Shadow
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveMac app that records meetings without a bot and runs custom AI Skills to draft notes, emails, or summaries.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $8/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Free forever covers unlimited transcription, audio recording and smart screenshots; Plus at $8/month adds unlimited Meeting Skills, Action Skills, AI meeting notes and chat. New downloads get 2 weeks of Plus free with no card; the pricing page also offers an annual toggle without showing its figure in the page source.
Use tool ↗About Shadow
Shadow is a Mac application from Taper Labs that detects and records meetings across Zoom, Teams, Meet, Webex, Discord, and Slack without joining as a visible bot participant, transcribing and labeling speakers in real time. User-defined Skills, editable prompts, turn that transcript into specific outputs like meeting notes, BANT breakdowns, or follow-up emails, and voice shortcuts can trigger capture and processing on demand. Transcription runs on-device, audio doesn't leave the Mac, and Taper Labs states conversations aren't used to train its models. Webhooks connect to Zapier, n8n, and Make for further automation.
- Platforms
- macOS
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Free $0 with unlimited transcription, recording and smart screenshots; Plus $8/month with unlimited AI Skills, notes and chat; 2 weeks of Plus free, no card (15 October 2026)shadow.do ↗
- FAQ: runs on macOS only, transcribes on-device with audio kept on the Mac, Skills call LLM APIs and can be disabled, no training on user content, about 100 languages (15 October 2026)shadow.do ↗
- Footer copyright: Taper Labs, Inc. (15 October 2026)shadow.do ↗
Is Shadow legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Nov 16, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- Taper Labs, Inc., United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Shadow
Shadow's bot-free recording and on-device transcription solve two real complaints about meeting-notetaker tools: awkward bot participants and audio leaving your machine. Skills give it more range than a plain transcription tool, but the whole product is Mac-only, so it's not an option for Windows-based teams.
Pros
- Free tier includes unlimited transcription and recording, not just a trial
- No bot joins the call, capture happens locally on the Mac
- Custom Skills extend beyond notes into emails and structured summaries
- On-device processing keeps audio off external servers
Cons
- Mac only, no Windows or Linux client
- Not joining as a visible bot could raise meeting-recording consent questions depending on jurisdiction
Best for
- Mac users wanting meeting notes without a visible bot joining the call
- Privacy-conscious teams wanting on-device transcription
- Sales teams wanting BANT or similar structured meeting breakdowns automatically
Not for
- Windows or Linux users, since the app is Mac-only
- Teams needing a bot that visibly joins for compliance or recording-consent workflows
Watch out: Because it doesn't join as a visible bot, make sure your own meeting-recording consent practices still cover participants who might not realize it's recording.
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