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Fireflies.ai Alternative for iPhone: Audio Notes vs Fireflies (2026)
Fireflies is built for teams with many online meetings: a bot joins Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, and transcripts flow into your CRM and team search. If that is your day, keep it. If you are one person recording on an iPhone, in person, in lectures, interviews or voice messages, and you would rather not send a bot into anyone's call, Audio Notes AI is the simpler alternative.
What Fireflies offers
From Fireflies' pricing page, checked October 4, 2026:
- Free: transcription with limited AI summaries, 400 minutes of storage per team, 20 AI credits.
- Pro: $18 per seat per month, or $10 billed annually; unlimited AI summaries and 8,000 minutes of storage per seat.
- Business: $29 per seat per month, or $19 billed annually; unlimited storage.
- Enterprise: $39 per seat per month, annual only.
It transcribes in 100+ languages, records Zoom, Meet, Teams and more through its notetaker bot or a Chrome extension, accepts audio and video uploads, and has iOS and Android apps.
Why people look for a Fireflies alternative
- The bot. Some clients and colleagues do not want a third-party notetaker in the call.
- Storage limits on the free plan (400 minutes per team), which fill up quickly.
- Per-seat pricing designed for teams, when you are a solo user.
- Conversations that are not online meetings: in-person meetings, lectures, interviews, site visits, voice messages.
Audio Notes AI: no bot, iPhone-first
Audio Notes AI records with your iPhone's microphone (it keeps recording with the screen locked) or transcribes a file you import, including video and WhatsApp or LINE voice messages through the share sheet. Each recording becomes:
- a transcript from OpenAI's Whisper model in 60+ languages, including Cantonese,
- a summary and action items,
- a chat where you ask questions about the recording,
- an optional translation into your language.
Shared notes are encrypted with AES-256 on your iPhone before upload, and links expire after 24 hours. The trade-offs: no meeting bot, no CRM integrations, no speaker labels, and up to 90 minutes per recording. The free plan covers your first 3 notes or 60 minutes of transcription; Pro covers 10,000 minutes a month.
Side by side
| Fireflies.ai | Audio Notes AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Teams with many online meetings | Individuals recording on iPhone |
| How it records | Bot joins calls, or Chrome extension; file upload | iPhone microphone or file import; no bot |
| Languages | 100+ | 60+ incl. Cantonese, plus translation |
| Free plan | Limited AI summaries, 400 min storage per team | First 3 notes or 60 minutes |
| Paid | From $10 per seat per month (annual) | Pro: 10,000 minutes a month |
| Integrations | CRMs, Slack and more | Copy, share sheet, encrypted links |
| Speaker labels | Yes | No |
Verdict
- Keep Fireflies if your team runs on video calls and needs transcripts in its CRM.
- Choose Audio Notes AI if you record in person or on the go, want no bot in anyone's meeting, or work across many languages.
See also the Granola alternative, Otter.ai alternative and the full AI note-taker alternatives guide. Try Audio Notes AI free on the App Store.
Transcribe & Secure Your Audio
Record voice notes, generate instant summaries, and share them via secure expiring links with zero-knowledge encryption.
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