No-bot meeting notes.Written the way you write.
Take rough notes during the call. When it's over, the Recorder turns them into a clean summary — without sending a bot to your meeting.
Built for back-to-back meetings
No bots on the call
Recorder captures system audio directly through ScreenCaptureKit. Nothing joins your meeting, nothing appears in the participant list.
Meeting-aware
Auto-starts when a detected meeting begins, links the recording to the right calendar event, and can prompt you to jump straight into notes.
Notes that enhance themselves
Jot rough notes during the call. When the meeting ends, the Recorder merges them with the transcript into a clean summary.
Template-based summaries
Pick a built-in template or create your own. Customer discovery, 1:1, standup — use the format your team expects.
Chat with the transcript
Catch-me-up surfaces the last five minutes in three bullets. Ask questions across any recording, using local or cloud models.
Folders and library
Organize recordings into folders directly from the sidebar. Filter the library by folder, rename, and move files without leaving the app.
Speaker diarization
Know who said what. Transcripts are color-coded by speaker, with optional relabeling and diarization fallbacks.
Local by default
Runs entirely on your device with Whisper, Apple Intelligence, or Parakeet. Use cloud providers only when you explicitly opt in.
See it in action
A quick walkthrough of the meeting recorder
Pick your transcription and AI stack
Run everything locally with Apple Intelligence, Whisper, or Ollama. Or bring your own keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, and Deepgram. BuildBetter never sits in the path for BYO traffic.
Apple Intelligence
On-device foundation models on macOS 26+. Zero setup, zero network.
whisper.cpp
Runs Whisper natively on your Mac. Pick a managed model, or drop your own .bin file — any Whisper-compatible model works.
llama.cpp
Drop any GGUF file (Llama, Qwen, Mistral, Phi, Gemma, DeepSeek — whatever you want) and run local chat and cleanup without a server.
Parakeet
NVIDIA's fast on-device transcription engine. Models download and manage from inside the app.
Ollama
Point the Recorder at your local Ollama server (OpenAI-compatible) and use any model you’ve pulled — Llama, Qwen, Mistral, DeepSeek, and more.
LM Studio
Point at your LM Studio OpenAI-compatible server for private local inference with a GUI model manager.
OpenAI
Bring your own key for GPT-4.1, GPT-5, and more via your own account.
Anthropic
BYO key for Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Opus. Top-tier summaries and chat.
Groq
Ultra-fast inference. BYO key for live transcription and chat.
Deepgram
Low-latency cloud transcription with strong multi-speaker accuracy.
BuildBetter
Sign in to use BuildBetter-hosted AI across transcription, chat, and cleanup.
BYO cloud keys route traffic from your Mac directly to the provider — BuildBetter is never in the path. For local models, drop a .bin (whisper.cpp) or .gguf (llama.cpp) file and it just works.
Works where you do
macOS
Full-featured desktop app
- All three products
- Apple Silicon native
- Universal binary
Windows
Full-featured desktop app
- All three products
- Intel & ARM builds
- 100% local & private
iOS
Meeting notes on the go
- On-device transcription
- AI chat with recordings
- Phone call capture
Android
Meeting notes on the go
- Meeting notes
- On-device transcription
- AI chat
Part of a bigger toolkit
Meeting Recorder ships alongside Dictation and Screen Recording in the same app. Use one. Use all three.