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A difference of architecture, not of adjectives.
Cloud AI notetakers are good at what they do. The difference isn’t quality — it’s where your conversation ends up.
| Cloud AI notetakersas a category | NoteGenerator | |
|---|---|---|
| Where the note is written | On the vendor’s servers, then synced back to you. | On your Mac, by an AI that never leaves it. No server involved. |
| Where the transcript lives | A copy is stored in the vendor’s cloud, under their retention policy. | Only on your Mac, stored encrypted. No second copy exists. |
| Discovery / subpoena exposure | A third party holds records that can be subpoenaed from them. | There is no third-party copy to subpoena. The record is on your machine. |
| How privacy is demonstrated | Certifications and contractual clauses (SOC 2 reports, zero-data-retention clauses, data processing agreements). | A live connection counter and a one-tap Seal Test you run yourself. |
| Works with the network off | No — the cloud model is the product. | Yes. Recording, transcription, and note generation run offline. |
| Joins your meeting as a bot | Often yes — increasingly blocked organization-wide by company IT (e.g. Microsoft Teams, from Aug 2026). | No bot. Recording runs on your own Mac, so there is nothing to block. |
| Account required | Usually an account and login. | None. Your license will be a file that proves itself offline — licensing ships with launch. |
| Billing model | Typically per-seat subscription. | Buy once (or monthly). Records never lock on expiry — by design. |
The cloud column describes common patterns across the category, not any single product; specific vendors differ, and their policies change. Dated facts are attributed. Verify a particular tool’s current behavior against its own documentation before relying on it.
Our limits: a Mac with an Apple chip (M1 or later), a one-time download of the note-writing AI, and no shared cloud workspace. In exchange: a record that never leaves the machine you control. See exactly what does and doesn’t leave your Mac.
First version
Not out yet. One email when it is.
This first version does one thing: turn what you said into a clean note, without your words leaving your Mac. It will get better — and what you tell us shapes what’s next.
One email when it ships. No marketing list, no drip campaign — and if you ask, we delete your address sooner. What we hold and why.
Requires a Mac with an Apple chip (M1 or later) and 16 GB of memory.
Not sure? Apple menu → About This Mac. You’re looking for an Apple chip (M1 or later) and 16 GB or more of memory.
The AI that writes your notes runs entirely on your Mac, and it is big. That’s why you need 16 GB — the cost of nothing leaving the machine.
Older Mac, or not a Mac at all? Tell us what you’re on — it’s how we decide what to build next.
No account, no App Store.