Comparison · Meeting notes
TapWisper vs Granola
Granola and TapWisper both take bot-free AI meeting notes by capturing your mic and system audio, and both blend your own typed notes into the summary. Granola is a cloud service on desktop and mobile with team features. TapWisper is free and open-source, can transcribe and summarize meetings entirely on your computer with local models, and also works as a dictation app in every app.
Side by side
How they compare.
Based on public information as of October 2026. Plans and features change — check Granola’s site for the latest.
| TapWisper | Granola | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free (MIT open source); cloud models billed by your provider | Free Basic (30-day note history); Business $14/user/month; Enterprise from $35/user/month |
| Open source | Yes — MIT licence | No |
| Platforms | macOS 12+, Windows 10+ (Linux from source) | Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android |
| Where AI runs | Your choice: cloud with your own key, local on-device, or self-hosted | Granola's cloud (third-party speech and AI providers) |
| Works offline | Yes, with local models | No |
| Choose your models / own API key | OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Together AI, Soniox, 42 local models, any OpenAI-compatible server | No |
| Dictate into any app | Yes — pastes at the cursor in any app | No — meeting focused |
| AI cleanup & tone | Yes — filler words, punctuation, tone by app | Not applicable |
| Edit selected text by voice | Yes — select text and speak an instruction | No |
| Meeting notes | Yes — bot-free on Mac (macOS 13+) and Windows, live transcript, AI summary | Yes — the core product; bot-free |
| Account | No account | Yes |
| Languages | 21 + auto-detect and mixed languages (99 with local Whisper) | About 30 on desktop |
Which one?
Pick the right tool for you.
Choose TapWisper if
- You want meeting audio transcribed on your own computer, offline if you like.
- You want to keep all your meeting history for free.
- You want to choose the AI model, or use your own API key.
- You also want voice dictation in every app.
Choose Granola if
- You want meeting notes on your phone and shared with your team.
- You want a hosted service with nothing to configure.
FAQ
Good questions.
Is TapWisper like Granola?
Both take bot-free meeting notes and use your typed notes to shape the summary. TapWisper is free, open-source, can run fully local, and is also a dictation app.
Does Granola store meeting audio?
Granola says it doesn't store audio, but transcription and summaries run in the cloud. With TapWisper's local models, nothing leaves your computer.
Sources
Where these facts come from.
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Free and open-source, no account. Setup walks you through permissions, your microphone and a speech engine — then you just talk.