Siri Recap is the better fit when…
- You want a hands-free summary of a conversation on your wrist
- You have Apple Watch Series 12 or Ultra 4 and an iPhone 16 or later
- A summary is all you need
iki vs siri recap
Siri Recap remembers what you heard. IKI remembers what you kept.
Apple’s Siri Recap turns conversations into short summaries on Apple Watch. IKI’s Recap counts what you saved. They answer different questions. Here’s how they differ and where they meet.
Siri RecapIKI
Reads videosConversations onlyYes: Yes
Transcribes voicePartly: Summaries of conversations, no transcriptYes: Yes
Picks up screenshotsNot what it’s forYes: Yes
Answers with sourcesSummaries, not answersYes: Yes
Runs on the phonePartly: Apple Intelligence, on the device and in Apple’s private cloudYes: Yes
Siri Recap, shown on September 9 for Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, writes brief, high-level summaries of conversations you choose to capture, in the Siri app. By design it doesn’t produce a transcript or identify who said what, and summaries delete themselves after seven days unless you save or export them. It arrives in beta later this year, in English first. IKI’s Recap is about your library: what you saved today or this week, what it was about and the items themselves, counted on the phone, with nothing expiring. When you need a conversation kept in full, an IKI voice note keeps the audio and a full transcript as files.
IKI is the better fit when…
- You want a full transcript and the audio, kept as files
- You want a recap of what you saved: links, screenshots, reels and notes
- You want to keep things, not a summary that expires
side by side
The details.
| Question | Siri Recap | IKI |
|---|---|---|
| What it recaps | Conversations you choose to capture | What you saved: links, screenshots, voice notes, reels |
| What you get | A brief, high-level summary; no transcript | The items themselves, counted and grouped; voice notes keep a full transcript |
| How long it lasts | Deleted after seven days unless you save or export it | Nothing expires; every item is a file |
| Who said what | Not identified, by design | Not identified either; transcripts are plain text |
| Hardware | Apple Watch Series 12 or Ultra 4, with iPhone 16 or later | An iPhone with Apple Intelligence on iOS 27; Apple Watch optional |
| Languages | English first, more to follow | English, Russian, Portuguese |
| Availability | Beta, later this year | Available now |
Checked in September 2026 on Apple’s support page for Audio Intelligence on Apple Watch. Sources: Apple Support: Audio Intelligence on Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4.
credit where it’s due
Where Siri Recap wins.
Hands-free
It works from your wrist while you talk. There’s no phone in hand and nothing to start.
Built into the system
No app to open. Recaps sit in the Siri app and export to Notes or Journal.
Private by Apple’s design
The audio isn’t kept. Only the summary is, and only for a week unless you save it.
moving over
How to move over.
- 1They don’t compete for the same moment. Use Siri Recap for the gist of a conversation.
- 2When a recap is worth keeping, export it and share it into IKI. It becomes a file that doesn’t expire, and it shows up in IKI’s own Recap.
- 3For a conversation you need word for word, record a voice note in IKI, with everyone’s consent.
Start with one save.
It’s free to start, and every save is a file you own.
Free · iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac · Made for iOS 27
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