The Quill Meetings Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Quill Meetings 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.
Quill Meetings
The Insider’s Guide
Local-first AI meeting notes recorded without a bot
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among AI meeting note takers, read from Quill Meetings’s own pages.
Made by Quill Notes, Inc · checked Oct 5, 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 Quill Meetings’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Quill Meetings’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 5, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
3.0
GPA, above 38 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade
Quill is a desktop meeting assistant for Mac and Windows that records and transcribes calls and in-person meetings on your own computer, with no bot joining. The free version covers unlimited local recording and transcription with speaker identification. Paid plans add AI-generated minutes, action items, templates and automations, using Quill's hosted model or an LLM you supply, plus companion apps for iPhone and Android.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Quill Meetings, taken from its own pages and our grades.
- 1
Best for local, bot-free notes with your choice of AI
The free version stops at the transcript, though.
- 2
Paid plans start at $6.99 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $6.99 per month, billed annually.
- 3
There is a free plan
Quill Free: unlimited local recordings and transcripts with speaker identification and a local MCP server. No auto-generated AI notes, encrypted sync and backup, or mobile app.
- 4
It runs on 4 platforms
macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.
- 5
Bot-free local recording
Captures your microphone and the computer's audio, so it works with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Slack huddles, Webex, FaceTime and in-person meetings. It records audio only, not video.
- 6
On-device transcription
Transcribes 29 languages with auto-detection on your computer and identifies speakers, learning who is who across meetings. Recording and transcription work without internet.
- 7
Live Minutes and AI notes
Pro builds minutes while the meeting is under way, then lists decisions, action items, owners and follow-up drafts. Templates can be set per meeting type.
- 8
A 3.0 GPA, above 38 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 Quill Meetings 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.
Quill Meetings at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $6.99 per month, billed annually
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- Pro trial with no credit card needed; the pricing page and FAQ do not state its length
- Runs on
- macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
- Made by
- Quill Notes, Inc
- Category
- AI Meeting Notes
- Our grade
- 3.0 GPA, very good
The report card
Best for local, bot-free notes with your choice of AI
Quill records and transcribes meetings on your own Mac or Windows computer, with no bot and no internet needed, and the free version does that with no monthly quota. The free version stops at the transcript, though. AI notes, sync, backup and the phone apps all need a paid plan, Lite caps you at 16 hours of pro meetings a month, and there's no web app, no iPad app and no video.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B | Lite is $6.99 a month billed yearly and $7.99 month to month, inside the cheapest quarter for this category, and it includes the live minutes and action items. The cap is 16 hours of pro meetings a month; unlimited for one person is $16.99. |
| Free plan and trial | B | Unlimited local recordings and transcripts with speakers identified, and no monthly quota on any of it, so one person could sit on the free version for good. What's missing isn't an amount, it's the AI notes themselves, plus sync, backup and the phone app. |
| Features | B | It covers the job without a bot: it listens to your mic and your computer, so Zoom, Teams, Meet, FaceTime and a meeting round a table all work, transcribes 29 languages on the device, then writes live minutes, decisions and action items with templates and automations. Audio only, and no browser recording. |
| Ease of use | B | No rating on record, so this rests on the setup, and there isn't one: install the desktop app and hit record, with no bot to invite and no calendar to connect. It works offline too. The Mac app does want Apple Silicon and macOS 12 or later. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Mac and Windows, with iPhone and Android companions, sending notes to Slack, Notion, Todoist, Linear, Jira and CRMs, plus a local MCP server for Claude and Cursor. No web app and no iPad, and the phone apps need a paid plan and the desktop app. |
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 Quill Meetings is for
- Fits if your conversations can't be sent to a cloud notetaker or a bot in the call
- Makes sense if you want to pick the AI model that reads your transcripts, local models included
Who it is not for
- Skip it if you want AI notes for free: the free version stops at the transcript, with no sync, backup or phone app
- Tight if you're on Lite and in meetings all week, at 16 hours of pro meetings a month before $16.99 for Unlimited
- Pricey if you're a team of fewer than 5, since Teams at $12 a seat has a 5-seat minimum
- Not for you if you want video, a web app, an iPad app or an Intel Mac: it records audio only and the Mac app needs Apple Silicon
- Watch out: the phone apps need a paid plan plus the desktop app, cloud sync skips the audio, and the trial's length isn't stated
Good to know
Good for
- Professionals whose conversations cannot be sent to a cloud notetaker
- People who want free, unlimited local transcription
- Teams that want to choose which AI model reads their transcripts
Worth knowing
- Without Pro, Quill does not auto-generate AI notes, and encrypted sync and backup and the mobile app are unavailable.
