Looking for a Granola alternative? Retext records notes without a bot, transcribes and summarizes them on your Mac, and turns the useful parts into snippets.
Retext is a Granola alternative if you want no bot in your meetings, transcripts and summaries made on your Mac, and notes that become snippets. If you need calendar auto-join, speaker labels or CRM sync, Granola does more.
Granola is a full meeting notetaker: it hears both sides of a call without a bot, starts from your calendar, labels speakers and sends notes to Slack, Notion and your CRM. Retext Notes records only your Mac's microphone, but transcribes and summarizes on the device and keeps no audio by default. Pick Granola for team meeting notes, and Retext if you want private voice notes next to your snippets.
No meeting bot, ever: nobody else on the call sees a recorder join
Transcription and summaries run on your Mac, not a server
Save as Snippet: a note's summary or action items become a ;trigger
Audio is deleted once the transcript is ready, unless you keep it
Snippets, dictation and autocomplete in the same app
| Feature | Retext | Granola |
|---|---|---|
| Transcripts & Summaries | ||
| Bot-Free Recording | ||
| Both Sides of a Call | ||
| Calendar & Auto-Start | Not available | |
| Speaker Labels | Not available | |
| CRM & App Integrations | ||
| Privacy & Local Storage | ||
| Snippet Expansion | Not available | |
| Cross-Platform |
| Product | Pricing Model | Price | Free Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retext | Freemium | Recording, on-device transcription and summaries come with every plan. See the pricing page. | Notes on your Mac, plus 5 snippets |
| Granola | Freemium | Business $14/user/month; Enterprise $35/user/month | Basic plan with 30 days of meeting history, Slack integration and shared folders |
Migration difficulty: medium
Granola exports your notes as a CSV by email, once a day, and only notes that have a summary. Retext doesn't import notes, so keep that export as your archive and start fresh in Retext. Save the summaries and replies you reuse as snippets.
Retext records notes without a bot, transcribes and summarizes them on your Mac, and turns the useful parts into snippets. Granola is a full meeting notetaker: it hears both sides of a call without a bot, starts from your calendar, labels speakers and sends notes to Slack, Notion and your CRM. Retext Notes records only your Mac's microphone, but transcribes and summarizes on the device and keeps no audio by default. Pick Granola for team meeting notes, and Retext if you want private voice notes next to your snippets.
The free plan only shows 30 days of meetings; Model training is on unless you opt out; Apple Calendar isn't supported.
Yes. Granola's free option: basic plan with 30 days of meeting history, Slack integration and shared folders. Paid: Business $14/user/month; Enterprise $35/user/month.
Yes. Retext's free plan includes notes on your Mac, plus 5 snippets. Recording, on-device transcription and summaries come with every plan. See the pricing page.
Granola is the better choice for people in back-to-back calls who want notes from both sides, teams that share meeting notes and push them to a CRM and notes that start from your calendar.
Granola exports your notes as a CSV by email, once a day, and only notes that have a summary. Retext doesn't import notes, so keep that export as your archive and start fresh in Retext. Save the summaries and replies you reuse as snippets.
Download Retext, turn on Notes in Settings, and click Record Note. Your transcript and summary are written on your Mac.
Sources
Granola, checked October 28, 2026: Granola pricing · Granola security · Granola: exporting notes · Granola: syncing your calendars
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