Anarlog vs Quill Meetings

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

Quill Meetings

• Professionals whose conversations cannot be sent to a cloud notetaker
• People who want free, unlimited local transcription
• Teams that want to choose which AI model reads their transcripts

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.

Quill Meetings

• Without Pro, Quill does not auto-generate AI notes, and encrypted sync and backup and the mobile app are unavailable.
• Lite includes 16 hours of pro meetings a month. Unlimited hours need the Unlimited or Teams plan, and Teams has a 5-seat minimum.
• The iPhone and Android apps are companions that need a paid plan and the desktop app. There is no iPad app and no recording from a browser.
• The Mac app needs Apple Silicon and macOS 12 or later, and cloud sync covers transcripts and notes but not audio recordings.

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.

Quill Meetings

Bot-free local recording

Captures your microphone and the computer's audio, so it works with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Slack huddles, Webex, FaceTime and in-person meetings. It records audio only, not video.

On-device transcription

Transcribes 29 languages with auto-detection on your computer and identifies speakers, learning who is who across meetings. Recording and transcription work without internet.

Live Minutes and AI notes

Pro builds minutes while the meeting is under way, then lists decisions, action items, owners and follow-up drafts. Templates can be set per meeting type.

Your choice of LLM

Notes can run on Anthropic, OpenAI or Google models, AWS Bedrock, OpenRouter, or local models through Ollama or LM Studio. Pro also includes a quota on Quill's hosted model.

AI chat and MCP server

Ask questions across past conversations in the app, or connect Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and other MCP clients to a server that runs locally.

Automations and integrations

After a meeting Quill can create notes, draft an email or send notes to Slack, Notion, a CRM or a folder. To-dos sent to Todoist become separate tasks.

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.

Quill Meetings

• Quill Free$0

  Unlimited recordings and transcripts kept on your device, with speaker identification and a local MCP server.

• Lite$6.99

  per month, billed annually; $7.99 billed monthly

  Pro features with 16 hours of pro meetings a month: live minutes, action items and to-dos, custom workflows and templates, weekly summaries and the companion app.

• Teams$12

  per seat / month, billed annually; $15 billed monthly

  Pro features with unlimited hours of pro meetings and team setup. 5-seat minimum.

• Unlimited$16.99

  per month, billed annually; $19.99 billed monthly

  Pro features with unlimited hours of pro meetings, for one person.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Cloud, bring-your-own-LLM or air-gapped deployment, an admin console with policy controls, SSO/SAML, and priority support with SLAs.

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.

Quill Meetings

• Annual discount

  Lower monthly rate with annual billing

  On annual billing Lite is $6.99 a month instead of $7.99, Unlimited $16.99 instead of $19.99 and Teams $12 per seat instead of $15. The page labels the savings $12, $36 and $180.