Comparison
Circleback writes some of the cleanest meeting notes around, with automations to match. It records with or without a bot, it has phone and Apple Watch apps for meetings in person, and its free plan covers unlimited meetings. If you are comparing it with Granola, you are choosing between two well-made tools.Lynkk also records with a bot or with none, and keeps the audio either way. It transcribes 17 languages plus Hinglish, sends action items to Jira, and on Pro answers questions across all your notes with the note and the minute behind each answer. Here is where each one fits.
Competitor facts checked October 2026.
The short answer
Each line is a section further down this page, with the detail and the sources behind it.
At a glance
What each tool does today, from Lynkk's product and Circleback's own pages.
A marked row is one where Lynkk leads. The others are close, or go the other way.
| What we compared | Lynkk | Circleback |
|---|---|---|
| How it records | Your choice: a bot that joins Zoom, Google Meet and Teams, or no bot at all with the Mac app or the Chrome extension | A bot, or the desktop app with no bot |
| In-person meetings | Record the room from the Mac app or the browser mic | Record on the phone app or the Apple Watch |
| Platforms | Web app, Mac app (Apple silicon, macOS 14.2 or later), Chrome extension. No phone app | Desktop, phone and Apple Watch apps, plus an API, MCP and a CLI |
| LanguagesLynkk leads here | 17 languages plus Hinglish and auto-detect, four of them in beta | Not published |
| Ask across meetings | Ask Lynkk (Pro) answers from all your notes and cites the note and the minute | Notes for each meeting, search and automations |
| Action items and Jira | Every item has an owner and a due date when one was said. Send to Jira from the note, one issue per item | Action items in each note; automations send them on |
| CRM | None. Lynkk connects Google Calendar, Jira and Slack | HubSpot, Salesforce, Attio, Notion and webhooks on Pro |
| Free plan | Unlimited notes, 2 hours per note, the first 5 hours of AI summaries | Unlimited meetings, 2 teams, 30 days of history, limited automations |
| Paid plans | Pro: $15 a month, or $117 a year. Enterprise: priced with you | Pro $15, Business $25 and Enterprise $35, each a user a month |
Based on Circleback's public website as of October 2026. Plans and features change, so check their site for the latest.
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Fair is fair
If one of these matters most to you, Circleback is likely the better tool, and it is better to know that now.
Circleback's notes are tidier and easier to read than most, Lynkk's included. If a clean summary is the whole job, it is a strong pick.
Circleback's free plan writes notes for unlimited meetings and keeps 30 days of history. Lynkk's free plan has unlimited notes too, but its AI summaries stop after the first 5 hours in total.
A tap on an Apple Watch is quieter than opening a laptop. Lynkk has no watch app and no phone app.
Circleback offers an API, MCP and a CLI, even on Free. Lynkk has no public API.
Where Lynkk fits
Each point sits beside the part of Lynkk it describes, drawn the way it looks in the app.
Lynkk transcribes 17 languages, with Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Bengali in beta, and a Hinglish mode that follows a switch between Hindi and English mid-sentence. Circleback does not publish a language list.
Languages in LynkkOn Pro, ask a question across all your notes and Lynkk shows the note and the minute behind each part of the answer, so you can check it before you repeat it.
Ask your meetingsLynkk's Mac app and Chrome extension record your mic and the call on two channels, so the transcript labels your lines You and gives everyone else speaker labels.
The Mac appEvery action item has an owner and a due date when one was said. Press Send on the note and Lynkk files one Jira issue per item, in the project you pick.
Action itemsPricing
Lynkk's plans today, next to Circleback's as of October 2026. The note under the plans says where each price comes from.
Free$0
Unlimited notes, up to 2 hours each, and the first 5 hours of AI summaries in total. The meeting bot (audio), the Mac app, the Chrome extension, the web app and every language.
Pro$15 a month
Or $117 a year ($9.75 a month). Unlimited AI summaries, Ask Lynkk, answers in Slack, Summary Shapes, meeting video and the weekly digest.
EnterpriseCustom
A workspace of up to 10 members, each with Pro, on one bill. Set up with us on a call.
Free$0
Unlimited meetings, 2 teams, 30 days of history, limited automations.
Pro$15 a user a month
5 teams, unlimited history, a year of recording storage.
Business$25 a user a month
Unlimited teams, 2 years of storage, custom retention.
Enterprise$35 a user a month
With volume discounts.
Circleback prices from circleback.ai. Taxes are extra on both. Lynkk's yearly price is an early-bird offer.
Every Lynkk plan in fullSwitching
Lynkk cannot import your Circleback notes or recordings, so export anything you want to keep before you cancel. If you record on an Apple Watch, expect to miss it.
If you ever leave Lynkk, Settings, Privacy, Export my data emails you a link to one zip of every note, transcript and recording. The link works for 24 hours.
Questions
It is if your calls mix languages, you want answers across meetings with their sources, or your action items go to Jira. If you want the cleanest notes, unlimited free AI notes or a phone app, Circleback is likely the better fit.
Yes: unlimited meetings with 30 days of history on 2 teams. Lynkk's free plan has unlimited notes of up to 2 hours each, with AI summaries for the first 5 hours in total.
Yes. Circleback has a desktop app that records with no bot. Lynkk records with no bot from the Mac app or the Chrome extension, and has a bot when you want one.
No. Lynkk runs in the browser, on the Mac and in Chrome. For a meeting in a room, record from the Mac app or the browser on a laptop.
Both write clean notes and both can record with no bot. Granola never uses a bot, while Circleback can send one. Our Lynkk vs Granola page covers that side in detail.
No. Lynkk has no import and does not take uploads of old recordings. Export from Circleback before you cancel.
Explore more
The other side-by-side pages, and the parts of Lynkk this page mentions.
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