Launching today
Free and private AI Notetaker
Stop paying for Granola
49 followers
Stop paying for Granola
49 followers
Bookipi AI Notetaker is a free meeting notetaker that runs natively on your Mac. No account needed: download the AI models once and start recording right away. Transcription and summaries happen locally, with no bots joining your calls, no subscription and no data uploaded. Ask AI about past meetings, dictate into any app, organize notes by people and folders, import your notes from Granola, and connect your own AI model if you prefer. Requires macOS 26 on Apple Silicon.
I’m Kevin, one of the developers behind Bookipi AI Notetaker. We wanted a free, private notetaker with smooth performance, accurate transcription and clear summaries. More features are coming soon, so let us know what you’d like to see next!
@cuong_bui6 ask Kevin any technical questions! He is one of the architects of the app and is working on some cool stuff that you'll see soon.
Who needs Granola when you can get this for free? All locally too? Amazing work by the team! 🙌
@jesrosprdb thanks for your support! The future of AI is local AI!
Thank you so much @jesrosprdb ! Here's a little poem for you 😄
So, I was casually scrolling through Reddit and Product Hunt, hunting for a Granola alternative. Don't get me wrong, Granola is great, but it was getting a bit pricey! I wanted something free, local, and just as pretty.
I came across this app on my feed and decided to try it out for myself and wow, I am impressed. Moving my notes over from Granola was a breeze, so I just picked up right where I left off.
My favorite part is the voice transcription! I don't think I can ever go back to plain old typing. My slow fingers and terrible spelling no longer hold me back.
For a free app, I really didn't expect it to feel this smooth and high-quality. As a designer myself, I'm super picky about my MacOS apps, but this one just earned a permanent spot on my curated list.
I just hooked it up to my Google Calendar and can't wait to test it out in my next meeting. Fingers crossed I can finally ditch my Granola subscription for good... and spend that extra cash on coffee instead! ☕️
@louis_lo thanks for such detailed feedback, reading comments like this makes the whole journey of building this product worth it - especially coming from a designer! We also realised we didn't want to pay for other tools anymore since there are so many good local AI models now. Please let us know if you'd like to see any other features 🙌
Wow, what a wonderful review @louis_lo !
A compliment from a designer is actually one of the highest compliments we could ask for!
Please let us know how it goes, your feedback really matters to us!
Great app! I love the focus on privacy. The setup is very simple and it comes with the peace of mind that a local model is doing the work. From a quick test the transcription seems very accurate, especially given it's free, and I love that images can be added in-line with notes which has frustratingly been missing from Granola for the longest time! Very useful for those more complex or visual notes.
Hey @its_me_ryang thanks so much for your feedback! Can't wait for your to try it in your daily work and hear how it performs ❤️
Love the focus on privacy and the local-first approach! Making a powerful AI notetaker free and easy to use is a huge win. Excited to see how this evolves!
Hello@kelvin_santos_ , I'm so excited you're excited! Thanks for trying the product. Please let us know how it performs in your meetings 🙏
A free, local AI notetaker with automatic speaker recognition? Seriously? Apps like this usually cost quite a bit—MacWhisper alone is over €60. Can't wait to give it a try!
Hi@onelaview , yeah some products are really expensive. It would be ok if there were no alternatives, but... we literally build the same features and run them for free using local models 🤷♂️
Seriously! Thank you so much!
We built this because the problem matters:
everyone deserves a great notetaker, and price shouldn't get in the way. So the core stays free and runs locally on your device. If you want more, you can choose to connect a supported AI agent, but that's up to you.
We'd love your feedback once you've tried it. What works, what doesn't, what's missing? It goes straight into what we build next.
Great tool for taking notes without worrying about privacy. It's free, easy to use, and save me time by capturing key points automatically. Highly recommend!
Thank you@harry_ngo ! People underestimate how important privacy is. Let us know if you'd like to see any other features <3