# Omi review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Wearable recorder and app that summarizes conversations Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Omi is a small wearable microphone, worn on a chain or band or set on a desk, paired with a phone app that records conversations, transcribes them and produces recaps and to-do lists. The app can also record from the phone alone. The software and hardware are published as open source. - **Category:** AI Meeting Notes - **Made by:** Based Hardware Inc. - **Website:** https://www.omi.me - **Runs on:** iOS, Android, macOS, Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free: 5 hours of cloud recording and 30 Ask Omi questions a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Omi has a free plan, and paid plans start at $29.99 per month; $269.91 per year. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Unlimited recording on the phone, 5 hours of cloud recording a month, recaps and to-dos, and 30 Ask Omi questions a month. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Included with every Omi: 5 hours of cloud recording a month, recap and to-do list after each chat, 30 questions a month. | | Pro | $29.99 per month, or $269.91 per year | Whole-day recording, speaker identification, live transcript, 1,000 Ask Omi questions a month and Telegram texting. | Read from https://www.omi.me on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Omi before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Pro costs $269.91 a year** (Annual discount): Omi's pricing section lists Pro at $29.99 a month or $269.91 a year, which works out to about $22.49 a month. Source: https://www.omi.me ## Key features - **Wearable recorder:** Two microphones in a 2.5 cm x 1.5 cm device that clips to a chain, a band or sits on a desk, with a stated 2 to 3 day battery. - **Recaps and to-dos:** Each conversation produces a summary and a task list that can go to a task app, in more than 25 languages. - **Offline recording:** The device keeps recording without a connection and syncs to the phone once it is back online. - **Ask Omi:** Questions across past conversations: 30 a month on Free and 1,000 a month on Pro. - **ChatGPT and Claude access:** Conversations can be connected to ChatGPT and Claude on any plan; Pro keeps every conversation open to them. - **Open source code:** The software and hardware are open source, and the code is public on GitHub. The site also says it can run locally. ## Good for - People who want an always-available recorder instead of a meeting bot - Developers who want to inspect or extend the code - In-person conversations, lectures and walking-around days ## Worth knowing - Cloud recording on the free plan stops at 5 hours a month; all-day recording needs Pro. - Speaker identification and the live transcript are Pro features. - The device is bought separately; the single-device price showed in Malaysian ringgit, and a 2-pack showed at $218. - Recording other people can need their consent, depending on local law. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Omi is a small wearable microphone with a phone app that records conversations and writes recaps and to-do lists, with the code published as open source. The free plan stops at 5 hours of cloud recording a month, and the features most people would pay for sit on Pro at $29.99 a month. The device is bought separately. - **Value for money: D.** Pro is $29.99 a month, or $269.91 a year, which is in the dearest tenth of meeting-note tools, and the device costs extra. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Unlimited recording on the phone, but cloud recording stops at 5 hours a month and Ask Omi at 30 questions. - **Features: C.** Recaps, to-dos, offline recording, 25+ languages and ChatGPT and Claude access. Speaker identification, a live transcript and all-day recording are Pro only. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. There is a device to pair and accounts to connect. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** iPhone, Android, Mac and web, with Google Calendar, Gmail, Telegram, ChatGPT and Claude. No Windows app is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Omi's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI meeting note takers - Omi's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 11 of the 89 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 8. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 16 of 89) and worst on value for money (D, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $29.99 a month, against a middle price of $12 for the category: 72 of the 76 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 48 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-meeting-notes ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Omi 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: 70 of the 89 other AI meeting note takers grade higher. It costs $359.88 a year. Omi is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself. - You could make: Tasks: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes. - You could not: An AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make. - You could not: Speech turned into text you can trust. - You could not: Apps for macOS, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. - You could not: It plugs into other products, ChatGPT, Claude and Google Calendar among them. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Google Calendar, Gmail, Telegram **Tags:** Meeting notes, Transcription, AI features, Chat assistant, Tasks, Open source, Works offline ## Alternatives - [Plaud](https://toolgpa.com/tools/plaud): AI voice recorder devices with an app for transcripts and summaries. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/omi-vs-plaud) - [Bee](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bee): Wearable AI recorder that summarizes conversations and suggests to-dos. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bee-vs-omi) - [Pocket](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pocket): Clip-on voice recorder that turns conversations into summaries. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/omi-vs-pocket) - [TwinMind](https://toolgpa.com/tools/twinmind): All-day transcription and memory app for meetings and conversations. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/omi-vs-twinmind) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.omi.me - https://github.com/BasedHardware/omi Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/omi Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).