Trace – Offline Mac meeting transcripts you can flag mid-call

Most transcription apps force you to remember to hit record before your meeting even starts — lose that moment and you're stuck with nothing. This solo dev built Trace specifically because they kept walking out of hour-long calls with zero notes after MacWhisper required too much setup. The fix: a shortcut-driven Mac app that lives in your menu bar, runs fully on-device (so your conversations never touch the cloud), and lets you drop flags mid-call when something actually matters. It's another transcription tool, sure, but the combo of background-running simplicity and flagging on the fly is the move most of these apps miss entirely.