Who said what
Every voice told apart, also several people around one Mac. The people who agreed are recognised in later meetings.
Meeting notes for Mac
Your meetings become knowledge.
Roundnote records and transcribes your meetings on your Mac, and remembers who said what. Later, find what was agreed in Roundnote, or ask Claude and ChatGPT.
- On your Mac
- No account
- 100 languages
Coming soon to the Mac App Store
See how it works
5 meetings free, then €29 once (later €39). No subscription. For Macs with Apple silicon and macOS 26.
You remember the meeting. Not what was agreed.
Decisions, promises and figures disappear into notes nobody reads again. Roundnote keeps them, and finds them when you need them.
- Did we say this Friday or next?
- Which price did we give them?
- Who was sending the plan?
How it works
Record. Review. Ask.
Record
A call in Teams, Zoom or any other app, a meeting in a room, or your iPhone. Roundnote reminds you to ask the others first.
Review
Who said what, a summary with the decisions, and every action item with who and by when.
Ask
Search every meeting, or ask Claude or ChatGPT what was agreed, weeks later.
Claude, ChatGPT and MCP
Stop searching your notes. Start asking questions.
Roundnote gives Claude and ChatGPT your meeting history, on your Mac and only when you ask. Ask in your own words; the answer comes from your own meetings.
- What did we agree with Acme last Thursday?
- Which actions did I promise in our project meetings?
- What changed between our last two planning meetings?
- Prepare me for my next meeting with Acme: what's still open?
- From your own meetings, with the meeting and the moment it was said.
- Saved back: a refined summary, decisions, action items, a title or tags, marked as the assistant's.
- Only what you allow. Hide a meeting, or a whole category, from assistants. They never see voice profiles.
- Not using an assistant? Search, summaries and action items all work in Roundnote itself.
Features
Everything a meeting leaves behind
100 languages, also mixed
Each turn in its own language, translated live or afterwards if you like.
Decisions and action items
A summary shaped by the kind of meeting, and every action item in one list, on to Reminders.
Find anything
Search what was said, also in other words or another language, and jump to the moment.
Sent to everyone invited
From Mail or Outlook, with no server in between.
iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch
Free apps that record anywhere and send the recording to your Mac.
While the meeting runs
The words as they're spoken, in your language
A small window beside your call shows who says what, a second or two after it's said, translated if you like.
Live text
A preview while you talk. The full transcript follows when the meeting ends.
Speakers as they talk
Click a label to name a voice; the name carries into the meeting.
Live translation
Into the meeting's main language or one you pick, on your Mac.
Marks and notes
⌃⌥M marks a moment from any app. Both steer the summary.
Privacy
Private by design
Recording, transcribing and recognising voices happen on your Mac. Nothing leaves unless you choose it, and every meeting shows what did.
- Voices only with consent. Name for This Meeting Only is the default, and voice profiles never leave your Mac.
- Assistants see only what you allow, and only when you ask.
- Asked first. An AI service gets nothing until you allow its server.
- Locked and gone. Touch ID, and old meetings deleted after a set time.
One price, no subscription
Try everything on your first 5 meetings. If Roundnote earns its place, buy Pro once.
Free
€0
- Your first 5 meetings, with every feature
- Recording on iPhone, iPad and Watch, always
- Your meetings stay usable after that
Roundnote Pro Launch price
€29 once, later €39
- Unlimited meetings
- Mac, iPhone, iPad and Watch: one purchase
- On all your Macs with the same Apple Account
Bought in the app through the App Store; Apple sets the price in other currencies. After the free meetings, new recordings are kept until you upgrade. An AI service you connect yourself charges you separately.
Made by I-DEV B.V. in the Netherlands. No Roundnote account, and no trackers on this website.
More than a transcript
Most tools give you the transcript of one meeting. Roundnote keeps all of them, and lets you ask.
| Roundnote | A transcription app | A cloud note-taker | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where meetings are processed | On your Mac | Often on your Mac | On the provider's servers |
| Voices recognised in later meetings | Yes, with consent | Usually not | Varies, in the cloud |
| Every action item in one list | Yes, from every meeting | Usually per file | Often |
| Ask across all your meetings | In Roundnote, Claude and ChatGPT | Usually one file at a time | In their own app |
| Meetings that switch language | Each turn in its own language | Varies | Often one language per meeting |
| Price | €29 once | Often once | A subscription, per person |
Questions
Do I need Claude or ChatGPT?
No. Recording, transcripts, summaries, decisions, action items and search all work in Roundnote on its own. Claude and ChatGPT are for asking across your meetings in your own words, if you use them.
Which meeting apps does Roundnote record?
Teams, Zoom, Webex, FaceTime, Slack, Discord and calls in a browser: Roundnote notices when a call starts and records your microphone and the call's sound. A meeting in a room records with Record Now or on your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch, and any audio or video file can be dropped in.
Does Roundnote join my Teams or Zoom call?
No. It records on your Mac: your microphone and the sound of the call app. Because the others don't see a bot, tell them you're recording: Roundnote reminds you every time, and Copy Consent Line gives you a line to paste in the chat.
Who can see my meetings?
Only you, on your Mac. There's no Roundnote server or account, so we never receive them. A meeting leaves your Mac only when you choose: an AI service you set up, an assistant you ask, an email you send. Each meeting lists where it went, under What left this Mac.
How is Roundnote different from Otter, Fireflies or Granola?
Mostly in where your meetings go. Otter.ai and Fireflies.ai usually add a notetaker to the call, and transcribe and keep your meetings on their servers. Granola doesn't join the call, but transcribes and summarises in the cloud, and doesn't keep the recording. Roundnote transcribes, recognises voices and summarises on your Mac, unless you choose an AI service, and keeps the recording with the transcript. It's bought once; their paid plans are a subscription per person.
Does Roundnote work offline?
Yes. Transcribing and recognising voices run on-device, with the models built into the app, and need no internet connection. Summaries are written on your Mac too, by Apple Intelligence or by Gemma 4, which is a one-time download.
Which languages does it understand?
100 languages: 25 European ones with the built-in speech model, including English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish and Italian, and the others through Whisper. Meetings that mix languages work, because each turn's language is recognised. The app itself is in English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish and Italian.
How do Claude and ChatGPT reach my meetings?
Through Roundnote's MCP server, a small program in the app that the Claude desktop app, Claude Code or the ChatGPT desktop app starts on your Mac; Settings › Assistants adds it. The assistant looks up only what your question needs and sends that to its own service as part of your chat. It never sees voice profiles or meetings set to Hide from Assistants, and each meeting lists it under What left this Mac.
What do I need?
A Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 26 or later. Summaries by Apple Intelligence need Apple Intelligence switched on; Gemma 4 takes about 5 GB of disk space. Prefer a service? Use OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Groq or any OpenAI-compatible address, or a model server on your own Mac such as Ollama or LM Studio. The iPhone and iPad app needs iOS 18 or iPadOS 18, the Watch app watchOS 11.
Do I need an account or a subscription?
No. There's no Roundnote account and no subscription: 5 meetings free, then Pro once, for €29 at launch and €39 after that. Only an AI service you choose to connect has its own account and costs.
Is the transcript always right?
No transcript is. Names, crosstalk and poor sound cause mistakes, and summaries and translations can miss or get things wrong. Check what matters against the recording; fixing a line takes a click.
More answers on the support page.
Record privately. Remember everything.
Roundnote is coming to the Mac App Store: 5 meetings free, then €29 once. Questions until then? Write to support@roundnote.eu.