A tiny menu-bar app for macOS that records any call and turns it into a speaker-separated transcript with an AI summary — in seconds.
Built for focused work — meetings, interviews, lectures, sales calls. No sign-up. No cloud. Just your Mac and your AI key.
Click the menu-bar icon, hit Record. Captures microphone and system audio at the same time — no virtual audio drivers needed.
Verbatim transcripts with speaker labels, a crisp summary and a suggested title. Markdown, ready to paste into Notion or Obsidian.
OpenRouter, OpenAI or Google Gemini — your keys, your models, your bill. Gemini 2.5 Flash costs about $0.07 per hour.
Keep everything on your Mac or sync across your devices via iCloud Drive. You own the files — they're just markdown and m4a.
Drop an m4a, mp3, wav, mp4 or mov file. Recordium extracts the audio, compresses it and transcribes — same flow.
Optional: notice when Zoom, Teams or Google Meet starts a call and offer to record with one click.
Four steps from idle menu bar to a full transcript in your notes.
Click the menu-bar icon and hit Start Recording, or press ⌘⇧R. A red dot appears while capture is live.
Hit Stop Recording. Give your call a title and optional tags. Your audio compresses to an efficient m4a.
Choose Transcribe & Save. Recordium sends the audio to your selected AI provider using your key.
Open the Transcripts window. Play, search, export. Files live in ~/Documents/Recordium or iCloud Drive.
Recordium never sends your audio to us — because there is no "us" server. Recordings and transcripts stay on your Mac (or in your iCloud). Your AI key talks directly to your chosen provider. That's it.
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Yes. Recordium captures system audio plus your microphone, so anything playing through your Mac — Zoom, Teams, Meet, FaceTime, Discord, phone calls via Continuity — gets recorded.
No account. No login. You do need an API key from OpenRouter, OpenAI or Google to transcribe — that's what keeps Recordium private and inexpensive.
It depends on your provider. Gemini 2.5 Flash via OpenRouter runs about $0.07 per hour of audio. OpenAI's GPT Audio Mini is about $0.08 per hour. You pay the provider directly — Recordium takes nothing.
In a Recordium folder inside ~/Documents or your iCloud Drive — your choice in Settings. Audio is m4a, transcripts are plain markdown with YAML frontmatter.
Laws vary by country and state. Many jurisdictions require consent from all parties on the call. It's your responsibility to comply with the law where you are — and where the other participants are.
Recording works fully offline. Transcription requires an internet connection because it calls the AI provider you chose. You can always record now and transcribe later.
Recordium requires macOS Sequoia (15.0) or newer on Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
Your purchase is tied to your Apple ID — reinstall from the App Store and it's back. Your files stay where you put them (Documents or iCloud), so nothing is lost.