RecBlitz
Free · source available · macOS menu bar

Say it once. Get the note.

One click records your voice or your screen. RecBlitz transcribes it on your Mac and hands you a titled note, a Google Doc and a share link.

Download for Mac Source on GitHub
Version 2.1 · 1.8 MB · macOS 14+, transcription on macOS 26 · Apple Silicon and Intel
A screen recording in progress, the finished note and the result banner
How it works

From talking to a note in four steps

Dictation apps paste text into the window you are in. Screen recorders give you a video. RecBlitz gives you something you can find next week.

  1. Click or press ⌥⌘RA voice note starts right away. For a screencast pick Screen or Region first. Mic and System sound are two switches, both on, so an online call has both sides in the transcript.
  2. Transcribed on the MacApple's SpeechAnalyzer turns 25 seconds of speech into text in about half a second.
  3. A note in your folderMarkdown with a one-line title, an optional summary with next steps and the transcript. Your Obsidian vault works fine.
  4. Optional: Google DriveWith rclone the note also becomes a Google Doc, the video lands next to it and the share link is on your clipboard.
The menu bar panel, ready and while a video uploads
The panel

Everything in one small window

Language, what to capture, the record button and your latest recording with its actions. Same look as its sister app MeetingBlitz.

  • Mic and System sound as two switches, also for audio-only calls
  • Webcam bubble that is recorded into the video
  • Countdown, pause, restart and discard in a control bar that never shows up in the recording
  • Upload progress in percent
  • German and English interface
Compare

Where it fits

RecBlitzCapHandyVoiceInkQuickRecorder
Records the screenyesyesnonoyes
Transcribeson the MacCap AIon the Macon the Macno
Resultnote, optional Doc + Drive linkshare linkpasted textpasted textvideo file
Title + summaryyesnononono
Account needednoyesnonono
Stars (Sept 2026)new22.8k32.2k6.6k8.7k

For dictating into other apps, Handy and VoiceInk are excellent. For a Loom replacement with a team and a web player, use Cap. RecBlitz is for the case in between: you talk, and you want a note or a Doc afterwards.

Settings

Four tabs, nothing hidden

Settings tabs: transcript and notes, screen recording, Google Drive
Install

Two ways to get it

Quickest

Download the app

Unzip, move RecBlitz.app to Applications, then clear the download quarantine once:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/RecBlitz.app
Why the command? The app is not signed with a paid Apple developer account. The command tells macOS you vouch for it yourself. Only do that for software you trust, or build it yourself.
No warning at all

Build it yourself

Needs the Xcode Command Line Tools (xcode-select --install), about two minutes:

git clone https://github.com/Felixosk/recblitz-mac.git
cd recblitz-mac
./build.sh && open dist/RecBlitz.app

No window, no dock icon: RecBlitz lives in the menu bar as a small waveform. Google Drive, summaries and automatic language detection are optional, the README lists what each helper adds.