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PodScope

Transcribe podcasts on your Mac. Yours, private, on-device.

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PodScope turns any public podcast feed into searchable, on-device transcripts. Free for casual use; a one-time Premium upgrade adds unlimited transcription, AI recaps, voice recognition, and publishable static sites.

See it in action

Every episode, at a glance
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Every episode, at a glance

Point PodScope at any public RSS feed and your whole back catalog appears — with download and transcription state visible per episode, so you always know what's ready to read.

PodScope is a macOS app for podcast listeners, researchers, and indie publishers. Point it at any public RSS feed and it downloads the episodes, transcribes them on your Mac, separates the speakers, and lets you search every word — all without an account, without uploading audio anywhere, and without a single third-party tracker.

How it works

Free — for casual listeners

The free version is the full app, capped for casual use:

  • Add any podcast from a public RSS feed
  • Transcribe up to 5 episodes in each project for free, using on-device Apple speech recognition
  • Work on one project at a time
  • Search every word of every transcript
  • Label speakers by typing their names
  • Listen with synced playback — tap a line, hear the audio
  • Export transcripts and metadata as TXT, Markdown, JSON, or CSV

That’s a real evaluation, not a trial. Add a show, transcribe a handful of episodes, search them, and decide if the workflow fits your work before you spend anything.

Premium upgrade

A one-time Premium upgrade unlocks everything. No subscription.

  • Unlimited transcription across unlimited projects
  • Higher-accuracy transcription using an enhanced on-device model that runs on your Mac
  • AI recaps — get a plain-language summary of every episode generated locally, no cloud
  • Voice prints — name each speaker once, and PodScope recognizes them automatically in every future episode
  • Reprocess earlier free transcripts at premium quality without losing your speaker labels
  • Publish a no-track static website — turn an analyzed feed into a self-contained HTML/CSS site with per-episode pages, transcripts, recaps, and built-in search. Drop it on a USB stick or upload it to any web host. No JavaScript trackers, no analytics calls, no external dependencies.

Premium is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. It restores on every Mac signed in to the same Apple ID and is shareable through Family Sharing. See the App Store listing for current pricing.

All on-device, by default

Aside from the one-time Premium model download from Magic Box’s content delivery network, PodScope makes network requests only to the public RSS feeds and audio hosts you tell it to load. Transcription, diarization, AI recaps, voice recognition, and static-site generation all run locally on your Mac. There are no third-party analytics SDKs and no advertising IDs. The privacy policy spells out exactly what touches the network and what stays on your Mac.

Requirements

  • macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later
  • Apple Silicon Mac recommended for fast on-device transcription and AI recaps
  • About 4 GB of additional download for premium models on first upgrade (one time)

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