How BB Recorder stacks up
Honest, feature-by-feature comparisons against the best meeting recorders, dictation apps, and screen recorders on the market — including where they're the better pick.
vs the meeting recorders
Granola
Granola's notes. Without the cloud.
BB Recorder matches Granola feature-for-feature on meeting notes — enhanced summaries, templates, AI chat — and runs 100% locally when you want it to. Plus dictation and screen recording in the same app.
Read comparisonHyprnote / Char
Local-first, without DIY.
Char (formerly Hyprnote) got the local-first posture right. BB Recorder matches the privacy story and adds dictation, screen recording, a more polished experience, and an optional SOC 2 / HIPAA-compliant cloud when your team needs it.
Read comparisonvs the dictation apps
Wispr Flow
Flow's speed. On your device.
Wispr Flow is a fantastic cloud dictation product. BB Recorder is its local-first counterpart — same speed, custom cleanup prompts, pick any model, and you get meeting recording and screen recording in the same app.
Read comparisonAqua Voice
Aqua's accuracy. Your hardware.
Aqua Voice built a great cloud dictation product with screen context. BB Recorder gets you the same speed and accuracy with a local-first option, custom models, and meeting + screen recording in the same app.
Read comparisonvs the screen recorders
What nobody else offers all of
100% local, 100% private
Nothing leaves your device in local mode. Apple Intelligence, whisper.cpp, llama.cpp, Ollama — your choice. No bots, no cloud, no upload, no account.
Three products, one app
Meeting recorder, voice-to-text dictation, and screen recording — sharing the same hotkeys, library, folders, and AI engine. No three subscriptions.
Bring your own everything
Drop a .bin file, a GGUF file, point at your Ollama or LM Studio server, or BYO cloud keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, Deepgram.
Enterprise path when you need it
Pair with BuildBetter's SOC 2 Type II / HIPAA-ready cloud for team libraries, shared search, and admin controls. Opt-in, never automatic.