Roomtone vs Granola
Granola started as a Mac app that listens to the computer's audio instead of sending a bot, and now runs on Windows, iPhone and Android too — its iPhone app records meetings in the room. Roomtone is built around the iPhone: it records the room and, when a call has a link, sends a notetaker into Zoom, Meet or Teams.
Free to start · 30 minutes a month, no card
The problems you know too well
The call is on your phone, not your laptop
Granola's iPhone app cannot transcribe a video meeting on mobile. Roomtone sends its notetaker into the call from a link on your phone.
History that runs out
Granola's free plan keeps 30 days of notes.
A business plan for one person
Granola's paid plan is Business, $14 per user a month, with yearly billing only on Enterprise. Roomtone Pro is $14.99 a month or $119.99 a year.
Side by side
| Roomtone | Granola | |
|---|---|---|
| Records a meeting in the room on iPhone | Yes | Yes |
| Video meetings | Notetaker joins Zoom, Meet or Teams (Pro), also from the phone | No bot: captures the computer's audio on Mac and Windows; not on mobile |
| Phone calls | On speaker, recorded from the room | Outbound calls through Granola's dialer on iPhone |
| Free plan | 30 minutes of recording a month | No daily limit; 30 days of history |
| Paid plan (US) | $14.99/month or $119.99/year | Business $14 per user/month; Enterprise $35 |
| Platforms | iPhone and iPad; web app for reading | Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android |
| US App Store rating | 5.0 from 2 ratings | 5.0 from about 14,600 ratings |
Compiled from each product's own published material, checked October 21, 2026. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
What you get
Notetaker for calls
Paste a Zoom, Meet or Teams link and it joins, visible to everyone (Pro).
In the room and on speaker
Meetings, calls on speaker, site walks.
Full transcript
Searchable, correctable, exportable.
Calendar and reminders
A nudge a minute before the meeting starts.
Perfect for
- Field meetings
- Client visits
- Calls taken on the phone
- Anyone without a laptop open
Questions
Is Granola better than Roomtone?+
For meetings held on a Mac or Windows computer, Granola is excellent and needs no bot, and its free plan has no daily limit. If your calls happen on the phone, or you want one app for the room and the call, Roomtone fits better.
Does a bot join my meeting?+
Only if you send one. Paste a Zoom, Meet or Teams link and a notetaker joins that meeting, visible to everyone in it. For anything else — a table, a car, a site walk — Roomtone records the room from your phone, where no bot can go at all.
Is there a free plan?+
Yes: 30 minutes of recording a month, with the transcript, the summary, the action items and a share link — no card. A recording you start with minutes left is finished in full, however long it runs, and the minutes reset on the 1st. Pro makes recording unlimited and adds the notetaker for Zoom, Meet and Teams, importing files and YouTube links, chat across all your notes, and export.
What languages does it handle?+
Over 100. The notes come back in the language that was spoken, not translated into English first.
What happens to my recordings?+
The audio is used to produce the transcript and then deleted from the server; your phone keeps its own copy until you delete it. Nothing is used to train a model.
Record the next one
Free for 30 minutes a month. No card.
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