SpiikOtter alternatives at a glance
| App | Platforms | Free tier | Starting price | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spiik | iPhone, iPad, Mac | Unlimited recording, first 60 seconds of each recording transcribed | $49.99 a year or $9.99 a month | One person on Apple devices, no minute cap |
| Otter, for reference | iPhone, Android, Mac, Windows, web | 300 minutes a month, 30 per conversation | Pro: $8.33 a month billed yearly, or $16.99 monthly | Team meetings across platforms |
| Notta | iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, web | 120 minutes a month, 3 per conversation | Pro: $97.99 a year | Recordings up to 5 hours |
| Fireflies | iOS, Android, desktop, web | 400 minutes of storage per team | Pro: $10 a seat a month billed yearly | Teams with a meeting bot |
| Granola | Desktop, iPhone, Android, Apple Watch | 30 days of meeting history | Business: $14 a user a month | Typed notes during calls, no bot |
| Fathom | Web and desktop calls, iPhone | Unlimited recordings and transcripts | Premium: $16 a month billed yearly | Free recording of video calls |
| MacWhisper | Mac | Free version | €64 once for Pro | Local transcription on a Mac |
| TurboScribe | Web | 3 files a day | $10 a month billed yearly | Uploading long files |
| Rev | Web, iPhone | 45 AI minutes a month, English only | $25.49 a seat a month billed yearly, or $1.99 a minute for humans | Human-checked transcripts |
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Notta
Up to 5 hours per recording, 58 languages, and a choice between a meeting bot and bot-free desktop recording on Mac and Windows. Pro includes 1,800 minutes, 100 file uploads and 100 AI summaries a month. The free plan has 120 minutes a month, but stops each conversation at 3 minutes.
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Fireflies
Joins Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and other platforms, with team analytics, CRM integrations and a Chrome extension that can record without the bot. It fully supports English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian, with more than 100 other languages in beta. The free plan stores 400 minutes per team.
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Granola
Listens through your device with no bot and fills out the rough notes you type into full meeting notes. It has desktop, iPhone, Android and Apple Watch apps. It deletes the audio after transcribing, so you can't replay a call, and it doesn't transcribe recorded files.
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Fathom
The free plan includes unlimited recordings and transcripts with instant AI call summaries. A bot joins by default, and bot-free capture is in beta on Mac. Team plans add shared folders, CRM integrations and team search.
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MacWhisper
Transcribes with local models on your Mac, records meetings in Zoom, Teams, Webex and other apps with no bot, and exports TXT, SRT, VTT, DOCX, PDF and more. Summaries go through AI services you connect with your own API keys. Its developer also makes a separate iPhone and iPad app, Whisper Transcription.
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TurboScribe
Unlimited transcription for one person, with files up to 10 hours or 5 GB each. It's built around uploads rather than live recording, so it suits people who already have the files and want text back quickly.
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Rev
Human transcription costs $1.99 a minute. AI plans include 5,000 minutes a month on Essentials ($29.99 billed monthly) and 10,000 on Pro, and the free plan is English only. Its iPhone app records and sends files for AI or human transcripts.
Which Otter alternative should you pick?
- One person on iPhone, iPad or Mac: Spiik, for no monthly minute cap and recordings up to 2.5 hours.
- A team that wants a bot in every meeting: Fireflies, or Otter itself.
- No budget at all: Fathom's free plan for video calls, or the free version of MacWhisper on a Mac.
- Very long files: TurboScribe for uploads up to 10 hours, or Notta for recordings up to 5 hours.
- Android or Windows: Notta, Fireflies or Granola. Spiik runs on Apple devices only.
- Every word has to be right: Rev's human transcription.
Why people look for an Otter alternative
The reasons are usually in Otter's own plan table. Pro stops a conversation at 90 minutes, shares 1,200 minutes a month between meetings and recordings, and allows 10 file imports a month. Otter's help center lists six transcription languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese and Simplified Chinese.
Otter is still a strong choice if you want a meeting assistant on every platform with a shared team workspace, and its free plan is generous for light use.
How we chose
We started from the apps people most often compare with Otter, then kept the ones that replace it for a clear group of people: individuals, teams, students, Mac users and people with long files. For each one we read the vendor's own pricing page or App Store listing on November 7, 2026, and compared what you notice after a month of use: price, monthly and per-recording limits, languages, platforms, and whether a bot joins your calls. See the six tests we use.
We make Spiik, so we put it first, and we've tried to describe every other app fairly, including who should pick it instead. We didn't rank on accuracy, because we know of no independent test covering all of these apps. The best check is your own: run the same real recording through two apps.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best alternative to Otter.ai?
For one person on iPhone, iPad or Mac, we recommend Spiik, which we make: no monthly minute cap, recordings up to 2.5 hours and more than 100 languages for $49.99 a year. For teams, Fireflies and Notta are the closest replacements.
What is a cheaper alternative to Otter.ai?
Spiik Pro is $49.99 a year in the US with no monthly minute cap. Otter Pro is $8.33 a month billed yearly, or $16.99 monthly, with 1,200 minutes a month. Fathom's free plan and TurboScribe Unlimited, at $10 a month billed yearly, are other low-cost options.
Is there a free alternative to Otter.ai?
Yes. Fathom's free plan includes unlimited recordings and transcripts of video calls. MacWhisper has a free version for the Mac, Notta's free plan has 120 minutes a month with a 3-minute limit per conversation, and Spiik's free version records without limits and transcribes the first 60 seconds of each recording.
Is there an Otter alternative with no bot?
Yes. Spiik, Granola and MacWhisper capture meetings from your own device with no bot in the call. Notta's desktop app and the Fireflies Chrome extension can also record without a bot, and Fathom's bot-free capture is in beta on Mac.
Is there an Otter alternative with more languages?
Yes. Spiik lists more than 100 languages and Notta lists 58. Fireflies fully supports five languages, with more than 100 others in beta. Otter lists six.
Which Otter alternatives work on Android or Windows?
Notta, Fireflies and Granola have Android apps and desktop apps, and TurboScribe works in any browser. Spiik is for iPhone, iPad and Mac only.
Sources
Competitor facts come from the public pages below, checked on November 7, 2026. Prices are US prices, change often and can vary by country and offer. We compare price, limits, features and platforms rather than accuracy percentages, because we know of no independent test that covers these apps side by side. Spotted something out of date? Email [email protected] and we will fix it.