Anarlog vs Jamie

Anarlog

• People who need meeting notes kept on their own device
• Organizations that do not allow meeting bots or cloud notetakers
• Developers who want open-source code, a CLI and an MCP server
• Teams that work on Linux as well as macOS and Windows

Jamie

• People who want meeting notes without a bot joining the call
• European teams that need EU data hosting and GDPR compliance
• In-person meetings recorded on a laptop or phone

Anarlog

• There is no mobile app yet. The download page says the iPhone, iPad and Android apps launch in October.
• Hosted transcription and AI, dictation, sync, sharing and automations need Pro. Free relies on local models or your own paid API keys.
• Shared notes and the Cloud API keep a server-readable copy, unlike Cloud Sync, which is end-to-end encrypted.
• Speaker labeling is manual on the Free plan; better speaker identification is a Pro feature.

Jamie

• Web prices are in euros only. The US App Store lists Plus at $22 a month or $229 a year, and Pro at $39 a month or $399 a year.
• Free is limited to 10 AI notes a month and 30 minutes per meeting, and Plus to 20 notes and 2 hours.
• When credits run out or a meeting exceeds the length limit, its summary is locked until you upgrade.
• CRM integrations, API, webhooks and MCP need Pro or Team; SSO, SCIM and audit logs are Enterprise only.

Anarlog

Bot-free capture

Records system audio and the microphone directly, so nothing appears in the participant list and no calendar access is needed. It works with Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and in-person talks.

Local-first storage

Notes and transcripts live in a SQLite database on your device and recordings are local files. You can use it without an account and export to Markdown.

Your choice of AI

Run local models through Ollama or LM Studio, bring your own keys for providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Deepgram, or use hosted AI on Pro. Local models work offline.

Summaries built on your notes

After a meeting, Anarlog merges what you typed with the transcript into an editable summary. Pro adds custom summary formats and custom dictionaries.

Chat, CLI and MCP

Search across meetings and ask questions of your transcripts in chat. The same data is reachable from a command-line tool, an MCP server and webhooks on the Free plan.

Sync, sharing and automations

Pro adds end-to-end encrypted sync across 3 personal devices, shareable notes, shared workspaces, and automations that post to Slack, Notion and Linear.

Jamie

Bot-free capture on your device

Jamie records on your Mac or Windows computer instead of sending a bot into the call, so it works with any online meeting platform. The phone app records in-person meetings.

Notes, transcripts and tasks

Each meeting produces AI notes, a transcript and detected tasks. Speaker recognition remembers voices, and transcription covers 99+ languages on every plan.

Ask Jamie

A chat assistant that answers questions about your meetings. It is included on every plan, including Free, and is also available in the mobile app.

Custom templates and vocabulary

Templates set the structure of your notes: 1 on Free, 3 on Plus and unlimited from Pro. Custom vocabulary lists hold 50 terms, or 100 on Team.

EU hosting and audio deletion

Jamie says data stays in the EU, audio is deleted after transcription and customer content is never used to train models. It lists ISO 27001 and GDPR compliance.

Integrations, API and MCP

Notes can be sent to Notion, Google Docs and OneNote. Pro and Team add Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Attio and Asana, plus API, webhooks and MCP access for Claude and ChatGPT.

Anarlog

• Free$0

  Unlimited on-device transcription, local recordings, your own keys for speech-to-text and AI, notes, templates, chat, exports, and a local API, CLI and MCP.

• Pro$14

  per person / month, or $140 per person / year

  Hosted transcription and AI, system-wide dictation, end-to-end encrypted cloud sync, note sharing, integrations, automations and shared workspaces.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Everything in Pro, plus domain SSO and SCIM, sharing, retention and consent policies, audit visibility and a customer-hosted data plane.

Jamie

• Free€0

  10 AI notes a month, meetings up to 30 minutes, Ask Jamie chat and 1 custom template.

• Plus€21

  per user / month, billed annually (€25 billed monthly)

  20 AI notes a month, meetings up to 2 hours and 3 custom templates.

• Team€33

  per member / month, billed annually (€39 billed monthly)

  Unlimited AI notes, 5-hour meetings, a team workspace, shared templates, user management and 100 vocabulary terms.

• Pro€39

  per user / month, billed annually (€47 billed monthly)

  For individuals: unlimited AI notes, 5-hour meetings, unlimited templates, CRM integrations, API, webhooks and MCP.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Adds SAML SSO, SCIM provisioning, audit logs, custom data retention, IP allowlist and a dedicated account manager.

Anarlog

• Annual discount

  Yearly Pro costs $140 instead of $168

  Pro is listed at $14 per person a month or $140 per person a year, so paying yearly costs the same as ten months at the monthly rate.

Jamie

• Annual discount

  About 17% less on annual billing

  Jamie's pricing page labels annual billing as -17%. Plus is €21 a month billed annually against €25 monthly, Pro is €39 against €47, and Team is €33 against €39 per member.