Granola Alternative
The Granola Alternative for Mac
Granola is an AI notepad that captures system audio and enhances your typed notes after a meeting. Audio stays on your device, but transcript text is sent to the cloud for AI processing, and you never get a full word-for-word record of what was said.
Thoth vs Granola
| Thoth | Granola | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio stays on your Mac | ✓ | ✓ |
| Transcript text stays on your Mac | ✓ | ✗ |
| Full word-for-word transcript | ✓ | ✗ |
| On-device speaker diarization | ✓ | ✗ |
| Works fully offline | ✓ | ✗ |
| Audio saved for playback | ✓ | ✗ |
| On-device AI summaries | ✓ | ✗ |
| Mac App Store distribution | ✓ | ✗ |
| No account required | ✓ | ✗ |
Why people switch to Thoth
- Full transcript, not just notes. Granola enhances the notes you type during a meeting. Thoth produces a complete word-for-word transcript with timestamps, so you can verify exactly what was said and by whom.
- Local-first, with an opt-in for cloud AI. Granola always sends transcript text to the cloud for AI processing. In Thoth, transcription and speaker diarization always run locally. AI summaries use on-device models by default. If you want a more capable cloud model, BYOK sends the transcript directly from your Mac to your chosen provider. Thoth never sees it.
- Automatic speaker diarization. Thoth identifies who said what using an on-device diarization engine, color-coded in your transcript. Granola has no speaker tracking.
- Audio saved. Playback available. Thoth keeps the original recording on your Mac with full playback. Granola deliberately discards audio after processing. If the notes are wrong, there is nothing to go back to.
Try Thoth free.
Full transcripts, speaker detection, and AI summaries. All on your Mac. No account required.
Competitor features are approximate and subject to change. Granola is a trademark of its respective owner. This page reflects publicly available information as of May 2026.