About Granola
Granola takes the notes you type during a meeting and finishes them afterwards, using the audio from your own machine. The result reads like your notes rather than a transcript — which is the point, and the reason people who dislike notetakers tend to like this one.
Because it is a desktop app and not a participant, there is no bot in the call and nothing to explain to the people you are meeting. The trade-off is that it captures what your computer hears, so it fits laptop-based calls better than a conference room.
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The honest list
What we love
＋First month free for new users through the referral link
＋Free plan is genuinely usable, with 30 days of history
＋No bot joins the call — nothing to explain to the other side
＋Notes read like yours rather than a transcript dump
＋A year of Business free if you qualify for the startup programme
Watch out for
−Desktop app, so it captures your machine’s audio rather than the room’s
−Free plan history stops at 30 days
−Not a transcription tool — no speaker-labelled verbatim record
−The integrations most teams want start on Business
−The free month is one month; the value is in what follows it