Granola
Meeting notes that write themselves, with no bot in the call.
By Granola · since 2023 · granola.ai
B+ · out of 10
Granola listens to your machine instead of joining the call as a guest, so nobody sees a robot in the participant list. You type whatever scraps you want during the meeting, and afterwards it merges them with the transcript into notes shaped by a template you chose. A chat sits on top of everything you have ever recorded, which is where the app stops being a transcriber and starts being a memory.
How it scores
Features25% of score
6.2Depth and breadth of what the app can do.
Ease of use20% of score
9.2Speed, polish and how long it takes to feel at home.
AI15% of score
9.2Quality and usefulness of the built-in AI, not just its presence.
Sync & reliability15% of score
8.2How dependably notes move between devices.
Value15% of score
7.2What you get for what you pay.
Platform coverage10% of score
7.4How many places you can actually use it.
Pricing
$14/month
Free tier: Unlimited meetings with AI notes, chat, templates and shared folders, but only the last 30 days stay unlocked.
Business is $14 per user per month for unlimited history, better models, integrations and API access. Enterprise is $35 per user per month for SSO and admin controls.
Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- iOS
- Android
- Linux
- Web
32 tracked features supported
What it does well
- No meeting bot, so the call looks normal to everyone else
- Your half-typed scraps survive into the final notes
- Chat spans every meeting you have recorded, not just this one
- The free plan records without limits and does not ask for a card
Where it falls short
- Notes older than 30 days lock until you pay
- It is a meeting tool, so there is no real filing system for anything else
- No end-to-end encryption for conversations you may not want stored
- Nothing to edit or write outside of a meeting context
Our take
The best AI meeting notepad on the market, as long as you understand it is a meeting notepad and not a note app.
Best for: People whose week is calls, and whose notes are all about them.
Feature by feature
Capture & input
How notes get into the app in the first place.
- Voice recording
- Audio transcription
- Speaker identificationPartly
- Meeting recording
- Handwriting / stylus
- Drawing canvas
- OCR / handwriting search
- Web clipper
- Share extension
- Quick capturePartly
- ImagesPartly
- PDF & documents
- Document scanning
Organization
How notes are structured, linked and found again.
- Tags
- Folders / notebooks
- Multi-level folders
- Internal links
- Backlinks
- Graph view
- Databases / boards
- Daily notes / journal
- Note templates
- Saved searches
- Pins / favoritesPartly
- Merge notes
AI
Assistants, generators and meaning-based search.
- AI chat / writing assistant
- AI agent with toolsPartly
- Custom AI agents
- Semantic search
- AI web searchPartly
- Connected apps for AI
- Prompt templates
- Custom AI instructions
- AI memory
- Scheduled AI tasksPartly
- Flashcard generator
- Spaced repetition
- Quiz generator
- Fill in the blank
- Mind maps
- AI image generation
- Infographic generator
- Slide deck generator
- AI mini apps
- Brainrot video generator
- AI audio overview
- Bring your own model
- AI job notificationsPartly
Writing & editing
What the editor itself can actually do.
- MarkdownPartly
- Rich text
- Code blocks
- Math / LaTeX
- Tables
- Find and replace
- Version history
- Note info
Sync & data ownership
Where your notes live and how easily they leave.
- Cloud sync
- Sync through your own cloud
- Offline supportPartly
- Offline-first / own your data
- Self-hosting
- End-to-end encryption
- Locked notes
- Daily backup
- ImportPartly
- Export
- Public APIPartly
- Command line tool
- Remote MCP server
- Plugins / extensions
Sharing & collaboration
Working with other people inside your notes.
- Share with people
- Real-time collaborationPartly
- Comments
- Public sharing
Experience
The everyday polish around the writing surface.
- Dark mode
- Custom themes
- Multi-language
- Command palettePartly
- Split view
- Focus mode
- Home screen widgets
- Apple Shortcuts