- Lite includes 16 hours of pro meetings a month. Unlimited hours need the Unlimited or Teams plan, and Teams has a 5-seat minimum.
- The iPhone and Android apps are companions that need a paid plan and the desktop app. There is no iPad app and no recording from a browser.
- The Mac app needs Apple Silicon and macOS 12 or later, and cloud sync covers transcripts and notes but not audio recordings.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$6.99
A month to start. There is a free plan too
Quill Meetings has a free plan. Paid plans start at $6.99 per month, billed annually.
What's missing isn't an amount, it's the AI notes themselves, plus sync, backup and the phone app.
Quill Free
$0
Unlimited recordings and transcripts kept on your device, with speaker identification and a local MCP server.
Lite
$6.99
per month, billed annually; $7.99 billed monthly
Pro features with 16 hours of pro meetings a month: live minutes, action items and to-dos, custom workflows and templates, weekly summaries and the companion app.
Teams
$12
per seat / month, billed annually; $15 billed monthly
Pro features with unlimited hours of pro meetings and team setup. 5-seat minimum.
Unlimited
$16.99
per month, billed annually; $19.99 billed monthly
Pro features with unlimited hours of pro meetings, for one person.
Enterprise
Custom
Cloud, bring-your-own-LLM or air-gapped deployment, an admin console with policy controls, SSO/SAML, and priority support with SLAs.
The free plan
Quill Free: unlimited local recordings and transcripts with speaker identification and a local MCP server. No auto-generated AI notes, encrypted sync and backup, or mobile app.
Trying it first
Pro trial with no credit card needed; the pricing page and FAQ do not state its length
Read from quillmeetings.com on Oct 5, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Lower monthly rate with annual billing
On annual billing Lite is $6.99 a month instead of $7.99, Unlimited $16.99 instead of $19.99 and Teams $12 per seat instead of $15. The page labels the savings $12, $36 and $180.
Stated on quillmeetings.com
What the app costs elsewhere
Each country’s App Store price for “Quill Pro Lite”, against $7.99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | $9.99 | $7.02 | 12% less |
| Indonesia | Rp 129ribu | $7.21 | 10% less |
| Philippines | ₱ 499.00 | $7.94 | about the same |
| Turkey | ₺399,99 | $8.13 | about the same |
| Mexico | $179.00 | $9.84 | 23% more |
| Brazil | R$ 49,90 | $9.97 | 25% more |
| Germany | 8,99 € | $10.07 | 26% more |
| United Kingdom | £7.99 | $10.56 | 32% more |
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
4
Places it runs: macOS, Windows, iOS and Android
Local-first AI meeting notes recorded without a bot. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: works offline, local-first, end-to-end encrypted, AI features, meeting notes, transcription, chat assistant.
No web app and no iPad, and the phone apps need a paid plan and the desktop app.
- Bot-free local recording
- Captures your microphone and the computer's audio, so it works with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Slack huddles, Webex, FaceTime and in-person meetings. It records audio only, not video.
- On-device transcription
- Transcribes 29 languages with auto-detection on your computer and identifies speakers, learning who is who across meetings. Recording and transcription work without internet.
- Live Minutes and AI notes
- Pro builds minutes while the meeting is under way, then lists decisions, action items, owners and follow-up drafts. Templates can be set per meeting type.
- Your choice of LLM
- Notes can run on Anthropic, OpenAI or Google models, AWS Bedrock, OpenRouter, or local models through Ollama or LM Studio. Pro also includes a quota on Quill's hosted model.
- AI chat and MCP server
- Ask questions across past conversations in the app, or connect Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and other MCP clients to a server that runs locally.
