Conference Ink
Conference Ink vs Granola

Granola stays on
your desk. We go where
you go.

Granola is a polished macOS app for capturing virtual meetings. Conference Ink is a mobile-first companion for the real world: in-person conferences, lectures, and live events where a laptop is impractical and Wi-Fi is unreliable.

Conference Ink

iPhone in your pocket — no laptop needed

"...the paradigm shift here is moving compute to the edge rather than centralising in the data centre..."

Offline — no Wi-Fi 4 bookmarks

Granola

Desktop-first — requires Zoom or calendar integration

Built for virtual meetings, not in-person capture. Requires macOS laptop open with an active screen-sharing session.

Feature by feature

Two great tools solving different problems. Here is how they compare.

Feature
Conference Ink
Granola
Mobile-first (iPhone) (Granola is desktop-first)
Works at in-person events
Offline recording (Transcription and AI run when you reconnect)
Virtual meeting enhancement (Granola overlays your laptop during calls)
AI transcription (ready after recording)
AI-generated session summaries
Segment-specific AI context (Conference, church, university, personal modes)
Timestamped bookmarks
Slide photo capture with OCR
Works without a laptop
Free plan available
Markdown export (PDF coming soon)

Yellow dash = partial or limited support

Why choose Conference Ink

For the world outside your screen.

Your phone goes everywhere your laptop cannot

Granola lives on your MacBook. Conference Ink lives on your iPhone. When you are sitting in a conference session, a lecture hall, or a church pew, your phone is the right tool.

No laptop, no internet, no problem

Conference Wi-Fi is notoriously unreliable. Conference Ink stores everything to disk in real time as you record; transcription runs once you have a connection. Granola requires your Mac to be online and running.

Context that changes how the AI thinks

Conference Ink knows whether you are attending a tech summit, a university lecture, or a Sunday service, and produces summaries shaped for that context. Granola gives you one universal format regardless of what you are capturing.

Free to start, fair to upgrade

Granola is built around a paid subscription. Conference Ink includes a free tier with 3 sessions so you can evaluate it without a credit card. Upgrade only when you need unlimited sessions and advanced AI features.

Take it to your next event.

Free plan, no credit card, works on any iPhone.

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