The Bubbles Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Bubbles in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Bubbles
The Insider’s Guide
Screen and meeting replay for Mac, with an AI notetaker option
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among AI meeting note takers, read from Bubbles’s own pages.
Made by Bubbles · checked Nov 12, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Bubbles’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Bubbles’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Nov 12, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.2
GPA, above 8 of the 68 other AI meeting note takers we grade
Bubbles is a Mac app that keeps a rolling two-hour replay of your screen and calls on your computer, so you can trim a moment and share it as a link. It also offers an AI Notetaker that joins calendar meetings on Zoom, Google Meet and Teams and sends back summaries and action items. The site presents both a no-bot desktop mode and a bot-based notetaker.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Bubbles, taken from its own pages and our grades.
You install the Mac app and connect a calendar, and two modes work differently.
- 1
Best for a Mac screen replay with a meeting notetaker option
Bubbles is a Mac app that keeps a rolling two-hour replay of your screen and calls, plus an AI notetaker that joins Zoom, Meet and Teams.
- 2
Paid plans start at $12 a month for each person
As its pricing page puts it: $12 per member / month, billed yearly ($15 billed monthly).
- 3
There is a free plan
Basic: 5 meeting recordings a week, 30 minutes per recording, unlimited screen recordings, AI summaries and action items, 2 channels.
- 4
It runs on 2 platforms
macOS and Web.
- 5
Two-hour rolling replay
The Mac app keeps the last two hours of screen and audio, encrypted on your computer, and erases the oldest minute as new ones arrive.
- 6
Notes from jotted fragments
During a call you can type a few fragments; on save, AI turns the transcript and your fragments into a summary, action items and a full transcript.
- 7
AI Notetaker for calendar meetings
After you connect a calendar, the Notetaker joins meetings on Zoom, Google Meet and Teams and emails a summary and action items.
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A 2.2 GPA, above 8 of 68
That is against the other AI meeting note takers we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
To replace Bubbles you would be making a bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Bubbles at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $12 per member / month, billed yearly ($15 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial of Pro for every new workspace
- Runs on
- Web, macOS
- Made by
- Bubbles
- Category
- AI Meeting Notes
- Our grade
- 2.2 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for a Mac screen replay with a meeting notetaker option
Bubbles is a Mac app that keeps a rolling two-hour replay of your screen and calls, plus an AI notetaker that joins Zoom, Meet and Teams. The free plan is capped at 5 recordings a week of 30 minutes, and one or two people pay $18 each on Pro.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | $12 a member a month, billed yearly, but only for workspaces of 3 or more. One or two people pay $18 each, in the dearest quarter of the category. |
| Free plan and trial | C | Basic is free with 5 meeting recordings a week of up to 30 minutes and unlimited screen recordings. Bubbles lock after 2 weeks, and the Notetaker joins every meeting. |
| Features | C | Rolling replay, trim and share, notes from jotted fragments and a Notetaker for calendar meetings. The homepage says no bots join your calls, while the pricing page describes a bot. |
| Ease of use | C | No store rating on record. You install the Mac app and connect a calendar, and two modes work differently. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Mac app and web, with Zoom, Meet, Teams, Webex, Google Calendar, ChatGPT and Claude, and an API. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Bubbles is for
- Fits if you're on a Mac and want to look back over the last two hours
- Works for small teams that want a notetaker and shareable replay clips
Who it is not for
- Tight if you stay free: 5 recordings a week, 30 minutes each, locked after 2 weeks
- Pricey if you're alone: $18 a month while the workspace has 1 or 2 members
- Watch out: on the free plan the Notetaker joins all meetings with 2 or more invitees, and everyone gets the recording
- Not for you if you don't use a Mac and want a no-bot mode, which needs macOS 13 or later
- Watch out: the homepage says no bots join calls, but the notetaker is a bot
Good to know
Good for
- Mac users who want to rewind recent screen and call activity
- Teams that want async video sharing together with AI meeting notes
- People who want notes without a bot in the call
Worth knowing
- The homepage says no bots join your calls, while the Notetaker and pricing pages describe a bot that joins meetings; the two modes work differently.
- The download listed is for macOS 13 or later; the Notetaker is the route for other computers.
- On the free plan the Notetaker joins all meetings with 2 or more invitees and every invitee gets the recording.
- Pro pricing is $18 per member a month for 1 or 2 members and $12 at 3 or more.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$12
A month to start, for each person. There is a free plan too
Bubbles has a free plan. Paid plans start at $12 per member / month, billed yearly ($15 billed monthly).
Basic
Free
5 meeting recordings a week of up to 30 minutes, unlimited screen recordings; Bubbles lock after 2 weeks and the Notetaker joins all meetings.
Pro Teams
$12
per member / month, billed yearly ($15 billed monthly)
For workspaces of 3 or more: unlimited length and recordings, AI transcripts, choose which meetings the Notetaker joins, custom branding.
Pro Personal
$18
per member / month, billed yearly ($22 billed monthly)
Same features as Pro Teams for workspaces of 1 or 2 members; switches to Pro Teams pricing when the workspace reaches 3.
The free plan
Basic: 5 meeting recordings a week, 30 minutes per recording, unlimited screen recordings, AI summaries and action items, 2 channels.
