AI notepad
WhisperPal vs Granola
Granola is an AI notepad that listens to your device audio and enhances the notes you type during a meeting, processing them in the cloud. WhisperPal also records without a bot, but keeps transcription on your Mac and gives you a full, speaker-labelled transcript.
- On-device transcription with your choice of local model.
- A complete transcript with speakers you can rename, merge and search.
- System-wide dictation with quick and advanced AI modes.
- Subtitles and documents export: SRT, VTT, Markdown, TXT.
When to choose
Choose WhisperPal if
- You need a verbatim transcript, not just notes.
- You want transcription to stay on your Mac.
- You also dictate throughout the day.
Choose Granola if
- You like writing your own notes and letting AI fill the gaps.
- You want shared team folders in the cloud.
Based on publicly available information as of October 2026. Products change — tell us if something is out of date.
Apple Silicon · macOS 12 or later v0.2.0 Beta