Roomtone vs Otter
Otter is the default AI note taker, and for good reasons: a generous free plan, speaker labels, and apps on the web, iPhone and Android. Both record a meeting in the room from the phone, and both send a notetaker into Zoom, Meet or Teams. The differences are languages, how long a recording may run, and price.
Free to start · 30 minutes a month, no card
The problems you know too well
A 30-minute cap on a 50-minute meeting
Otter's free plan stops each conversation at 30 minutes. On Roomtone's free plan a recording started with minutes left is finished in full.
Not every meeting is in English
Otter's iPhone app records live in English, Spanish, French and Japanese. Roomtone takes over 100 languages and writes the notes in the one that was spoken.
Minutes on a paid plan
Otter Pro has 1,200 minutes a month and 90 per conversation. Roomtone Pro has no minute count.
Side by side
| Roomtone | Otter | |
|---|---|---|
| Records a meeting in the room from the phone | Yes | Yes |
| Live recording languages on iPhone | 100+ | English, Spanish, French, Japanese |
| Notetaker for Zoom, Meet and Teams | Yes, when you send it (Pro) | Yes |
| Free plan | 30 minutes a month; a recording is never cut off | 300 minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation |
| Paid plan (US) | $14.99/month or $119.99/year, no minute count | Pro $16.99/month or $99.99/year: 1,200 minutes a month, 90 per conversation |
| Speaker labels | No — a plain transcript, no invented names | Yes |
| Platforms | iPhone and iPad; web app for reading | Web, iPhone, Android |
| US App Store rating | 5.0 from 2 ratings | 4.8 from about 85,600 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 If something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.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
Any length
A recording runs as long as the meeting does.
100+ languages
Notes in the language of the meeting, not translated into English first.
Decisions and action items
Written from the transcript, which sits behind the summary to check any line.
Ask your archive
Chat across every recording you have (Pro).
Perfect for
- Multilingual teams
- Long meetings
- Client visits
- Consultants
Questions
Is Roomtone a replacement for Otter?+
If you record long meetings, meet in a language other than English, Spanish, French or Japanese, or do not want a monthly minute count, yes. If you want the biggest free plan, speaker names in the transcript, or a recorder on Android or the web, Otter fits better — it has been at this longer, on more platforms.
Which has the better free plan, Otter or Roomtone?+
Otter: 300 minutes a month against Roomtone's 30. Otter stops each free conversation at 30 minutes; Roomtone finishes any recording you start with minutes left.
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.
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