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20 Goodnotes alternatives

Goodnotes: Handwriting-first notes, PDF annotation, whiteboards and text documents in one app, with AI transcription, summarisation and meeting notes layered on top. 20 apps do similar work, most sharing Notes, Transcription and Meetings, ranked by how much they have in common with Goodnotes.

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  1. Supernormal Technologies, Inc.

    AI notetaker that turns a recorded meeting into the deliverable it was about — slides, briefs, spreadsheets and images, not just a summary.

    Also: Collaboration, Meetings, Notes, Transcription

  2. A wearable pendant and app that captures your conversations and turns them into a searchable personal memory.

    Also: Meetings, Notes, Transcription

  3. Cluely, Inc.

    Real-time AI meeting assistant for Mac, Windows and iPhone that transcribes as you talk, answers questions mid-conversation and writes the notes afterwards.

    Also: Meetings, Notes, Transcription

  4. Vibe Inc.

    Wearable AI recorder that turns meetings, calls and ideas into transcripts, summaries and action items, online or offline.

    Also: Meetings, Notes, Transcription

  5. AI meeting assistant that records Zoom, Teams and Meet calls, transcribes them live, and writes searchable summaries and action items.

    Also: Meetings, Notes, Transcription

  6. Granola is an AI notepad designed for people who have back-to-back meetings.

    Also: Meetings, Notes, Transcription

  7. Tuling Network Limited

    AI note taker that records any Mac or iPhone audio and transcribes it on-device — no meeting bot, unlimited local transcription for free.

    Also: Meetings, Notes, Transcription

  8. Meeting notes precise enough to trust, with action items that automatically become tasks in your other tools.

    Also: Meetings, Notes, Transcription

  9. Local-first meeting and interview recorder that transcribes, labels speakers and writes up your notes entirely on your own computer, for a one-time price.

    Also: Meetings, Notes, Transcription

  10. AI note-taker for real-world conversations — pairs recorder hardware and a desktop capture app with transcription in 112 languages and template-driven summaries.

    Also: Meetings, Notes, Transcription

  11. Coping Hard

    Hit record, and Voicenotes transcribes, summarises and indexes what you said — then answers questions about anything you have ever recorded.

    Also: Meetings, Notes, Transcription

  12. Speech-to-text service for meetings, interviews and video in 100+ languages, with an AI chat that answers questions against your transcripts.

    Also: Meetings, Notes, Transcription

  13. AI note taker that transcribes meetings, interviews and recordings in 58 languages, then summarises them and pulls out action items.

    Also: Meetings, Notes, Transcription

  14. OCR for STEM documents: converts screenshots, handwriting and PDFs into LaTeX, Markdown and Word with equations and tables intact.

    Also: Handwriting, PDF

  15. Projects, notes, and AI agents in one workspace — turn a prompt into a working app or automation.

    Also: Collaboration, Notes

  16. AI notes workspace whose agent tracks tasks from your notes and meetings, with voice capture and an MCP connector for Claude and ChatGPT.

    Also: Meetings, Notes

  17. Quizlet, Inc.

    Quizlet-owned AI note taker for students: record a lecture and get organised notes, flashcards, quizzes and an AI-narrated podcast back.

    Also: Notes, Transcription

  18. Turbolearn

    Turn lectures, PDFs, and videos into structured notes, flashcards, and practice quizzes automatically.

    Also: Notes, Transcription

  19. Zoom

    Zoom's AI teammate (formerly AI Companion): meeting summaries and notes, agentic search, custom agents and workflows across Zoom and other apps.

    Also: Meetings, Transcription

  20. Tana Inc.

    Agentic meeting platform that files issues, drafts follow-ups and logs decisions during Zoom, Teams and Meet calls, without a bot.

    Also: Meetings, Transcription