Record, transcribe, and summarize meetings locally on your Mac.
No cloud. No meeting bots. No account.
$79 one-time purchase · includes 1 year of updates
macOS 15+ · Apple Silicon · No credit card required · Use forever
Hoeren processes your meetings locally on your Mac. Your audio, transcripts, and summaries are not uploaded to our servers.
| Data | Leaves your Mac? |
|---|---|
| Audio recordings | No |
| Transcripts | No |
| Summaries | No |
| Meeting notes | No |
| Telemetry | No |
| Account data | No account required |
| License check | Yes, license only |
No cloud transcription. No meeting bot. No data resale. No training on your conversations.
Press hotkey → speak → text appears instantly.
Works in any app: emails, notes, Slack, code comments.
Join a Zoom, Teams, or Meet call — Hoeren detects it automatically.
Get a full transcription and AI-generated summary with action items in seconds.
Automatically separates speakers in your transcripts so you can follow who said what.
No internet needed. Everything runs on Apple Silicon, right on your machine.
Zoom, Teams, Meet, Slack, Discord, Webex — detected automatically. Asks before recording.
Transcripts and summaries saved as Markdown, organized by date. Easy to search and share.
| Hoeren | Cloud meeting tools | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | $79 once + optional updates | Monthly or annual subscription |
| Access | Use forever | Ends when subscription ends |
| Where it runs | Local on your Mac | Usually cloud-based |
| Meeting bot | No bot joins your calls | Often requires a meeting bot |
| Account | No account required | Account required |
| Storage | Local storage | Cloud storage |
| Best for | Private Mac workflows | Team cloud collaboration |
Cloud tools can be fine for teams whose meetings hold nothing sensitive or commercially valuable — teams that simply don’t mind their conversations living on someone else’s servers. Hoeren is for Mac users who do care: keep your meeting notes private, on your own machine, never sent to the cloud.
“Finally a meeting tool that respects privacy. No cloud, no creepy data collection.”
— Developer, remote team
“I replaced a $200/yr subscription with a one-time purchase. Summaries are just as good.”
— Startup founder
“The push-to-talk dictation alone is worth it. I use it dozens of times a day.”
— Freelance consultant
Hoeren is a one-time purchase. You buy the app once and can keep using it forever. Your purchase includes 1 year of updates.
One-time purchase. Includes 1 year of updates.
After the first year
Renew updates for $39/year to keep receiving new features, bug fixes, compatibility updates, transcription improvements, summary refinements, and model fine-tuning.
Don’t renew? No problem. Hoeren keeps working. You simply stay on the latest version included in your update period.
No signup. No credit card for the trial.
Local taxes may apply depending on your region.
Hoeren is built differently from cloud AI tools. We don’t upload your audio, store your transcripts, sell your data, show ads, or monetize usage behind the scenes.
Instead, Hoeren runs locally on your Mac. The optional $39/year update renewal helps us keep improving the product: adding new features, fixing bugs, supporting new macOS versions, improving meeting detection, refining transcription and summary quality, fine-tuning local model behavior, and keeping Hoeren fast, private, and reliable.
Better meeting notes, smarter summaries, export options, dictation improvements, and new Mac productivity workflows.
Meeting apps, audio devices, and macOS behavior change. Updates keep Hoeren stable in real-world setups.
We keep improving transcription quality, speaker handling, summary structure, prompts, and local model behavior.
Apple releases new macOS versions, APIs, security rules, and hardware changes. Updates help Hoeren stay compatible.
No ads. No tracking. No cloud storage. No data resale. Paid updates keep Hoeren sustainable without compromising privacy.
No. Hoeren is a one-time purchase. You can use the app forever, even if you don’t renew updates after the first year.
You get Hoeren Personal, all core features, and 1 year of updates. The app keeps working after your update period ends.
You can renew updates for $39/year. Renewal is optional. If you don’t renew, you keep using the latest version you received during your included update period.
No. You never lose access to the app version covered by your license. You only stop receiving new updates.
It includes new features, bug fixes, compatibility updates, transcription improvements, summary quality improvements, model fine-tuning, workflow refinements, and ongoing maintenance.
Hoeren is a private, local-first app. We don’t upload your audio, store your transcripts, sell your data, show ads, or monetize your usage. Paid updates make ongoing development sustainable.
Yes. You can renew updates later if you want to get the latest version again.
No. Your audio, transcripts, and summaries stay on your Mac. Hoeren does not use your meetings to train models.
Yes. Hoeren uses WhisperKit and Apple Intelligence models that run entirely on Apple Silicon. No internet connection is needed for transcription or summaries.
No audio or transcript data ever leaves your Mac. The only network requests are for license verification and update checks — no user data is sent.
Hoeren uses Apple’s Neural Engine on M-series chips, keeping CPU usage minimal. During active transcription, memory usage may reach several gigabytes depending on the model size you choose. The app is idle when not recording.
macOS 15 (Sequoia) or later, running on Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4, M5 or above). Intel Macs are not supported.
Hoeren supports all languages available in the Whisper model — over 90 languages including English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese, and more. See the full list of supported languages.
Yes. The free trial lasts 30 days with all features unlocked. No account or credit card required.
Buy Hoeren once for $79 and use it forever. Your purchase includes 1 year of updates. After that, renew updates only if you want the latest features, fixes, compatibility updates, and model improvements.
No subscription · No cloud upload · No account · Optional updates after year one