Go without the phone.
Fieldnote records on Apple Watch, even when your iPhone stays behind.
A private voice journal for Apple Watch
Leave your phone at home. Keep the thoughts that arrive.
Leave your iPhone behind. Speak into your Apple Watch whenever a thought surfaces. When you return, Fieldnote turns the recording into a searchable Page and adds a short Note only when there is something worth noticing.
No account. No server. No subscription.
The phone-free walk
The walk stays the walk.
No feed. No screen to carry. Speak, and keep moving. When you return, Fieldnote has made your recording useful without turning it into something you did not say.
Say it while it is alive.
One tap starts a quiet recording. There is nothing to organize while you walk.
Come home to a page.
Your recording moves to iPhone and becomes complete, searchable text.
Return when you need it.
Search every page, or tap a phrase to hear the exact moment again.
Notes, not answers
A short Note. Your full Page beneath.
Every transcript becomes a searchable Page. Correct transcription mistakes without changing the recording. When there is something worth noticing, Fieldnote leaves a short Note grounded in your own words.
No advice. No diagnosis. No invented interpretation. Some Pages need no Note at all.
Phrase playback
Tap a phrase. Hear the moment.
During playback, tap any phrase to hear that exact moment while the words follow along.
Nothing is rewritten into a cleaner version of you. Every word remains in the transcript.
Private by construction
Your journal is yours. We can’t read it.
Recording, transcription, and Notes happen on your devices. Fieldnote has no server and no account.
- 01No external AI service. Notes are made on your iPhone.
- 02No analytics, ad tracking, or collection of what you record.
- 03Audio stays local. It never syncs to a Fieldnote server or iCloud.
- 04Pages and Notes stay local by default. You may choose private iCloud backup; Fieldnote still cannot read them.
- 05It works in Airplane Mode. There is no network service required.
- 06Optional App Lock uses Face ID or your iPhone passcode and covers the journal in the app switcher.
- 07Export every Page and Note as ordinary Markdown or documented, versioned JSON. Audio is never included.
Buy once. Keep forever.
Fieldnote is available on the App Store.
Try every feature free for 14 days. Then unlock Fieldnote forever for $39.99.
One purchase. No subscription. Nothing expires.
Made for walking.
Start a recording on your iPhone or Apple Watch. The Watch works without your phone nearby and safely keeps the recording until it reaches your iPhone.
- Requires iPhone 12 or later with iOS 26.
- Recording, transcription, Pages, search, editing, phrase playback, and export work on every supported iPhone.
- Notes require Apple Intelligence on iPhone 15 Pro or later.
- The Watch app requires Apple Watch Series 6, Apple Watch SE (2nd generation), or later with watchOS 26.
The short answers
Before you leave the phone behind.
- Can Fieldnote record without my iPhone nearby?
- Yes. Start on Apple Watch and leave the paired iPhone at home. The Watch keeps the recording until it can transfer it safely to your iPhone.
- Does Fieldnote transcribe Apple Watch recordings?
- Yes. After the recording reaches your iPhone, on-device transcription turns it into a complete, searchable Page. No cloud transcription service is involved.
- Does Fieldnote upload my journal or use cloud AI?
- No. Audio stays on your devices. Transcription and Notes happen on device, and Notes use Apple’s on-device language model—not Private Cloud Compute or an external AI provider. Optional private iCloud backup covers Pages and Notes, never audio.
- Is Fieldnote a subscription?
- No. Every feature is free for 14 days. The full app is then a $39.99 one-time purchase with no weekly, monthly, or annual subscription.
- Which devices does Fieldnote require?
- Fieldnote requires iPhone 12 or later with iOS 26. Notes require Apple Intelligence on iPhone 15 Pro or later. The Watch app requires Apple Watch Series 6, Apple Watch SE (2nd generation), or later with watchOS 26. View Fieldnote on the App Store.
A note from the founder
Some of my clearest thoughts arrive only after I’ve left my phone at home.
On a long walk, something loosens. An idea becomes clear. A conversation takes on new meaning. Then I get home and realize I can’t quite find my way back to it.
I didn’t want another device to carry, another account, or another place my words had to travel. I wanted a small, private way to keep the thought without interrupting the walk. So I made Fieldnote.
Daniel · Second Act Labs