Hi Product Hunt! 👋

I'm a solo developer from Japan running a one-person app studio, and this is my very first launch here. Excited (and honestly, a little nervous)!

Why I built PlacePod

Every transcription app I tried sent my audio to someone's server. Meeting recordings, personal voice memos, interviews — all uploaded to a cloud I couldn't see. That always felt wrong to me.

So I built PlacePod to do everything on-device:

🎙️ One-tap transcription for audio & video
📝 Auto-generated subtitle files (.srt) — ready for video editing
🌍 13 languages, with translation that works fully offline
🔒 Zero uploads. Your voice never leaves your phone.

The fun part

PlacePod disguises itself as a beautiful clock app. Behind the clock is an encrypted file vault — unlock with PIN, biometrics, or even your location. If someone tries to break in, it silently snaps a photo of them 📸

(Fun fact: the photorealistic clock faces were generated with ChatGPT. When you're a one-person studio, AI is your art department.)

Built with: Flutter for iOS & Android from one codebase, Claude Code as my pair programmer, and ChatGPT as my design team. Solo development doesn't feel so solo anymore.

Design, code, marketing — it's all just me, so your feedback genuinely shapes what I build next. I'd love to hear:

What would you use on-device transcription for?
Which languages should I prioritize next?

I'll be here all day answering every comment. Thanks for checking out PlacePod! 🙏