on it opens the note
On Lifetime the phone transcribes it, with the transcription model you set up
One press of the Action button
Point the Action button at Record Voice Note once, then press and hold it whenever there is something to say.
The phone stays locked
Nothing to unlock and no app to find. It records from the Lock Screen and saves without opening Grape.
A Live Activity while you talk
The timer runs on the Lock Screen beside a red Stop button, and Saved to Grape shows when you are done.
Written down while you walk on
On Plus and Pro, Grape servers transcribe it with the phone in your pocket, and the text lands under the recording.
Told when it is ready
Turn on AI tools and transcription in Settings, Notifications, and a tap on Your voice note is ready opens the note.
At your desk before you are
With sync on, the note and its transcript reach your laptop like anything else you write.
At a glance
From Your Voice to a Note
What goes in
Your voice, from the Action button, a Lock Screen corner or Control Center, on an iPhone with iOS 18 or later. Up to 3 hours a recording.
What comes out
A new note with the recording as an audio card, and on Plus, Pro and Lifetime the transcript under it, with its opening words as the title.
Which plan
Every plan records. Plus and Pro transcribe on Grape servers and tell you when it is done, and Lifetime transcribes on the phone with your own model.
The rest of the app
What Else Grape Does
Every part of the app is built around the same idea: keep what you write, and hand it back when you need it.
Your Notes Are Worth More Than You Are Getting Out of Them
Download Grape, point it at a folder, and see what one week of notes looks like when you can ask them questions.