Granola

The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings

4.8•45 reviews•

1.5K followers

The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings

4.8•45 reviews•

1.5K followers

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AI notetakers

Granola is an AI-powered notepad that makes taking & using meeting notes a breeze. It blends your own notes with smart transcription to capture every detail. Granola transcribes your computer's audio directly, with no meeting bots joining your call.

Granola Reviews

The community submitted 45 reviews to tell us what they like about Granola, what Granola can do better, and more.

4.8

Based on 45 reviews

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Reviewers largely see Granola as a reliable meeting notes tool that helps them stay present, then find, summarize, and reuse what was said later. People repeatedly praise its clear, structured notes, strong search and cross-meeting analysis, clean interface, and usefulness in both online and in-person meetings, especially on mobile. Several users also like that it captures meetings without adding a bot. Makers of Chronicle and others echo that it preserves decisions and context well. Main complaints are thinner Android/iPad support, setup and account-linking issues, and some lag.

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Pros

AI transcription (9)

meeting summaries (9)

action items generation (6)

mobile app (5)

manual notes blending (4)

minimalist UI (4)

no meeting joining (4)

transcription accuracy (3)

note sharing (2)

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•6 reviews

What's great

meeting summaries (9)AI transcription (9)

Granola is critical to my daily workflow. I use it multiple times a day. Where Granola really nails it is with in-meeting chat -- I can ask it to summarize what's just been said, recall something mentioned earlier, or synthesize summaries. I also enjoy the search feature and analysis across multiple meetings (with filters).

What needs improvement

Please build an Android app so that I can take my phone off of speaker while my laptop listens in!

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156 views3mo ago

•1 review

What's great

mobile app (5)meeting summaries (9)transcription accuracy (3)AI transcription (9)chat with knowledge base (1)no meeting joining (4)

I LOVE Granola! I used it to help me take notes during the SEMRush Spotlight conference in Amsterdam last year and have used it ever since. The real benefit of Granola compounds over time. Being able to sort through meeting history and chat with your notes to access everything that has been said about a particular topic is AMAZING.

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133 views2mo ago

used Granola to build Hyper: Self-driving Company Brain instead of Notion, Otter.ai

•6 reviews

This is our most popular connector by far, in fact so many of our users have told us they started using granola purely due to Hyper! We found that if we recorded every conversation or meeting we ever had, hyper would synthesize that and give our agents tremendous amounts of context that was previously lost before. Honestly the reason we chose this over other alternatives is simply because the UX around capturing meetings is drastically better in Granola compared to other services. We're a huge fan of this product and hope you get a chance to use it too.

Alternatives Considered

Notion

Otter.ai

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7 views6d ago

•1 review

I’ve been using Granola for a week, and it’s honestly a game-changer. I love how it automatically summarizes my calls and captures the key points without me needing to take notes. The AI does a great job understanding context — way better than simple transcription tools I’ve tried before. It helps me stay focused during meetings instead of typing nonstop. I can quickly review action items afterward, and the summaries are surprisingly accurate. Totally worth trying if you have back-to-back meetings every day!

What's great

meeting summaries (9)transcription accuracy (3)AI transcription (9)action items generation (6)

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323 views8mo ago

•1 review

I found Granola about 3 weeks ago and now consider it a staple in my Project Management tool-kit. The fact that it doesn't join a meeting, rather uses my computer speaker to record means I never miss out on capturing any important info. I've just downloaded it to mobile and had my first in person meeting today - My client said "you're not taking notes" to which I said "no i'm not, but granola is". She downloaded it on the spot! Highly recommend if you're looking for a way to stay organized and want actionable items from any meeting.

What's great

mobile app (5)no meeting joining (4)

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211 views1yr ago

•2 reviews

I have tried many top conference recording products, including Zoom, Otter.ai, Outreach, Fathom, Chorus, Gong, and several others. However, I find that Granola Web and Mobile is far superior for taking notes and creating transcripts for several reasons: - It works seamlessly across all conference software. - It doesn’t record, so there's no need to interrupt attendees. - It takes accurate notes. - For in-person meetings, the mobile app is just as precise as the web version. - They now offer folders to help keep notes better organized. Overall, the value of Granola far exceeds its price.

What's great

mobile app (5)transcription accuracy (3)AI transcription (9)no meeting joining (4)

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168 views1yr ago

•3 reviews

Has changed my workflow. No more Ai Notetakers getting added to meetings, it sits on my desktop and doesn't have to integrate with anything - it just lives. For back-to-back meetings it's helped so much and I ensure I say what the tasks are for everyone in the meeting and next steps then Granola helps me craft emails and tasks for my team so much faster than me taking notes in the meetings. Can't live without it at this point.

What's great

action items generation (6)no meeting joining (4)

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81 views1yr ago

•1 review

I've been using it with my Google Workspace account, but wanted my wife to use it, but their org uses Microsoft Outlook and trying to hook it to her personal Gmail account failed. This is a must-solve issue for the product to fully take off. Personally I've had a great experience and does the notetaking and summarizing really well!

What's great

meeting summaries (9)

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85 views1yr ago

•4 reviews

Granola is incredibly handy! I love how 'smart' the notes feel—concise, well-structured, and free of unnecessary repetition. It really helps me stay focused on conversations without losing track of key action points. For people who have non-stop meetings with repetitive focus, it's a blessing.