Conference Ink
Conference Ink vs Fireflies.ai

Bots need an invite.
We show up
without one.

Fireflies.ai joins your Zoom call as a bot participant. But it cannot attend a keynote, a lecture, or a worship service. Conference Ink is in your pocket, works offline, and captures every word wherever you are, no virtual meeting required.

Conference Ink

Live — Hall B, Main Stage

"...what we are building is not just a product, it is an entirely new category of software that puts users first..."

Offline recording No bot needed

Fireflies.ai

Waiting to be invited to a Zoom meeting...

Built around meeting bots, not in-person capture. Requires a virtual meeting link for the bot to join as a participant.

Feature by feature

Where each tool works, and where it cannot follow you.

Feature
Conference Ink
Fireflies.ai
Built for physical in-person events (Fireflies sends a bot to join virtual calls)
Mobile-first (iPhone)
Offline recording (Transcription and AI run when you reconnect)
No bot joining your meeting (Fireflies bot is visible to all participants)
Virtual meeting bot (Zoom/Teams/Meet)
AI transcription (ready after recording)
AI-generated session summaries
Segment-specific AI context (Conference, church, university, personal modes)
Timestamped bookmarks (Fireflies has soundbites, not in-session bookmarks)
Slide photo capture with OCR
Free plan with meaningful limits (Fireflies free tier is very restricted)
Privacy — no third-party in your room (The bot records and stores on Fireflies servers)

Yellow dash = partial or limited support

Why choose Conference Ink

For every event a bot cannot attend.

No bot. No permission. No awkwardness.

Fireflies requires a bot to join your call and records your conversation to its servers. Conference Ink records directly on your device. No third-party service in the room, no surprise bot joining your meeting.

For rooms without a screen

Fireflies cannot attend a keynote speech, a university lecture, a workshop session, or a Sunday sermon. Conference Ink is purpose-built for every venue where a bot cannot be invited as a meeting participant.

Offline-first on shaky event Wi-Fi

Fireflies is entirely cloud-dependent. Conference Ink writes your audio to local storage within seconds of capture. You can walk out of the building with the complete recording even if the internet never worked, and the transcript arrives once you reconnect.

AI that understands your event type

Conference Ink tailors its AI summaries to whether you are at a business conference, a church service, a university lecture, or a personal event. Fireflies generates one-size-fits-all meeting recaps regardless of context.

No bot required.

Just your phone and Conference Ink. Free plan, 3 sessions to start.

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