HyNote vs Voicenotes

HyNote

• People who summarize lectures, PDFs and videos as well as meetings
• Mac users who want free on-device transcription with no meeting bot
• Sending action items from meetings to Todoist, Asana or Slack

Voicenotes

• People who want one app for meetings, voice memos and dictation
• Meetings where a visible recording bot is not acceptable
• Capturing notes from a phone or smartwatch as well as a computer

HyNote

• Pro and Plus are capped at 1,200 transcription minutes a month, and a recording session tops out at 120 minutes, including on Unlimited.
• Transferring notes to Google Docs and Notion needs Plus or above, and CRM integration needs Unlimited or Teams.
• Live transcription on the web supports six languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. The mobile app covers more.
• The US App Store lists higher in-app prices for some plans than the website, such as $89.99 a year for Pro.

Voicenotes

• The free Basic plan transcribes 100 minutes a week and shows only the last 30 days of notes. Older notes are stored but hidden until you upgrade.
• The pricing page gives $9 per user a month without a billing basis. The US App Store lists in-app subscriptions at $14.99 a month and up to $99.99 a year.
• Dictation, audio imports, real-time notes, the MCP server and advanced integrations need Pro.
• SSO, SCIM and consent management are Enterprise features at $24 per user a month. The Windows desktop app is labeled a beta.

HyNote

Bot-free meeting transcription

HyNote transcribes Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and Webex calls live or from a recording without adding a bot to the call, with speaker identification, timestamps and more than 50 languages.

Eight kinds of input

Notes can start from live audio, uploaded audio files, video, PDFs, images read by OCR, YouTube links, captured web pages and phone calls.

Summaries and templates

Transcripts and documents become summaries, key points, action items and meeting minutes, with more than 30 templates such as SWOT analysis, interview notes and follow-up emails.

Free Mac app with local transcription

The Mac app records any app's audio plus the microphone and transcribes on the device at no charge. Local AI needs macOS 26.4 or later on an M1 or newer Mac; online AI is a paid extra.

Chat and study tools

You can chat with a single note or all notes, and turn material into quizzes, flashcards and study plans. Podcasts, slides and infographics are generated with credits.

Export and integrations

Notes export to Google Docs, Notion, PDF or TXT, and action items can be sent to Todoist, Asana or Slack. Zapier and a ChatGPT connection are also listed.

Voicenotes

Bot-free meeting recording

Hit record in the app when a meeting starts and nothing joins the call. It works with any meeting app and with in-person conversations, and you can jot comments on the note as you go.

Summaries and next steps

When the meeting ends you get a summary, action items and next steps alongside the recording and transcript, ready to share as a link or export as a PDF.

Ask AI across your notes

Ask a question and get an answer drawn from every conversation and memo you have recorded, or turn a meeting into a follow-up email, report or to-do list.

Voice memos and dictation

The same app captures spoken memos, and dictation types with your voice in other apps on desktop and mobile. Dictation is a Pro feature with a one-time free allowance on Basic.

Language detection

Transcribes English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian and more than 60 other languages, detects the language automatically and handles switching mid-sentence.

Integrations and MCP

Integrations include Zapier, Notion, Obsidian, Todoist and Readwise, plus webhooks, and an MCP server connects notes to Claude and ChatGPT. Advanced integrations and the MCP server need Pro.

HyNote

• Free$0

  Audio recording and transcription up to 120 minutes per session, professional templates, file uploads, calendar integration and cross-device sync.

• Pro$6.66

  per month, billed annually ($79.99); $11.99 billed monthly

  1,200 transcription minutes a month, 300 one-time podcast, slides and infographic credits, high-accuracy notes translation and transcript export.

• Plus$10.83

  per month, billed annually ($129.99); $18.99 billed monthly

  1,200 minutes of real-time transcription a month, high-accuracy speaker identification, live translation, and note transfer to Google Docs and Notion.

• Unlimited$15.83

  per month, billed annually ($189.99); $24.99 billed monthly

  Unlimited real-time transcription, unlimited private storage, 600 one-time generation credits and CRM integration.

• Teams$15

  per seat / month, billed annually ($180), from 2 seats

  Everything in Unlimited, plus team templates, admin controls and priority support.

Voicenotes

• Basic$0

  Unlimited recordings, 100 minutes a week of transcripts and summaries refreshed weekly, and a 30-day history.

• Pro$9

  per user / month; monthly or annual basis not stated

  Unlimited transcription, dictation and history, real-time notes and live transcription, audio imports, the Voicenotes MCP, advanced integrations and team billing.

• Enterprise$24

  per user / month, sold through sales; basis not stated

  Everything in Pro, plus SSO and SCIM, consent management, admin controls for sharing, CRM and dialer integrations and a dedicated success manager.

HyNote

• Annual discount

  Up to 45% off with annual billing

  The pricing page marks annual billing as 45% off. Pro is $79.99 a year against $11.99 a month, Plus $129.99 against $18.99, and Unlimited $189.99 against $24.99.

Voicenotes

No public discounts listed.