A MeetGeek alternative: MeetGeek and Notey compared

MeetGeek is a meeting assistant with three ways in: a bot that joins from your calendar, a desktop app that records without a bot, and a Chrome recorder. Whichever you use, the recording goes to MeetGeek's cloud to be transcribed and summarised. Notey has one way in, a Mac app with no bot, and does the transcription on the Mac, so the audio stays on your disk. If you are leaving MeetGeek because of the bot, its own desktop app may be enough. If you want the audio never to leave the computer, that is where Notey differs.

This comparison describes MeetGeek from its own site, help centre and FAQ as of September 2026. Check MeetGeek and its FAQ for the current state.

At a glance

How each one records

MeetGeek offers:

• A bot that joins meetings from your calendar.
• A desktop app for macOS and Windows that "captures audio, video, and screen directly from your device", with "no need to add the Notetaker to the call". It also records in-person meetings through the laptop's microphone. (MeetGeek desktop quickstart)
• A Chrome recorder that "captures and transcribes your meetings directly from the browser — no bot required". (MeetGeek Chrome recorder)
• Phone apps and uploads.

Notey records your microphone and the sound your Mac plays as two separate tracks. It notices calls in Zoom, Teams, Slack and FaceTime, and in Chrome, Safari, Arc and Edge when the browser uses the microphone, and asks on its floating button; nothing is saved until you press Allow. For other apps, press Start. It does not record video or the screen, and it never asks for Screen Recording permission: the Mac's audio comes from a Core Audio process tap.

How meeting bots work covers what the bot option changes for the people in the call.

Where your data goes

MeetGeek

• Transcription: the desktop app saves the recording locally, then "automatically uploads it for processing". (MeetGeek desktop quickstart)
• Storage: "Recordings are stored in a private cloud environment with encryption in transit and at rest", with a choice of EU or US data residency. How long transcripts and audio or video are kept depends on your plan, and you can ask for deletion.
• Training: its homepage says "Your meetings are never used to train models."
• Certifications: MeetGeek lists SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, HIPAA with a BAA, and CCPA on its security page.

Notey

• Audio is written to your Mac and never uploaded to be transcribed. There is no fallback, debug mode or crash report that sends it.
• Transcription runs on the Mac with Apple's speech recognition. After an English meeting, Notey reads the recording again on the Mac and keeps the words the recognisers agree on.
• With no account, nothing leaves the Mac.
• AI notes send transcript text, never audio, to Notey's service and on to OpenAI as a processor; not used for training and not kept by Notey. (Notey's privacy policy)
• Notey claims no certifications.

Where does meeting audio go? lists the questions to ask any vendor about each step.

After the meeting

MeetGeek describes team collaboration (comments, mentions, clips and shared playlists), meeting analytics with individual and team KPIs, talk-to-listen ratios and sentiment analysis, and integrations with CRMs, project tools, applicant tracking systems, Slack and automation tools.

Notey writes fixed kinds of note from one meeting when you ask: a summary with action items, minutes, tough questions, where the two sides differed, and a follow-up email. Ask Notey answers questions about one meeting and says when the transcript does not cover the question. Its only numbers are length, words and each side's share of the words. There is no sharing and no integrations; you export notes as Markdown and the transcript as plain text. Everything the AI wrote is labelled as AI-generated.

Languages

MeetGeek says it supports "100+ languages with high accuracy and automatic language detection". Notey transcribes ten languages, one per meeting, set by the Mac's language; there is no language picker per meeting, and the better transcript after the meeting is English only. For multilingual teams, MeetGeek covers far more.

Where MeetGeek is stronger

• Choice of capture, including a bot for meetings you cannot attend.
• Video and screen, if you want to see what was shared.
• Languages, with automatic detection.
• Analytics and team features.
• Platforms: Windows, web, phones.
• Integrations: many. Notey has none.

Where Notey makes different choices

• The transcript is made on the Mac, and the audio never leaves it to be transcribed.
• No account and no network needed to record, transcribe, separate speakers and search. You pay only for AI notes, by the hour; see the pricing section.
• Two tracks. Your side and theirs are separate recordings.
• Visible recording. A red dot and timer whenever audio is kept; every standing choice to record is shown and can be withdrawn.

Moving your meetings

Notey does not import meetings from other tools, so past MeetGeek meetings stay in MeetGeek; export what you want to keep from there. Notey starts with your next call. If you used MeetGeek's bot to cover meetings you could not attend, there is no Notey equivalent: it records only calls taking place on your Mac, with you in them. If you used the desktop app or the Chrome recorder, the change is smaller: you still press to record or allow it when the call starts, and the difference is where the transcript is made and where the audio is kept.

Which one fits

MeetGeek is likely the better fit if:

• you want video and screen recordings as well as notes;
• your meetings are in many languages;
• your team wants analytics, shared clips and integrations;
• you use Windows or want a bot for meetings you miss.

Notey is likely the better fit if:

• your meetings should not be uploaded to be transcribed;
• you work alone on an Apple silicon Mac with macOS 26;
• you want to record and transcribe with no account;
• audio notes are enough and video is not needed.

For more comparisons, see the best AI notetakers for Mac and bot-free meeting notes.

Frequently asked questions

Can MeetGeek record without a bot?

Yes. MeetGeek's help centre says its desktop app for macOS and Windows captures meetings from your device with no need to add its notetaker to the call, and its Chrome recorder captures browser meetings with no bot.

Where does MeetGeek transcribe?

In its cloud. MeetGeek's desktop quickstart says the app saves the recording locally and then uploads it automatically for processing. Its FAQ says recordings are stored encrypted, with EU or US data residency.

Does MeetGeek keep video?

Its desktop app captures audio, video and screen, per its help centre, and its FAQ says how long transcripts and audio or video are stored depends on your plan. Notey records audio only.

Does Notey have meeting analytics like MeetGeek?

No. Notey shows a meeting's length, word count and each side's share of the words. MeetGeek describes individual and team KPIs, talk-to-listen ratios and sentiment analysis.