# Slipbox

> Private meeting companion with on-device transcription for Mac

Slipbox is a meeting companion for the Mac that transcribes conversations on the device, capturing system audio and the microphone so that no bot joins the call. During a meeting it can answer questions and suggest what to ask next; afterwards it writes summaries from templates and makes past meetings searchable. Transcription is unlimited on the free plan, and an iPhone app records in-person conversations.

- **Category:** AI Meeting Notes
- **Made by:** Slipbox, Inc.
- **Website:** https://www.slipbox.ai
- **Runs on:** macOS, iOS
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 6, 2026

## Pricing

Slipbox has a free plan. Paid plans start at $99 per year, or $10 per month.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Hobby plan: unlimited transcripts, speaker identification, file import, chat and semantic search, and auto export, with 10 Ask Slipbox messages and 5 AI summaries every 2 weeks.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hobby | $0 | Unlimited transcripts, speaker identification, audio and video import, custom LLM endpoints and auto export, with 10 Ask Slipbox messages and 5 AI summaries per 2 weeks. |
| Pro | $99 per year; $10 per month billed monthly | Everything in the free plan, plus unlimited summaries and Ask Slipbox prompts, enhanced memory, automatic summaries when meetings end and priority support. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Everything in Pro, plus SAML, SCIM and audit logs, on-premises deployment options, consolidated billing, admin controls and local data retention policies. |

Read from https://www.slipbox.ai/pricing on Oct 6, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Slipbox before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 17% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Pro costs $99 a year or $10 a month, and the pricing page marks the yearly option as a 17% saving. Source: https://www.slipbox.ai/pricing

## Key features

- **Local transcription, no bot:** Slipbox captures the Mac's system audio and microphone and transcribes on the device, so Zoom, Meet, Teams and iPhone calls routed through the Mac are covered without a meeting bot.
- **Automatic meeting detection:** The app recognizes when a meeting starts and ends and begins or stops transcribing on its own, on every plan including the free one.
- **Ask Slipbox during a meeting:** A chat can catch you up, summarize on the fly or suggest questions to ask while the conversation continues. The free plan allows 10 messages every 2 weeks.
- **Summaries from templates:** Slipbox picks a template such as 1:1, customer meeting, podcast or presentation for each summary, and custom templates can be added. Pro writes summaries automatically when meetings end.
- **Bring your own key:** AI features can run on your own OpenAI API key or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, including local models served through Ollama or LM Studio.
- **Import, search and export:** MP4, MOV, MP3 and WAV files can be imported for transcription. Meetings are searchable in natural language and export automatically to PDF, Markdown or Obsidian.

## Good for

- Mac users who want transcription kept on their own machine
- Unlimited transcription without paying
- Obsidian users who want meetings exported as Markdown

## Worth knowing

- The desktop app runs on Apple Silicon Macs only; the FAQ says Windows support is being tested with select users.
- The free plan limits AI use to 10 Ask Slipbox messages and 5 summaries every 2 weeks.
- Transcripts and chat messages are sent through Slipbox's servers to AI models for summaries and answers; the vendor says they are not stored there.
- Notes are stored on the Mac with no cloud backup yet, and speaker identification is an Early Access feature that has to be switched on.

## Works with

Obsidian, OpenAI, Ollama, LM Studio, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams

**Tags:** Meeting notes, Transcription, AI features, Chat assistant, Local-first, Works offline, Templates

## Alternatives

- [Granola](https://toolgpa.com/tools/granola): AI notepad that transcribes meetings from device audio, no bot. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/granola-vs-slipbox)
- [talat](https://toolgpa.com/tools/talat): Local transcription app for meetings, dictation and recordings. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/slipbox-vs-talat)
- [Quill Meetings](https://toolgpa.com/tools/quill-meetings): Local-first AI meeting notes recorded without a bot. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/quill-meetings-vs-slipbox)
- [Meetily](https://toolgpa.com/tools/meetily): Open-source meeting recorder that transcribes on your device. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/meetily-vs-slipbox)
- [Shadow](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shadow): Bot-free Mac meeting recorder that runs your own AI prompts. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shadow-vs-slipbox)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 6, 2026:

- https://www.slipbox.ai/
- https://www.slipbox.ai/pricing
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/slipbox-local-ai-note-taker/id6749274650

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