TwinMind vs Wave AI

TwinMind

• People who want one running record of meetings, calls and in-person conversations
• Unlimited transcription and summaries without paying
• Max subscribers who want their meeting history available inside ChatGPT or Claude

Wave AI

• Recording in-person conversations and meetings from a phone or watch
• Phone calls that need both sides transcribed and summarized
• Households sharing one App Store subscription through Family Sharing

TwinMind

• Phone call recording, audio file upload and premium AI models need Pro; speaker separation, MCP access and email auto-tagging need Max.
• The help center says the iOS and Android apps record from the microphone only, and points to the Chrome extension for capturing a video meeting's audio.
• Recording works offline, but transcripts and summaries are generated only once the device is back online.
• Speaker separation works only on recordings made with Save Audio on, and bulk export of notes is not available yet.

Wave AI

• The Free plan is a pool of 30 minutes a month, and imported files, phone calls and bot-recorded meetings all count toward it.
• Prices depend on where you buy: Pro is $80 a year on the web but $100 through the App Store or Google Play, and the vendor says prices vary by country.
• Teams needs at least 5 seats, and the $7.50 rate applies only from 20 seats; smaller teams pay $8 to $8.33 per user a month.
• Browser recording is microphone-only and capped at 3 hours a session, and offline recordings are transcribed only once the device is back online.

TwinMind

All-day capture

The phone app keeps transcribing with the screen off and has no fixed recording limit. TwinMind says it is tuned for 16 or more hours of battery life, based on its internal testing.

Capture on your own devices

The Chrome extension records the audio of browser-based Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls, while the iOS and Android apps record through the microphone. Mac, Windows and Apple Watch apps are also offered.

Summaries, digests and chat

Each recording gets an editable summary, and daily and weekly digests recap what was captured. You can ask questions of a single note or across everything stored.

140+ languages

The homepage says spoken languages are detected automatically across more than 140 languages and can be translated in real time. A settings option translates transcripts and summaries.

Audio deleted by default

Audio is processed and deleted after transcription unless you turn on Save Audio. A local mode, on iOS only, keeps notes on the device instead of backing them up to the cloud.

MCP access for AI tools

On the Max plan, ChatGPT, Claude and other MCP clients can search notes, summaries, transcripts and tasks with read-only access, signed in through OAuth.

Wave AI

Recording on every device

Record from a phone, an Apple Watch or Wear OS watch, the desktop app, a browser or the Chrome extension. Phone recording continues in the background and with the screen locked.

Meeting bot or bot-free capture

A bot can join Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls from a connected calendar or a pasted link. The desktop app instead records the microphone and system audio with no bot in the call.

Phone call recording

Calls dialed from Wave's keypad, or bridged in while already in progress, are recorded on both sides, transcribed and summarized, with your own number shown as caller ID.

Transcripts and custom summaries

Transcripts carry speaker labels in 76 languages, and Voice ID remembers a named speaker for later recordings. Summaries use built-in templates or ones you save yourself.

Wave Assistant

The assistant searches and chats across the whole recording history, answering questions such as what was decided in a series of meetings from the relevant sessions.

Sharing, exports and API

Sessions export to Notion, Google Docs, OneNote, Evernote, PDF or DOCX, or go out as a public link. A developer API, an MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT, and Zapier are available.

TwinMind

• Free$0

  Unlimited transcription, unlimited summaries and AI chats, and daily and weekly digests.

• Pro$11.99

  per month, billed annually; $14.99 billed monthly

  Everything in Free, plus premium AI models, phone call recording and audio file upload for transcription.

• Max$29.99

  per month, billed annually; $49.99 billed monthly

  5x the Pro limits, automatic speaker separation, MCP access, email auto-tagging and drafts, advanced AI models and early beta features.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom limits, admin controls, SOC 2 compliance and dedicated support, arranged with the sales team.

Wave AI

• Free$0

  30 minutes of recording a month with AI transcription and summaries, on iOS, Android and the web. Earlier recordings stay in the library.

• Pro$6.67

  per month, billed annually ($80); $15 billed monthly

  Unlimited recording, transcription, summaries and action items on every device, with exports to PDF, OneNote and email. $100 a year if bought in the app stores.

• Teams$7.50

  per user / month, billed annually ($90), at 20+ seats

  5-seat minimum: $8.33 per user a month for 5 to 9 seats and $8 for 10 to 19. Everything in Pro, plus centralized billing and an admin dashboard.

TwinMind

• Annual discount

  Lower monthly rate with yearly billing

  The help center lists Pro at $11.99 a month billed annually instead of $14.99 monthly, and Max at $29.99 instead of $49.99. The pricing page labels the Max yearly rate as 40% off.

• Other savings

  One free month of Pro for referrals

  When a new user downloads TwinMind through a referral link and signs up for the first time, both the referrer and the new user receive one month of Pro free.

Wave AI

• Annual discount

  $80 a year instead of $15 a month

  On the web, Pro costs $80 billed annually, which the pricing page shows as $6.67 a month, against $15 a month on monthly billing.

• Other savings

  20% less on the web than in app stores

  The pricing page lists annual Pro at $80 on the web and $100 through the App Store or Google Play, and labels the web price 20% less.

• Other savings

  Family Sharing on App Store subscriptions

  A Wave Pro subscription bought through the App Store extends to everyone in an Apple Family Sharing group at no extra cost, each with a private account.