# The notes app for field journalists

> Take reporting notes offline, transcribe interviews on your phone, protect your sources at checkpoints and publish in English and French.

Canonical: https://ntilia.com/en/for/journalists
Updated: 2026-09-28

## In one sentence

nTilia is an offline notes app for journalists: one folder per assignment, photo and audio inside the note, interviews transcribed on the phone, Travel Mode to cross a checkpoint without your sources, then an article published in English and French.

## What an assignment demands

- Writing where the network drops, without preparing anything in advance.
- Keeping the notes, photos, recordings and places of one trip together.
- Transcribing an interview without sending a source’s voice to a server.
- Crossing a border or checkpoint without carrying the names.
- Turning notes into an article that is reviewed, dated and transparently corrected.

## How nTilia answers

1. **One Mission per assignment** — Name, place, time zone: new notes land there. Photo and audio go into the note or into Takes; GPS is optional and stays on a private map.
2. **Offline first** — Capture, dictation and editing without a network. Sync waits until nTilia is open, the vault unlocked and the network back.
3. **Interviews transcribed on the phone** — From Pro, Whisper runs on the device: audio is not uploaded. [mm:ss] timestamps take you back to the exact passage.
4. **Travel Mode at the checkpoint** — From Pro, an encrypted copy goes to a safe recipient (newsroom, desk), then the phone no longer carries sensitive notes. Bringing them back takes 24 hours, unless the recipient approves: it cannot be done under duress.
5. **Publish and correct** — A public journal in English and French, a dated correction note and every version archived. From Pro: indexing, IndexNow and WordPress or Ghost syndication.

## What nTilia doesn’t do

nTilia is neither a collaborative editing tool nor a newsroom CMS: it is the author’s tool, from the field to publication. And sync is not end-to-end encrypted, because a published article has to be readable: what leaves is private but readable by nTilia. Publishing is a choice: for anything that must never leave the phone, use device-only notes, encrypted at rest by the vault.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is the best notes app for a field journalist?

One that works without a network and protects sources. nTilia was built for that: offline capture, on-device transcription, an encrypted vault and Travel Mode. For team work at the office, a collaborative tool like Notion remains a better fit.

### Are my interviews uploaded to the cloud to be transcribed?

No. Whisper transcription runs on the device, from Pro. Audio is not uploaded to be transcribed.

### How much does it cost?

The Free plan is enough to write and capture offline. Pro, at $14 a month, adds local transcription, Travel Mode and the indexed journal.

## Go further

- [Travel Mode: the complete guide](https://ntilia.com/en/travel)
- [Story: Travel Mode at the checkpoint](https://ntilia.com/en/travel/story)
- [Story: from Bertoua to the desk](https://ntilia.com/en/field)
- [Guide: protect your sources](https://ntilia.com/en/guides/protect-your-sources)
- [Comparison: nTilia or Otter.ai](https://ntilia.com/en/compare/otter)
- [The best notes apps for journalists](https://ntilia.com/en/guides/best-note-taking-apps-for-journalists)