Trying it first
14-day free trial of Pro for every new workspace
Read from usebubbles.com on Nov 12, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Yearly billing lowers the member price
Pro Teams is $12 a member billed yearly against $15 billed monthly. Pro Personal is $18 against $22.
Stated on usebubbles.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
2
Places it runs: Web and macOS
Screen and meeting replay for Mac, with an AI notetaker option. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, AI features, meeting notes, transcription, chat assistant, screen recording.
Rolling replay, trim and share, notes from jotted fragments and a Notetaker for calendar meetings.
- Two-hour rolling replay
- The Mac app keeps the last two hours of screen and audio, encrypted on your computer, and erases the oldest minute as new ones arrive.
- Notes from jotted fragments
- During a call you can type a few fragments; on save, AI turns the transcript and your fragments into a summary, action items and a full transcript.
- AI Notetaker for calendar meetings
- After you connect a calendar, the Notetaker joins meetings on Zoom, Google Meet and Teams and emails a summary and action items.
- Trim and share
- Scroll back through the replay, trim a moment and share a link. The site says only the trimmed part is uploaded.
- Chat with your meetings
- The site shows ChatGPT and Claude among the places where you can chat with your meeting content, and it publishes a Bubbles API.
- Controls on who gets recordings
- On Pro you choose which meetings the Notetaker joins and who receives recordings. On the free plan all invitees receive them.
Where it runs
- Web
- macOS
What it works with
- Zoom
- Google Meet
- Microsoft Teams
- Webex
- GoTo Meeting
- Google Calendar
- ChatGPT
- Claude
Bubbles is made by Bubbles.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
8/68
Other AI meeting note takers it is graded above
Bubbles's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 8 of the 68 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 20.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 9 of 68) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $12 a month for each person, against a middle price of $11.99 for the category: 34 of the 62 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 25 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 69 AI meeting note takers we grade, cut by the letter each got. Bubbles’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 16 of 68
- CFree plan and trialAbove 11 of 68
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 68
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 68
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 9 of 68
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 63 AI meeting note takers. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Bubbles is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Bubbles you would be making a bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 40 of the 68 other AI meeting note takers grade higher. It costs $144 a year.
What you could not
- A bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes.
- An AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make.
- Speech turned into text you can trust.
- Recording the screen with its sound, and somewhere to keep the video.
- A real app for macOS. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Bubbles’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Fathom, tl;dv, Granola, Fireflies.ai and Otter.ai
The 5 tools Bubbles is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.8GPA
Fathom
Free plan · from $15/mo
AI notetaker for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams with a free plan.
- Only Bubbles lists a web app.
- Only Fathom lists Windows and iOS apps.
- Bubbles also covers screen recording.
- 2.4GPA
tl;dv
Free plan · from $18/mo
Meeting recorder and AI notetaker for Zoom, Meet and Teams.
- Only tl;dv lists Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- Only tl;dv lists a browser extension.
- Bubbles also covers screen recording.
- 3.0GPA
Granola
Free plan · from $14/mo
AI notepad that transcribes meetings from device audio, no bot.
- Only Bubbles lists a web app.
- Only Granola lists Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- Bubbles also covers screen recording.
- 3.2GPA
Fireflies.ai
Free plan · from $10/mo
Meeting notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes calls.
- Only Fireflies.ai lists Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- Only Fireflies.ai lists a browser extension.
- Bubbles also covers screen recording.
- 3.0GPA
Otter.ai
Free plan · from $8.33/mo
Live meeting transcription with summaries and AI chat.
- Only Otter.ai lists Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- Only Otter.ai lists a browser extension.
- Bubbles also covers screen recording.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
15
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Bubbles free?
Bubbles has a free plan. Basic: 5 meeting recordings a week, 30 minutes per recording, unlimited screen recordings, AI summaries and action items, 2 channels.
How much does Bubbles cost?
Bubbles lists 3 plans. Basic: Free.
What platforms does Bubbles work on?
Bubbles is available on macOS and Web.
Does Bubbles offer any discounts?
Bubbles publicly lists the following: Yearly billing lowers the member price.
Does Bubbles have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Bubbles is listed for macOS and Web.
Does Bubbles have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Bubbles is listed for macOS and Web.
Is Bubbles open source?
Bubbles is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does Bubbles have an API?
Yes. Bubbles offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Bubbles integrate with?
Bubbles's listing names Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, GoTo Meeting, Google Calendar, ChatGPT and Claude.
Does Bubbles have a free trial?
Yes. 14-day free trial of Pro for every new workspace.
Who makes Bubbles?
Bubbles is made by a company of the same name.
What are the alternatives to Bubbles?
The closest alternatives to Bubbles in our directory are Fathom, tl;dv, Granola, Fireflies.ai and Otter.ai.
How does Bubbles compare with other AI meeting note takers?
Bubbles's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 8 of the 68 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 20.
Is Bubbles good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Bubbles C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $12 a month for each person, against a middle price of $11.99 for the category: 34 of the 62 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Bubbles?
To replace Bubbles you would be making a bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Bubbles’s own pages on Nov 12, 2026, and the grades were given on Nov 12, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Bubbles's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Bubbles. Prices change, so check usebubbles.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
5,038
Tools graded, in 95 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
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- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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