The HyNote Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about HyNote 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.
HyNote
The Insider’s Guide
AI note taker for meetings, audio, PDFs and videos
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among AI meeting note takers, read from HyNote’s own pages.
Made by Turing Intelligence LLC · checked Oct 6, 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 HyNote’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on HyNote’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 6, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
3.4
GPA, above 47 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade
HyNote turns meetings, recordings and documents into transcripts, summaries and action items. It records Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and Webex calls without a meeting bot, and also accepts uploaded audio, PDFs, images, YouTube links, web pages and phone calls. Notes can be organized with tags and folders, questioned in chat, reshaped with templates and sent to tools such as Google Docs and Notion.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about HyNote, taken from its own pages and our grades.
No bot to invite to a call, and notes sync across the web, phone and tablet apps on their own.
- 1
Best for notes from meetings, PDFs and videos alike
HyNote takes notes from Zoom, Meet, Teams and Webex calls with no bot, and from recordings, PDFs, images, YouTube links and phone calls, turning them into summaries, action items and flashcards.
- 2
Paid plans start at $6.66 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $6.66 per month, billed annually ($79.99 per year).
- 3
There is a free plan
Audio recording and transcription with up to 120 minutes per session, professional templates, file uploads, calendar integration and sync across web, mobile and tablet apps.
- 4
It runs on 4 platforms
Web, macOS, iOS and Android, with a browser extension too.
- 5
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.
- 6
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.
- 7
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.
- 8
A 3.4 GPA, above 47 of 48
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 HyNote 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.
HyNote at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $6.66 per month, billed annually ($79.99 per year)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 7-day free trial on the Pro, Plus and Unlimited plans
- Runs on
- Web, macOS, iOS, Android, Browser extension
- Made by
- Turing Intelligence LLC
- Category
- AI Meeting Notes
- Our grade
- 3.4 GPA, very good
- Store rating
- 4.8 on the App Store, 7,594 ratings
The report card
Best for notes from meetings, PDFs and videos alike
HyNote takes notes from Zoom, Meet, Teams and Webex calls with no bot, and from recordings, PDFs, images, YouTube links and phone calls, turning them into summaries, action items and flashcards. Pro is $6.66 a month on the yearly plan but has no real-time transcription, which needs Plus at $10.83. A session stops at 120 minutes on every plan, and the iPhone app charges more than the site.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Pro is $6.66 a month billed yearly, but it doesn't do real-time transcription: that, and the high-accuracy speaker names, start on Plus at $10.83, which is the middle of this category. CRM links need Unlimited at $15.83, and the iPhone app charges more than the site. |
| Free plan and trial | B | A free plan with recording and transcription up to 120 minutes a session, templates, file uploads, calendar hook-up and sync across web, phone and tablet. On a recent Mac the app also transcribes on the device at no charge. The monthly minute allowance isn't published. |
| Features | A | It takes in more kinds of source than the others here: Zoom, Meet, Teams and Webex with no bot, plus audio files, video, PDFs, images read by OCR, YouTube links, saved web pages and phone calls. Out come summaries, action items, 30-plus templates, chat across all notes, and quizzes and flashcards. |
| Ease of use | A | 4.8 from about 7,600 App Store ratings. No bot to invite to a call, and notes sync across the web, phone and tablet apps on their own. |
| Platforms and integrations | A | Web, Mac, iPhone, Android and a browser extension, with notes out to Google Docs and Notion, action items to Todoist, Asana or Slack, plus Zapier and a ChatGPT connector. No Windows app, so there it's the web version. |
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 HyNote is for
- Fits if you summarize lectures, PDFs and videos as well as meetings
- Works for sending action items from a meeting to Todoist, Asana or Slack
Who it is not for
- Tight if your meetings run past two hours, since a session stops at 120 minutes even on Unlimited
- Not for you if you need live transcription in lots of languages on the web, where it covers six
- Pricey if you subscribe inside the iPhone app, where Pro is $89.99 a year against $79.99 on the site
- Tight if you stay on Pro, which caps transcription at 1,200 minutes a month and leaves Docs and Notion transfer to Plus
- Watch out: CRM links need Unlimited at $15.83 a month yearly, there's no Windows app, and the free plan's monthly minutes aren't published
Good to know
Good for
- 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
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$6.66
A month to start. There is a free plan too
HyNote has a free plan. Paid plans start at $6.66 per month, billed annually ($79.99 per year).
On a recent Mac the app also transcribes on the device at no charge.
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.
The free plan
Audio recording and transcription with up to 120 minutes per session, professional templates, file uploads, calendar integration and sync across web, mobile and tablet apps.
Trying it first
7-day free trial on the Pro, Plus and Unlimited plans
Read from hynote.ai on Oct 6, 2026.
Ways to pay less
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.
Stated on hynote.ai
How its prices have moved
- Mar 5, 2026Teams: $10 per seat / month, billed annually ($120) → $15 per seat / month, billed annually ($180)The archived copy of 5 March 2026 prices Teams at $15 a seat, or $180 a year; the copy before it, of 2 January 2026, shows $10 a seat and $120 a year. The other four plans are unchanged.
What the app costs elsewhere
Each country’s App Store price for “Pro Monthly Plan”, against $12.99 in the United States, in dollars at the day’s rate. The four cheapest and the four dearest of 11.
| Country | Price there | In dollars | Against the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | ₱ 699.00 | $11.13 | 14% less |
| Turkey | ₺599,99 | $12.20 | 6% less |
| Canada | $17.99 | $12.65 | about the same |
| Indonesia | Rp 229ribu | $12.81 | about the same |
| South Africa | R249.99 | $15.12 | 16% more |
| Mexico | $299.00 | $16.43 | 26% more |
| Germany | 14,99 € | $16.80 | 29% more |
| United Kingdom | £12.99 | $17.17 | 32% more |
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
5
Places it runs: Web, macOS, iOS, Android and Browser extension
AI note taker for meetings, audio, PDFs and videos. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, meeting notes, transcription, chat assistant, web clipper, templates.
