Record the story.
Keep the source.

Record interviews and turn speech into searchable text on your iPhone. Keep recordings, transcripts, and notes together. Share only what you choose.

For iPhone and Apple Watch

A reporter taking notes during an interview at a wooden table
Dispatch Record screen on iPhone
Dispatch · Record
01 Local by default

Your recording stays on the iPhone unless you choose otherwise.

02 Built for interviews

Mark useful quotes and keep interview notes with each recording.

03 Choose what to share

Select the format, transcript, and metadata to include in each export.

From first question
to final quote.

Keep the recording, transcript, and interview notes together so you can check a quote against the audio.

Dispatch Record screen on iPhone
Ready to record on iPhone.

Leave the phone
on the table.

Leave Dispatch open on your paired iPhone. Use your Watch to start, pause, resume, stop, or add a marker without picking up the phone.

How to control iPhone recording from Apple Watch
Elapsed recording time
See how long the iPhone has been recording.
Recording status
Animated bars indicate activity, not the audio input level.
Updates on reconnection
When the Watch wakes or reconnects, it receives the latest recording status from your iPhone.
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iPhone recording

Try the controls in this demo. In the app, the iPhone records audio and the Watch controls it while the devices are connected.

On your device
by default.

Recordings and transcripts stay on your iPhone unless you choose otherwise. You decide whether to use cloud tools.

01

Record and search locally

Record audio, search recordings, and use supported on-device transcription without uploading the interview.

02

Control access

Use Face ID, file protection, and recovery controls. Turn on end-to-end encrypted iCloud sync if you want it.

03

Remove metadata

Remove location and other metadata from the files you export.

Consent guidance is for information only. It is not legal advice.

Dispatch Settings screen showing transcription, Face ID, recovery key, and iCloud sync controls
Dispatch · Settings

Bring Dispatch to your next interview.

Keep the recording and transcript on your iPhone. Choose what to share when you're ready.

Download on the App Store

Available for iPhone. Apple Watch works as a remote.