HyNote
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveCaptures meetings, calls, PDFs, videos, images and web pages into one notebook with transcripts and summaries.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $6.66/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Free plan records up to 120 minutes per session with templates, file uploads and sync. Paid plans are billed annually: Pro $6.66/month ($79.99/year) for 1,200 transcription minutes a month, Plus $10.83/month ($129.99/year) adds 1,200 real-time minutes, Unlimited $15.83/month ($189.99/year), and Teams $15 per seat/month ($180/year) from two seats; Pro, Plus and Unlimited have a 7-day trial.
Use tool ↗About HyNote
HyNote is a note-taking app that accepts almost any input: recorded audio, phone calls, uploaded files, PDFs, images via OCR, YouTube links and web pages. Each becomes a transcript plus a summary, key points and action items, with 30-plus templates for meeting minutes, lecture notes, SWOT analyses and similar. Transcription covers 50-plus languages with speaker identification on higher tiers, and notes sync across web, iOS, Android, iPad, Apple Watch and a Chrome extension, with a Mac app that transcribes locally. The publisher is Turing Intelligence LLC. Paid plans are metered in transcription minutes.
- Platforms
- Web · iOS · Android · macOS · Chrome extension
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing page: Free $0 (120 minutes per session); Pro $6.66/month ($79.99/year, 1,200 transcription minutes); Plus $10.83/month ($129.99/year); Unlimited $15.83/month ($189.99/year); Teams $15 per seat/month from 2 seats; FAQ says all paid plans are billed annually, 7-day trial on Pro, Plus and Unlimited (15 October 2026)hynote.ai ↗
- Home page: iOS, Android, web, Mac, Chrome extension and Apple Watch apps; 8 input types and 50+ languages; 30+ templates with export to PDF, TXT, Google Docs or Notion; footer © 2026 Turing Intelligence LLC (15 October 2026)hynote.ai ↗
- The harvested ainotebook.app domain 308-redirects to hynote.ai (15 October 2026)ainotebook.app ↗
Is HyNote legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Jul 18, 2025 (1 year ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar NameCheap, Inc., looked up Sep 17, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Jan 5, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- Turing Intelligence LLCOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of HyNote
Unusually wide input coverage for the price: audio, phone calls, PDFs, images, YouTube and web pages all land in the same notebook, and the free tier records two hours per session without a card. The paid meter is minutes of transcription, so heavy recorders climb tiers quickly. Speaker identification and real-time transcription are held back to the second tier.
Pros
- Ingests audio, phone calls, PDFs, images (OCR), YouTube and web pages into one note store
- Free tier allows 120-minute recording sessions with no card
- Syncs across web, iOS, Android, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac and a Chrome extension
- Mac app offers free unlimited local transcription
- 30+ output templates and exports to Google Docs and Notion on higher tiers
Cons
- Speaker identification and real-time transcription require the $10.83 tier, not the entry plan
- All advertised monthly prices are annual-billing rates
- No public API
Best for
- Students and consultants capturing lectures, calls and reading in one place
- People who record on a phone and edit on a laptop
- Anyone needing local Mac transcription for privacy
Not for
- Developers wanting to pull transcripts programmatically
- Teams needing accurate speaker labels on the cheapest paid tier
Watch out: Podcast, slide and infographic credits are one-time grants, not monthly allowances — only transcription minutes reset.
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