No Windows app, so there it's the web version.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
- macOS
- iOS
- Android
- Browser extension
What it works with
- Google Docs
- Notion
- Google Calendar
- Slack
- Zapier
- Todoist
- Asana
- Pipedrive
Who makes HyNote
HyNote is an AI note-taking app. Its own site gives the legal name behind it as Turing Intelligence LLC and carries that name in the footer copyright. The app is free to start and the money comes from paid subscriptions, with an affiliate program paying commission on them.
- Affiliate program
- 25% commission on qualifying paid subscriptions, earned on each qualifying paid month for the first 12 months after the first payment. Commissions are held for a 30-day review period and paid through Stripe Express once the balance reaches $50.hynote.ai
- Partner program
- Its Partnership page asks brands, influencers and organisations to get in touch. Influencer partners share the app, keep control of their own content and earn commission on what they bring in.hynote.ai
- Lately
- HyNote Web: Connect HyNote MCP to Your Favorite AI Assistant · Oct 12, 2026
- HyNote for Mac: Private Local Notes and Local AI · Sep 28, 2026
- HyNote Web: Audio Overview Is Now a Note Template · Jul 20, 2026
- HyNote Web: Move or Delete Multiple Notes at Once · Jun 17, 2026
Read on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports. What is not stated there is left out.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
47/48
Other AI meeting note takers it is graded above
HyNote's GPA of 3.4 is higher than 47 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 1.
It stands best on features (A, above 41 of 48) and worst on value for money (C, above 13).
Its paid plans start at $6.66 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 1 of the 47 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 4.0 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 49 AI meeting note takers we grade, cut by the letter each got. HyNote’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 13 of 48
- BFree plan and trialAbove 41 of 48
- AFeaturesAbove 41 of 48
- AEase of useAbove 40 of 48
- APlatforms and integrationsAbove 30 of 48
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 48 AI meeting note takers. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. HyNote 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 HyNote 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.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.4 is higher than 47 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade. It costs $79.92 a year.
What you could make
- Templates and web clipper: an app builder makes these well.
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.
- Apps for macOS, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- It plugs into other products, Google Docs, Notion and Google Calendar among them.
- The depth: we grade its features A, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. HyNote’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
Otter.ai, Notta, Fireflies.ai, Transkriptor and Voicenotes
The 5 tools HyNote is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 3.0GPA
Otter.ai
Free plan · from $8.33/mo
Live meeting transcription with summaries and AI chat.
- Only Otter.ai lists a Windows app.
- HyNote also covers web clipper and templates.
- 2.6GPA
Notta
Free plan · from $8.17/mo
AI notetaker and transcription for meetings, files and recordings.
- Only Notta lists a Windows app.
- HyNote also covers web clipper and templates.
- Notta 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 a Windows app.
- HyNote also covers web clipper and templates.
- Fireflies.ai also covers dictation.
- 3.0GPA
Transkriptor
Free trial · from $8.33/mo
AI transcription for files, recordings and meetings.
- HyNote has a free plan. Transkriptor does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Transkriptor lists a Windows app.
- HyNote also covers web clipper.
- 3.0GPA
Voicenotes
Free plan · from $9/mo
Bot-free AI notetaker for meetings, memos and dictation.
- Only Voicenotes lists a Windows app.
- HyNote also covers web clipper and templates.
- Voicenotes also covers dictation and notes.
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 HyNote free?
HyNote has a free plan. Audio recording and transcription with up to 120 minutes per session, professional templates, file uploads, calendar integration and sync across web, mobile and tablet apps.
How much does HyNote cost?
HyNote lists 5 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does HyNote work on?
HyNote is available on Web, macOS, iOS and Android. It also has a browser extension.
Does HyNote offer any discounts?
HyNote publicly lists the following: Up to 45% off with annual billing.
How is HyNote rated?
HyNote's iPhone and iPad app averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7,594 ratings on the App Store in the United States, as read on Oct 6, 2026.
Does HyNote have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. HyNote is listed for Web, macOS, iOS and Android.
Does HyNote have a Linux app?
No Linux app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. HyNote is listed for Web, macOS, iOS and Android.
Is HyNote open source?
HyNote is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 6, 2026.
What does HyNote integrate with?
HyNote's listing names Google Docs, Notion, Google Calendar, Slack, Zapier, Todoist, Asana and Pipedrive.
Does HyNote have a free trial?
Yes. 7-day free trial on the Pro, Plus and Unlimited plans.
Who makes HyNote?
HyNote is made by Turing Intelligence LLC.
What are the alternatives to HyNote?
The closest alternatives to HyNote in our directory are Otter.ai, Notta, Fireflies.ai, Transkriptor and Voicenotes.
How does HyNote compare with other AI meeting note takers?
HyNote's GPA of 3.4 is higher than 47 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 1.
Is HyNote good value for money?
ToolGPA grades HyNote C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $6.66 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 1 of the 47 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of HyNote?
To replace HyNote 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 HyNote’s own pages on Oct 6, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from HyNote's own pages on 6 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-06-09.
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 Turing Intelligence LLC. Prices change, so check hynote.ai before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
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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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- 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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