Parley Notes is available on both Android and iPhone:
- Android: install from Google Play.
- iPhone: install from the App Store.
Parley Notes on your phone is for in-person conversations: a meeting in the room, a class, an interview or a call you've put on speaker. You press one button and when you stop you get a note with the summary, the decisions, who does what next and the full transcript. Parley Notes is a note taker, not a recorder: the audio is deleted once the note is written.
1. Home
Your day at a glance. If you've linked a calendar, your next meetings show up under Up next with a Record button on each row so the note starts with the meeting's name and guests already on it. Below that, what needs you today and a quick mood check-in.
2. Record
Tap Start transcribing and talk. The transcript fills in as people speak. Tap the red square when you're done and the note lands in your feed a few seconds later. You can give the recording a title and a folder before you start, attach a document for context or import a file or a link instead of recording.
3. Folders
One folder per client, class or project. A folder can set the note type for everything you file in it and each folder has a synthesis page across all its notes.
4. Hub or Journal
You pick which of these two sits in the bottom bar (Settings, Bottom bar). The Hub is where videos, podcasts, articles and files go to be written up. The Journal is a spoken diary with a mood check-in.
5. Tasks
Action items you've sent to your list, with due dates and owners and a link back to the note they came from.
Settings is behind your account icon at the top and Ask Parley is behind the sparkle.
Signing in
You can record your first note before you sign in. To get your AI notes and keep them on every device, sign in with Google, with Apple (on iPhone) or with an email address. Until then, Parley Notes keeps your recordings on the phone and writes them up once you're in.
An account is free and doesn't need a card. The free plan includes 200 minutes of AI notes a month. See Plans and what they include.
What's different on mobile?
A few things work differently on the phone compared with the desktop app:
- Calls in other apps: phones don't let one app capture another app's audio so Parley Notes can't take notes from a Teams or WhatsApp call running on the same phone. On Plus and Unlimited you can call from Parley Notes itself. See Calls on your phone.
- Live insights and meeting reminders: these are desktop features. On the phone, Home shows your next meetings instead.
- Templates: you can pick a summary style for any recording on the phone. Saving your own default styles happens on the Templates page in the web app.
- Transcribing on the device: available on the phone and in the desktop app with a model you download once. The web app always transcribes in the cloud.
Differences between Android and iPhone
- Record from the lock screen: on Android a notification in the shade starts a recording without opening the app. On iPhone, start from the app or from a calendar row on Home.
- Calendars: iPhone can show the phone's own calendars on Home. Both can link Google Calendar and Outlook.
- Buying a plan: through Google Play on Android, the App Store on iPhone. One plan works everywhere you sign in.
Getting help
If something goes wrong, you can report it from the app:
- Open Settings (tap your account icon).
- Choose Report a bug.
- Parley Notes shows you the diagnostics it collects before anything is sent, then opens your own mail app with them attached.
Describe what happened with the date and the title of the note if it has one and we'll look into it. You can also email support@parleynotes.com directly.