Granola takes the notes. Read AI captures the meeting.
A native macOS and Windows app that captures meetings as you join them, with no bot in the room. Where Granola stores notes only, Read AI keeps the recording and tells you who said what.
Download on desktop →Free for macOS and Windows. Also on web and mobile.
What the desktop app does
It runs quietly alongside your work and captures from your computer's own audio.
Bot-free capture
Captures through your computer's audio across Meet, Teams, Zoom and more, including calls that never hit your calendar.
In-person too
Hit start for a desk-side chat or a whiteboard session. Room capture is built in, not bolted on.
Hear it back
Recording and playback with speaker-attributed transcripts, so every decision ties to an owner.
Your desktop is the front door, not the ceiling
Start on the desktop app. Everything you capture is waiting wherever you sign in next.
Where you'll spend your day
The full capture experience: bot-free meeting capture, in-person recording, quick notes, and recaps the moment a call ends.
Not on your own machine
Open any recap in a browser and search across meetings, email, messages and documents with Ask Read.
Away from a desk
Capture an in-person conversation on your phone, then read the recap before the next meeting starts.
Read AI vs Granola, side by side
How the two desktop apps line up on the questions Granola users ask most.
Granola claims sourced from granola.ai (reviewed 2026-05-22). See the full comparison →
"With Read AI, we spend less time managing information and more time driving outcomes."
Director of Customer Success, SmartPM