Best AI notepad in 2026: 7 picks compared

The best AI notepad for meetings in 2026 depends on your devices. On a Mac, Windows or Linux (beta) computer, in calls and in rooms, with the recording kept for replay: Reline (we make it). With iOS and Android apps and years of polish: Granola. Need a transcriber that can also send an agent to calls: Otter.

• Best AI notepad for desktop meetings, including Linux (beta) and in-person rooms: Reline.
• Best AI notepad with mobile apps: Granola (macOS, Windows, iOS, Android).
• Best transcriber that also works as a notepad: Otter, if you also want an agent that joins calls.
• Best if your team already lives in Notion: Notion AI Meeting Notes (Business plan).
• Best for EU data residency: Jamie.
• Best for personal thoughts rather than meetings: Mem.

How we scored: one point for each of the seven columns before the score, half a point for a partial answer (two of three desktop systems, one mobile platform, co-editing only on a higher plan, a trial instead of a free plan), and zero when the vendor's own pages do not say. That last rule is strict: Supernormal and Mem may do more than their pages state. The score measures fit for meetings, so a personal notepad like Mem is meant to score low.

Reline is a Notion-style notepad. You type rough notes while it records your microphone and the call audio on your own computer, with no bot in the call, and after the meeting the AI turns your notes plus the transcript into finished notes. Capture is local; transcription (60+ languages), AI and storage run in the cloud. It runs in the browser and as a desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux (beta), and it works in any call app and in a room.

• The recording is kept with the note, and every transcript line has a play button.
• Ask a question in chat and the answer quotes the transcript with [m:ss] timestamps; a cited moment opens the clip in place.
• Built-in Lenses reshape the same meeting into a brief, a decisions log or action items.
• Notes are edited together in real time, and every note and folder is private until you share it.
• Speakers are Me vs Other (your mic vs the call audio). In a room, the beta Shared mic option numbers the voices and you name them.
• Slack, Linear and Notion integrations.

Price, as of November 2026: Free includes 10 hours of transcription and up to 1 hour of recording per note; Professional is $15 per user a month, or $12 a month billed yearly. Where it falls short: no iOS or Android app, audio only (no video), no SOC 2 report, and it is the younger product. Pick Reline if you work on a computer, need Windows or Linux, record rooms as well as calls, or want to hear the exact words again.

Granola made the AI notepad idea popular: you jot notes during the call, and it enhances them with the transcript, without inviting a bot. As of November 2026 its site lists apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android, says it is made for in-person meetings too, and its pricing page says it is SOC 2 Type II certified. Basic is free with 30 days of meeting history; Business is $14 per user a month. Its own blog says audio files are deleted right after the meeting, so there is no recording to replay, and it lists 10 languages on desktop.

Verdict: Granola beats Reline on mobile apps, years of polish and a SOC 2 Type II certificate. Reline wins on Linux (beta), the kept recording you can play line by line, real-time co-editing with private-by-default permissions, 60+ languages and a yearly price of $12. Pick Granola if you take notes on your phone or your company needs SOC 2 today.

Otter calls itself an AI notetaker. Its Meeting Agent can join your Zoom, Teams and Meet calls as a participant, and, as of November 2026, its Mac and Windows desktop app records without a bot, including in-person conversations. It has web, iOS and Android apps, keeps the audio (Basic exports MP3) and offers collaborative note editing on its Business plan. Basic is free with 300 minutes a month and 30 minutes per conversation; Pro is $16.99 a month or $8.33 a month billed yearly.

Verdict: Otter ties Reline in our scoring and is stronger on mobile. It is built around the transcript rather than your own notes, its free plan stops at 30 minutes per conversation, and it lists 6 transcription languages. Pick Otter if you want one tool for phone recordings, live transcripts and an agent you can send to calls you skip.

