Press kit
CouchNotes, in one paragraph.
Everything below may be reused freely in coverage. For anything else: hello@couchnotes.app.
CouchNotes is a macOS app that turns therapy sessions into clinical notes without sending a second of audio to the cloud. Local AI models transcribe the session (or the therapist's dictated summary — clients are never recorded in that mode) and draft a SOAP, DAP, or BIRP note that the clinician reviews and finalizes; the audio is then deleted by default. While cloud AI scribes charge $39–99 monthly to process sessions on their servers, CouchNotes is a one-time $199 license with no account, no subscription, and no server side at all — unplug the Wi-Fi and it keeps working. It's an answer to the question therapists' clients actually ask: "who else hears this?" Nobody. It never leaves the Mac.
Fact sheet
| What | macOS app that transcribes therapy sessions and drafts SOAP/DAP/BIRP notes entirely on-device |
|---|---|
| The hook | No cloud: local Whisper-family + LLM models. Session audio never leaves the Mac and is deleted on finalize |
| Pricing | $199 one-time license (early-access pricing via waitlist) vs. $39–99/mo cloud rivals |
| Platform | macOS, Apple Silicon (M1+); iPhone companion planned |
| Status | In development — waitlist open, beta soon |
| Who | Built by Dario Valles, indie developer |
| Contact | hello@couchnotes.app |
Founder note
"Every AI scribe asks therapists to upload the most confidential conversations that exist to someone else's servers, then points at a compliance badge. On-device AI made that architecture optional — so I'm building the version where the question doesn't come up. The session stays in the room; that's the product."
— Dario Valles, developer of CouchNotes
Assets
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