Comparison · Meetily
Mac Note Taker
vs Meetily.
Meetily is an open-source meeting notetaker that runs locally and skips the bot - the same privacy stance as Mac Note Taker. The difference is a polished native Mac app, built-in system audio capture, and cross-meeting speaker re-id versus a DIY open-source setup.
- Where audio livesYour MacYour machine
- Pricing$149 lifetimeFree (open source)
- Bot in meetingNoNo
- SetupSigned app, install and goDIY (build / configure)
- System audio captureScreenCaptureKit + process tapConfiguration-dependent
- Speaker re-idCross-meeting voice fingerprintsNot built in
- AI processingLocal Ollama or your OpenAI keyLocal / your endpoint
Meetily strengths
- Open source and self-hostable
- Bot-free, local-first recording
- Free to run if you assemble it yourself
Where it falls short
- DIY setup (models, dependencies, configuration)
- Less polished than a native, signed Mac app
- Cross-meeting speaker re-id not built in
- You maintain and update it yourself
Meetily shares Mac Note Taker's local, bot-free philosophy, and if you enjoy assembling open-source tools it is a genuinely good fit. If you would rather pay once for a polished, signed Mac app with system audio capture and named speakers that persist across meetings, Mac Note Taker is the ready-made version of the same idea.
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