Notion's AI Meeting Notes block lives inside a normal Notion page. Per Notion's help center, the desktop app captures your mic and system audio, the browser hears only your mic, and the mobile app records the room through the phone. It transcribes 16 languages, labels speakers in English only, and deletes the temporary audio after processing. It needs the Business plan (EUR 19.50 per member a month on Notion's EU pricing page, as of November 2026); Free and Plus get a limited trial.

Verdict: if your company already runs on Notion Business, this is the notepad with the least setup, and co-editing is native. There is no recording to replay and no Linux app. Reline can also send notes to Notion through its integration if you want both.

Jamie records without a bot on Windows, macOS, iOS and the web, captures in-person meetings from a laptop or a phone, and says storage and processing stay in the EEA, Switzerland and the UK, as of November 2026. It never stores audio, so there is nothing to replay. Free gives 10 AI notes a month with a 30-minute limit per meeting; Pro is EUR 39 a month billed yearly, and its pricing page lists 99+ languages.

Verdict: pick Jamie over Reline when EU-only data processing is a hard requirement. Reline wins on Linux (beta), the kept recording and a notepad your team co-edits.

Supernormal 2.0 (rolled out from April 2026) offers a free Mac or Windows desktop app whose meeting notes are captured without bots, per its help center as of November 2026. Free gives 15 credits a month, at most 5 a day; Team is $20 a month and Business $40 a month. It also captures in-person meetings with New capture in the app. Its pages we read do not state mobile apps, languages or whether audio is kept, which is why it scores low here.

Verdict: worth a look if you want a light bot-free notetaker for a team that shares one pool of credits. Check the credit math against your meeting load first.

Some people searching for an AI notepad want a place for their own thoughts, not meetings. Mem is one of the strongest picks there: an AI notes app that organizes what you write, with a Voice Mode that, per its pricing page, can capture a meeting or let you think out loud. As of November 2026, Free includes 25 new notes a month and 3 hours of Voice Mode; Plus is $9 a month and Pro $29. Its pricing page does not say which platforms it runs on or how it captures call audio.

• Granola wins: iOS and Android apps (Reline has none), years of product polish, and a SOC 2 Type II certificate per its pricing page (Reline has no SOC 2 report).
• Reline wins: a desktop app for Linux (beta) next to Mac and Windows, plus the browser.
• Reline wins: in-person rooms with the beta Shared mic option that numbers the voices.
• Reline wins: the recording is kept, and you can press play on any transcript line.
• Reline wins: chat answers quote [m:ss] timestamps and open the clip; Lenses reshape any meeting.
• Reline wins: real-time co-editing with private-by-default permissions, and $12 a month billed yearly.

An AI notepad is a document you write in while the AI listens on your own computer or phone; your rough notes steer what the AI writes afterwards, and no bot joins the call. An AI note taker usually sends a bot into the meeting and hands you a transcript and summary you did not shape. If you speak in the meeting, a notepad keeps you in the conversation. If you skip the meeting, a note taker agent can attend for you. Our full definition is in What is an AI notepad.

1. Where do you take notes? Phone: Granola, Otter or Jamie. Computer: any of them; on Linux, Reline.
2. Do you need to hear the words again? Reline and Otter keep the audio; Granola, Jamie and Notion delete it.
3. Do meetings happen in rooms? Pick a tool that says so on its own page: Reline, Granola, Otter, Notion (mobile), Jamie or Supernormal.
4. Does your team write the notes together? Reline and Notion edit in real time; Otter on Business.
5. Is compliance a gate? Granola has SOC 2 Type II; Jamie keeps data in the EEA, Switzerland and the UK.

Whatever you pick, a notepad that records without a bot is invisible to the other side, so tell people you are taking notes with AI before the call and check the recording rules where everyone on the call is.

Sources (as of November 2026): granola.ai, granola.ai/pricing, granola.ai/blog/what-is-an-ai-notepad, otter.ai, otter.ai/desktop, otter.ai/pricing, notion.com/pricing, notion.com/help/ai-meeting-notes, meetjamie.ai, meetjamie.ai/pricing, supernormal.com, help.supernormal.com (Supernormal 2.0 plans), get.mem.ai/pricing.