Comparison
Granola is an AI notepad. You type rough notes during a call, it listens through your computer's audio, and afterwards it fills your notes out from the transcript. No bot joins the call, and Granola does not keep the audio.Lynkk records the call itself and writes AI meeting notes from it. The Mac app and the Chrome extension record with no bot, and a bot can join Zoom, Google Meet and Teams when you would rather not be the one recording. Each recording becomes a transcript, a summary and a list of action items, and the audio stays with the note.
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 Granola's own pages.
A marked row is one where Lynkk leads. The others are close, or go the other way.
| What we compared | Lynkk | Granola |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | No bot. Listens to your computer's system audio and mic; you start each note yourself |
| Recording you can replayLynkk leads here | The audio stays with the note and every timestamp plays from that moment | Audio is used for the transcript, then not kept |
| In-person meetings | Record the room from the Mac app or the browser mic | Desktop app, plus iPhone and Android apps made for in-person meetings |
| Platforms | Web app, Mac app (Apple silicon, macOS 14.2 or later), Chrome extension. No phone app | Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android and Apple Watch. The web view is for reading notes |
| Languages | 17 languages plus Hinglish and auto-detect, four of them in beta | 31 languages on desktop, 17 on mobile, with a mode that follows language switches |
| Ask across meetings | Ask Lynkk (Pro) answers from all your notes and cites the note and the minute | Chat across meetings or folders on every plan; the free plan sees the last 30 days |
| Action items and JiraLynkk leads here | 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 the notes; Jira, Asana and Linear through Zapier |
| Slack | Ask @Lynkk in a channel or a DM and it answers from your notes (Pro) | Share a note to Slack, or post notes from a folder automatically |
| Free plan | Unlimited notes, 2 hours per note, the first 5 hours of AI notes | Basic: free, with 30 days of meeting history |
| Paid plans | Pro: $15 a month, or $117 a year. Enterprise: priced with you | Business: $14 per user a month. Enterprise: $35 per user a month |
Based on Granola'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, Granola is likely the better tool, and it is better to know that now.
Granola is built around the notes you write during the call. It keeps your words, adds detail from the transcript, and shows which line each point came from. Lynkk writes the summary for you and does not start from your own notes.
Granola runs on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android. Lynkk's app is Mac only (Apple silicon), there is no phone app, and on Windows you would use Lynkk in the browser or through the Chrome extension.
Granola lists 31 languages on desktop, including Marathi and Urdu, against Lynkk's 17 plus Hinglish. If your calls run in a language outside Lynkk's list, Granola covers more ground.
Granola's free plan includes chat over your last 30 days of meetings and a Slack integration, and its paid plan adds Notion, HubSpot, Attio, Affinity and Zapier. Asking across meetings is a Pro feature in Lynkk, and Lynkk does not connect to those tools.
Where Lynkk fits
Each point sits beside the part of Lynkk it describes, drawn the way it looks in the app.
Lynkk keeps the audio with every note. Click a timestamp in the summary or the transcript and it plays from that moment, so you can hear how something was said. On Pro, the meeting bot can record the video too.
The note pageWhen you are late, double-booked or not attending, Lynkk's bot can join the Zoom, Meet or Teams call for you. Connect Google Calendar and auto-join is already on, so it goes to your scheduled meetings without being asked.
The meeting botThe Mac app notices calls in Zoom, Teams, Slack huddles, WhatsApp, FaceTime, Webex and Meet in your browser, and offers to record. You can set it to record on its own. It stops by itself when the call ends.
The Mac appEvery action item comes with an owner and a due date when one was said, and lands on one task board across your meetings. Send them to Jira from the note, one issue per item, with no Zapier in between.
Action itemsPricing
Lynkk's plans today, next to Granola'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 notes 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 notes, 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.
Basic$0
30 days of meeting history, chat over that window, Slack.
Business$14 per user a month
Full history, more AI models, Notion, HubSpot, Attio, Affinity and Zapier, and API access. Billed monthly.
Enterprise$35 per user a month
SSO, SCIM, admin policies and Salesforce. Annual billing is on Enterprise contracts only.
Granola prices from granola.ai/pricing. Taxes are extra on both. Lynkk's yearly price is an early-bird offer.
Every Lynkk plan in fullSwitching
Lynkk cannot import notes from Granola, and you cannot upload old recordings to it. Granola never kept the audio, so your history moves as text. Export it from Granola first.
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 you want the recording kept, a bot for some calls, or action items in Jira. If you mostly want an AI notepad that builds on what you type, on Windows or your phone, Granola is likely the better fit.
Yes. Granola listens to your computer's audio. Lynkk's Mac app and Chrome extension do the same, with your mic and the call on two channels so your side is labelled You. Lynkk also has a bot, for the calls where you want one.
Yes. The recording stays with the note, and every timestamp in the summary and transcript plays from that moment. Granola uses the audio for the transcript and does not keep it.
Yes, on Pro. Ask Lynkk answers from all your notes and cites the note and the minute each part came from. It can also book a calendar event, mark a task done or create a Jira issue, each one after you confirm.
Not as an app. The Mac app needs Apple silicon, and there is no phone app. On Windows, use the web app and the Chrome extension in Chrome, Edge, Brave or Arc, or send the bot.
No. Lynkk has no import. Export your history from Granola as a CSV and keep it, and start recording new calls in Lynkk.
Lynkk records the room as well as the call. The Mac app captures in-person meetings, and a meeting bot or the Chrome extension captures Zoom, Google Meet and Teams. Every note comes back with a summary, decisions and action items. It transcribes 17 languages, Hindi among them, plus a Hinglish mode, and the free plan includes the Mac app, the Chrome extension and the web app.
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Free to start, on your Mac or in the browser. Every plan has unlimited notes of up to 2 hours, and Free includes the first 5 hours of AI notes.
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