Cleft: AI Voice Memos 4+

I use Cleft to record my random musings when I get inspired while going about my day. I just press the widget on the Lock Screen and I speak my thoughts.

When I am in a position to review them, I am presented with a structured rounded out note of each, which has used the on-device AI. It does a great job even if my ramblings were not entirely coherent! It’s like a buddy telling me what they understood from what I said, and I can ask it to redo the note if I am not happy with the first attempt. It’s good at this and it can also help me clarify my initial thoughts.

There is always the option to view the actual words I spoke, in text form, that it heard and uses for its processing. I can also listen to the recording of my voice speaking those words to clarify anything it might have ‘misheard’ due to some background environmental noises.

I can search all the notes for specific words or parts of words to find specific or related notes which is very helpful. I can edit them in app, share them, and of course copy them to where I want to use them.

Cleft covers all the bases I need, as noted above, and does an awesome job.

Thank you, Michael, for such a detailed and thoughtful review! 🤘 We’re thrilled Cleft makes capturing and refining your musings so seamless. Knowing it feels like a “buddy” helping clarify and organize your thoughts is exactly what we aim for. If you have more feedback, share it at cleftnotes.com/feedback - Jonny

I’ve found this really helpful and I like that the free plan is good enough for the basic stuff I need, even if the paid packages do offer a lot more (I just don’t need them). The quality of transcription is excellent, apart from transliterated words from other languages of course, and the suggested formatting it gives me is very helpful. I usually want to edit to some degree its suggestions rather than accept them in full, but that’s easy enough.

Also does well in other languages (at least the one I use). I would like to be able to add my own words to a dictionary via a voice note that would then incorporate those, but that’s a minor thing.

Thank you for your thoughtful review, @Bulkamanlives! 🌟 We’re thrilled Cleft is helping you stay productive. Your suggestion to add custom words via a dictionary is fantastic—we’ll consider it for future updates! If you have more ideas, feel free to share them on our feedback board at cleftnotes.com/feedback. We’d love to hear from you! 😊
- Jonny

After reading strong reviews on The Verge (“ "You just talk, and the app turns your unordered thoughts into nicely formatted notes”) and on Lifehacker (“ Cleft’s best feature is its speed…great use of AI tools to make your life easier “), I had to try it and have not been disappointed. You can instruct it not to make AI enhancements.

Thanks so much @perada8 for taking the time to leave such a lovely review.
Anything you need, please reach out!
- Jonny