- Automations and integrations
- After a meeting Quill can create notes, draft an email or send notes to Slack, Notion, a CRM or a folder. To-dos sent to Todoist become separate tasks.
Where it runs
- macOS
- Windows
- iOS
- Android
What it works with
- Notion
- Slack
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
- Linear
- Jira
- Obsidian
- Todoist
Quill Meetings is made by Quill Notes, Inc.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
38/48
Other AI meeting note takers it is graded above
Quill Meetings's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 38 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 7.
Its paid plans start at $6.99 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 4 of the 47 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 49 AI meeting note takers we grade, cut by the letter each got. Quill Meetings’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 43 of 48
- BFree plan and trialAbove 41 of 48
- BFeaturesAbove 10 of 48
- BEase of useAbove 20 of 48
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 6 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. Quill Meetings 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 Quill Meetings 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 3.0 is higher than 38 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade. It costs $83.88 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.
- Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- It plugs into other products, Notion, Slack and Salesforce among them.
- End-to-end encryption done properly.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Quill Meetings’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
Granola, Jamie, Anarlog, Meetily and Shadow
The 5 tools Quill Meetings is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 3.0GPA
Granola
Free plan · from $14/mo
AI notepad that transcribes meetings from device audio, no bot.
- Quill Meetings is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- Granola also covers templates.
- 2.4GPA
Jamie
Free plan · from €21/mo
Bot-free AI note taker with EU data hosting.
- Quill Meetings is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- Jamie also covers templates.
- 2.4GPA
Anarlog
Free plan · from $14/mo
Open-source, local-first AI meeting notepad with no bot.
- Only Quill Meetings lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only Anarlog lists a Linux app.
- Quill Meetings is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- 2.2GPA
Meetily
Free plan · from $10/mo
Open-source meeting recorder that transcribes on your device.
- Only Quill Meetings lists iOS and Android apps.
- Quill Meetings is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- Meetily is open source, according to its own site.
- 2.2GPA
Shadow
Free plan · from $8/mo
Bot-free Mac meeting recorder that runs your own AI prompts.
- Only Quill Meetings lists Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- Quill Meetings is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- Shadow also covers dictation and Markdown.
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 Quill Meetings free?
Quill Meetings has a free plan. Quill Free: unlimited local recordings and transcripts with speaker identification and a local MCP server.
How much does Quill Meetings cost?
Quill Meetings lists 5 plans. Quill Free: $0.
What platforms does Quill Meetings work on?
Quill Meetings is available on macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.
Does Quill Meetings offer any discounts?
Quill Meetings publicly lists the following: Lower monthly rate with annual billing.
Does Quill Meetings have a Linux app?
No Linux app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Quill Meetings is listed for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.
Is Quill Meetings open source?
Quill Meetings is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 5, 2026.
Is Quill Meetings end-to-end encrypted?
Quill Meetings describes itself as end-to-end encrypted on its own site.
Does Quill Meetings work offline?
Yes, according to its own site. What works without a connection differs by plan and platform, so check the vendor's page for the detail.
What does Quill Meetings integrate with?
Quill Meetings's listing names Notion, Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot, Linear, Jira, Obsidian and Todoist.
Does Quill Meetings have a free trial?
Yes. Pro trial with no credit card needed; the pricing page and FAQ do not state its length.
Who makes Quill Meetings?
Quill Meetings is made by Quill Notes, Inc.
What are the alternatives to Quill Meetings?
The closest alternatives to Quill Meetings in our directory are Granola, Jamie, Anarlog, Meetily and Shadow.
How does Quill Meetings compare with other AI meeting note takers?
Quill Meetings's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 38 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 7.
Is Quill Meetings good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Quill Meetings B for value for money. On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4.
Could I make my own version of Quill Meetings?
To replace Quill Meetings 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 Quill Meetings’s own pages on Oct 5, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Quill's own pages on 5 October 2026. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-04-06.
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 Quill Notes, Inc. Prices change, so check quillmeetings.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 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.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Quill Meetings, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/quill-meetings
- 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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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Quill Meetings’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Quill Meetings is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Quill Notes, Inc. Prices and plans change: check quillmeetings.com before you buy.