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Granola alternatives for Mac
Granola made bot-free meeting notes popular. If you want the same idea without a cloud account, a subscription or a 30-day history limit, these are the options on a Mac — including when Granola is still the right call.
| Overheard | Granola | Meetily | |
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| Price | Free | Free for 30 days of history; $14/user/month after | Free; Pro $10/user/month (yearly) |
| Open source | Yes, MIT | No | Yes, MIT (Community) |
| Notes live | Files on your Mac | Granola's cloud | On your computer |
| Transcribes locally | Yes | No | Yes |
| Bot in the call | No | No | No |
| MCP for Claude | Free, all meetings | Yes; 30 days on free plan | Pro |
| Platforms | Mac | Mac, Windows, iOS, Android | Mac, Windows, Linux |
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Overheard vs Granola
The cloud service with apps everywhere versus a free Mac app that keeps your meetings as files — and lets Claude read them.
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Overheard vs Meetily
Two open-source, bot-free recorders: cross-platform with a Pro edition, or Mac-only with everything free.
How to choose
- You need Windows, a phone app or a team workspace → Granola, or Meetily if you want it open source.
- You want everything on your own machine with any local model → Meetily with Ollama.
- You're on a Mac and use Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Codex → Overheard: your meetings become something Claude can search and quote.
Each comparison links the pages its facts come from. Prices and plans change; check each product's site before deciding. Overheard is not affiliated with Granola or Meetily.