On-Device AI Notetaker: MeetingsAI Returns to Product Hunt

Introduction

MeetingsAI, the on-device AI notetaker that records, transcribes, and summarizes conversations even with no internet connection, is live on Product Hunt again as of August 2026. Our first launch was February 5, 2026. Six months later, the product has grown enough that we wanted to show it to the community one more time.

If you just found us through the launch page, welcome. This post is the honest tour: what actually shipped since February, why we keep betting on local AI, and how to try it in the next five minutes.

Key Takeaways

Tip callout:

MeetingsAI relaunched on Product Hunt in August 2026, six months after its first launch on February 5.
Private Mode now runs Gemma 4, so transcription and summaries can happen entirely on your phone.
New since February: Apple Watch and Wear OS apps, Cheat Mode, a Google Meet Chrome extension, shareable meeting pages, and quiz mode.
Everything is free to start, with no credit card required.

Why Relaunch an On-Device AI Notetaker Now

When we launched in February, Private Mode was already the core idea: your meeting audio should not have to leave your phone to become useful notes. The feedback was consistent. People liked that promise, but they wanted more surface area around it. Recording from a watch. Capturing desktop meetings. Faster, smarter local models.

So that is what we spent the last six months building.

The timing matters too. On-device AI stopped being a niche preference this year. Apple keeps moving more intelligence onto the phone itself, and small open models like Google's Gemma family have become genuinely good at summarization. The bet we made in February is now the direction the whole industry is heading. A relaunch felt like the right moment to show how far the product has come.

Everything We Shipped Since February

Gemma 4 came to Private Mode

In June we added Gemma 4 to Private Mode, and on-device summaries got noticeably better. The model runs locally, so neither the audio nor the summary ever touches our servers.

We will be straight about the tradeoffs: on-device summaries usually take 10 to 60 seconds instead of the 5 to 15 you get in cloud mode, speaker labels are not available on-device, and language coverage is narrower. When the conversation is sensitive, we think that trade is easy to accept.

Apple Watch and Wear OS apps

In July, the watch apps went live in both stores. Tap your wrist, capture the conversation, and the recording syncs to your phone for transcription and a summary. Smart watch recording has quickly become the fastest way to catch a hallway conversation or an impromptu standup.

Cheat Mode

Cheat Mode listens along and surfaces live AI answers the moment a question lands. It was built for interviews, sales calls, and any conversation where you cannot afford a blank stare while you dig through your memory.

Google Meet, straight from a Chrome tab

Our new Chrome extension records Google Meet directly from the browser tab and hands the audio to MeetingsAI for transcription and summary. Nothing extra joins your call, and your desktop meetings finally live in the same place as your mobile ones.

Smaller things that add up

Shareable meeting pages. Turn any meeting into a clean webpage you can send with one tap.
Quiz mode. Convert a lecture or training session into a game-show style quiz and actually retain it.
X video transcription. Paste a link, get the transcript in seconds.
Scanned PDF OCR. Turn scanned documents into editable Word and Excel files.

The Bet Underneath It All: Local AI

Most AI notetakers are cloud services. Your audio goes up, their notes come down, and you extend trust to whatever their servers and policies do in between.

MeetingsAI gives you a switch instead. Flip on Private Mode and recording, transcription, and summarization happen on your device. Your conversations are not visible to us, and the whole flow works in airplane mode. When you want maximum speed and the widest language support, cloud mode is right there, clearly labeled, with 99+ transcription languages.

We do not think privacy should be a premium tier or a compliance checkbox. It should be a toggle you control per conversation. That is the sentence the entire product is built around, and it is why the Product Hunt tagline reads "the private AI notetaker with on-device AI, works offline."

How to Get Started

Download MeetingsAI on iOS or Android. It is free to start, no credit card required.
Record your first meeting, call, or voice note and watch the summary and action items appear.
Open settings and try Private Mode to see the on-device flow for yourself.
If you live in meetings, Pro is $14.99 per month, $79.99 per year, or $199.99 once for lifetime access.

Note callout: The relaunch page is live this week. If MeetingsAI has been useful to you, an upvote or an honest comment on Product Hunt genuinely helps a small team get seen.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is MeetingsAI?

MeetingsAI is an AI notetaker for iPhone, Android, Apple Watch, and Wear OS that records meetings, calls, lectures, and voice notes, then produces transcripts, summaries, and action items. Its defining feature is Private Mode, which runs the AI on your device so recordings and notes never leave your phone.

What is Private Mode?

Private Mode is an on-device processing option in MeetingsAI. With it enabled, recording, transcription, and summarization run locally on your phone using models like Gemma 4, so your conversation content is not visible to us and never reaches our servers. It also works fully offline, including in airplane mode.

Does MeetingsAI work offline?

Yes. In Private Mode, MeetingsAI records, transcribes, and summarizes with no internet connection at all, because the AI models run on the device itself. Cloud mode requires a connection and is faster with broader language coverage, but offline capture in Private Mode means a dead spot or a flight never costs you your notes.

What platforms does MeetingsAI support?

MeetingsAI runs on iOS and Android, with companion apps for Apple Watch and Wear OS that record from your wrist and sync to your phone. A Chrome extension captures Google Meet directly from the browser tab, and any meeting can be shared as a webpage viewable on any device.

How much does MeetingsAI cost?

MeetingsAI is free to start and does not ask for a credit card. The Pro plan is $14.99 per month or $79.99 per year, and a one-time lifetime option is available for $199.99. Free usage is enough to record real meetings and try Private Mode before deciding.

What languages does MeetingsAI support?

Cloud transcription supports 99+ languages, and live two-way translation covers 40+ languages. Private Mode focuses on common languages, since it relies on on-device models. If you work multilingually, cloud mode gives you the widest coverage; if privacy is the priority, Private Mode handles the major languages on your phone.

Conclusion

Six months ago we launched an on-device AI notetaker and asked people to bet on local AI with us. Since then it gained Gemma 4 in Private Mode, watch apps, Cheat Mode, a Chrome extension for Google Meet, and a long list of smaller improvements. The relaunch is our way of showing the receipts.

We are live on Product Hunt right now. Support the launch here, or skip straight to trying it: Download MeetingsAI.

MeetingsAI Is Back on Product Hunt: Everything We Shipped in Last Six Months