Big thoughts.
Less typing.
Just yap.

100% on device
Works offline
No account
iOS 26 · macOS 26

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less typing,
more yapping

BigYap

A little yap goes a long way.

LIVE TRANSCRIPT

So we moved to L.A. My father gets the job at the Palm restaurant. My Uncle Junior works there, who is a Jehovah's Witness, believe it or not, he went from Catholic to Jehovah.

Stays on your Mac⌥ space to yap

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BigYap✳

Your thoughts, out loud.

Listening…

✧ LIVE

A little reminder to
take the scenic route
home today.

RecordHistorySettings

100% Private
NO internet needed

Privacy

Nothing to upload.
Nothing to leak.

Recording and transcription never touch the network. There is no account, no analytics and no server behind BigYap.

Runs on Apple's SpeechAnalyzer, the same on device engine behind Notes and Voice Memos.

App Privacy

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

MicrophoneOn device only
Network accessNone
TrackingNone
AccountNone
TranscriptsStay on your device

⌥ + space

Or any shortcut you like.

On the Mac

Dictate into any app.

BigYap pastes the text straight into the field you were in. Mail, Slack, Xcode, a form in Safari. It doesn't matter.

A native Mac app, not an iPhone port
Same engine and the same cleanup pipeline as your iPhone
Prefer not to grant Accessibility? The text lands on your clipboard instead

Cleanup

Your words, minus the ums.

Three on device passes, each one a switch. Nothing is destructive: turn a step off and the raw transcript is still there.

Latest 0:11

Trim silenceVoice activity detection cuts the dead air Remove filler wordsum, uh, you know. The list is yours to edit Correct with vocabularyYour names and jargon, spelt your way

Every iPhone on iOS 26

No Apple Intelligence required.

Apple's newest system dictation needs the latest Pro hardware. BigYap runs on any iPhone with iOS 26, and adds the vocabulary and filler rules the built in one doesn't have.

HistorySearch, favourites, undo delete, export all as text
Edit anywhereFix a transcript in place, on the Latest card or in detail
Siri and Shortcuts"Copy latest BigYap transcript"
Offline by designAeroplane mode changes nothing

Say it out loud.

Available for iPhone on iOS 26 and Mac on macOS 26.