Anarlog vs talat

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

talat

• People who cannot send meeting audio to a cloud service
• Buyers who prefer a one-time lifetime license to a subscription
• Obsidian and Markdown users who want meeting notes exported automatically

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.

talat

• The Mac version needs macOS 15 or later on Apple Silicon, and Windows needs version 10 or later. There are no mobile, web or Linux apps.
• After the 10 free hours, new recordings need a paid plan, though existing meetings can still be searched, exported and summarized.
• Nothing syncs or uploads, so notes stay on the one computer where they were recorded.
• Summaries from a cloud model require your own provider account and API key; the vendor notes that cloud models usually do better on longer meetings.

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.

talat

On-device transcription

Speech is transcribed in real time on the computer, using hardware acceleration where available. Recordings, transcripts and notes sit in a local database, and the app works offline.

Bot-free meeting capture

talat records the microphone and system audio as two streams and can start on its own when it detects a Zoom, Teams or Meet call or a calendar event. No bot joins the meeting.

Speaker identification

Transcripts are labeled by speaker on the device, and the app learns voices over time so that it can recognize the same people in later meetings.

AI notes with a choice of model

Summaries, action items and chapters are written by a built-in Qwen model, or by Claude, OpenAI or Ollama if you connect your own provider and API key.

Dictation into any app

A global hotkey starts dictation from anywhere, with tap-to-toggle or hold-to-talk. Text is pasted into the focused app, and an optional LLM pass tidies punctuation and filler words.

Import, export and MCP

Existing audio and video files can be imported and transcribed locally. Notes export to Markdown, Obsidian and PDF, and webhooks and an MCP server pass meetings to other tools.

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.

talat

• Monthly$9

  per month

  The full app with every update, cancellable at any time from the app. Existing notes stay readable and exportable if you stop paying.

• Yearly$89

  per year

  The same full app and updates as the monthly plan, paid once a year.

• Lifetime license$189

  one-time payment

  One payment with no renewals and every future update included, covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee.

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.

talat

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime license for a one-time $189

  talat can be bought outright for $189 with no renewals and every future update included. A 30-day money-back guarantee applies.

• Annual discount

  Yearly plan costs less than 12 months

  The FAQ prices talat at $9 a month or $89 a year, so paying yearly comes to $19 less than twelve monthly payments.

• Other savings

  $5 off through a referral

  A customer's referral code gives a friend $5 off any plan. The referrer gets $5 off a later bill once the friend has been a customer for three months.