Granola or Memoth?Here's the Honest Comparison.
Granola is a strong AI notepad, and it now runs on Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android, and Apple Watch. Memoth is Apple-only by design: a flat $9.99/mo instead of $14 per seat, a full recorder rather than a notepad, and a library that syncs through your own iCloud.
Memoth vs Granola
How the two compare for solo professionals
Granola details checked against granola.ai in August 2026 — including its iPhone, Android, Windows, and Apple Watch apps, which shipped after this page was first written. Pricing and features change on both sides; check Granola's own pricing page for their current rates.
Why solo professionals choose Memoth
Flat Price, Not Per Seat
Memoth Pro is $9.99/month for everything. Granola's paid Business plan is $14 per user per month, and its free tier only lets you open notes from the last 30 days. Memoth's free tier keeps your library available.
Your Library Lives in Your iCloud
Memoth is not on-device transcription — audio is uploaded to be transcribed, and we would rather spell that out than imply otherwise. Your audio is then held for 30 days as an encrypted backup (AES-256 at rest, never publicly accessible) so a recording lost from your device can be restored, and deleted automatically after that. You can also delete any recording yourself from inside the app at any time. What Memoth never holds is your library: the recordings, transcripts, summaries, and action items live on your device and sync through your own private iCloud account rather than a vendor account.
Built Around the Recording
Granola's model puts your typed notes at the centre and uses AI to fill them out. Memoth puts the conversation at the centre: a full transcript with speaker labels, playable audio, a summary, and action items, produced without you writing a word. That matters for lectures, appointments, and in-person meetings where typing is not realistic.
Apple-Native, All Four Devices
One app across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, syncing through iCloud. Granola now covers more operating systems than Memoth does — Windows and Android included — so if you live outside Apple's ecosystem, that is a point in Granola's favour, not ours.
WhatsApp Voice Notes
Send a voice message to the Memoth WhatsApp bot and get a transcript, summary, and action items back instantly.
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Memoth vs Granola: common questions
Does Granola work on iPhone and Apple Watch?
Yes — this used to be the headline difference between the two products and it is not any more. Granola shipped an iPhone app in 2025 and an Apple Watch app in 2026, and also runs on Windows and Android. Memoth is Apple-only by choice: iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, syncing through iCloud. The differences that actually remain are price, whether the app is built around the recording or around the notes you type, and where your library ends up living.
Do I have to type notes myself for Memoth to work?
No. Memoth captures the audio and produces a full transcript with speaker labels, a summary, and action items without you writing anything during the conversation. Granola transcribes on its own too, but its notes are designed to be built around the points you jot down as you go — that hybrid notepad is the product. If what you want is the recording and the transcript as the primary artifact, that is the Memoth model, and it is the better fit for lectures, appointments, and in-person meetings where typing is not realistic.
Is Memoth cheaper than Granola?
Memoth Pro is $9.99/month flat and Pro Plus is $24.99/month, with a free tier to start on, and every plan includes the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch apps. As of August 2026 Granola lists a free Basic tier that limits you to a rolling 30-day window of note access, Business at $14 per user per month, and Enterprise at $35 per user per month, billed monthly only. Granola publishes its own pricing on its site — compare the current rates directly, since plan prices move on both sides.
Does Memoth record Mac meetings without a bot, like Granola?
Yes, and here the two are genuinely alike. Both tools record the meeting locally on your Mac rather than sending a notetaker into the call, so no participant sees a bot join. Neither one puts anything in the participant list. If a bot-free recorder is all you need, this row is a tie and you should pick on price, platform, and how you like to take notes.
Where are my Memoth recordings stored, and is Memoth on-device?
Memoth does not transcribe on your device, and we would rather say so plainly than imply otherwise. When you finish a recording the audio is uploaded to Memoth's pipeline and sent to a speech-to-text provider (AssemblyAI) to be transcribed. That audio is then kept for 30 days as an encrypted backup — AES-256 at rest, never publicly accessible — so a recording lost from your device can still be restored, and after 30 days that audio is deleted automatically. The transcript itself is kept for as long as you keep the recording, so it can be restored without re-processing your audio — and because that record is what lets us erase the provider's copy when you ask. Delete a recording from inside the app at any time and both are erased from our servers immediately. What Memoth does not keep is your library: the recording, transcript, summary, and action items live on your device and sync through your own private iCloud account, tied to your Apple ID, rather than a Memoth-hosted workspace. Granola keeps your notes in a Granola account; check their privacy documentation for their retention terms.
What happens to a recording I make on my Apple Watch?
It is captured on the Watch and syncs through your iCloud library, then goes through the same pipeline as anything else: transcript with speaker labels, summary, and action items that can sync to Apple Reminders on paid plans. Open your iPhone or Mac and the finished note is already there, which is what makes the Watch practical for walking meetings, field notes, and quick thoughts.