
Provides strong live transcription and collaboration features, but can be more restrictive on free meeting limits.
Provides strong live transcription and collaboration features, but can be more restrictive on free meeting limits.
Fathom records 5,620,385 monthly visits with +0.2% month-over-month growth and Freemium, Free Trial pricing. Goodnotes records 3,227,341 monthly visits with +10.8% growth and Freemium, Free Trial pricing.

Handwritten notes, PDF markup, and AI study tools on one canvas
| Dimension / Metric | ![]() | ![]() |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | fathom.video | goodnotes.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium, Free Trial | Freemium, Free Trial |
| Monthly Visits | 5.62M (5,620,385) | 3.23M (3,227,341) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +10.87K (+0.2%) | +314.75K (+10.8%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (44.8%) | 🇺🇸 United States (33.8%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 4.07M | 1.64M |
| User Rating | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |

AI notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes meetings — bot-free
Capture meetings with a visible notetaker or completely bot-free, so you can record your way and keep participants comfortable.
Get accurate transcripts, concise summaries and extracted to-dos delivered right after each call.
Search and ask questions across your entire meeting history to surface decisions, commitments and patterns.
Notes, insights and follow-ups flow automatically into Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot, Notion, Asana and other tools.

Handwritten notes, PDF markup, and AI study tools on one canvas
Low-latency ink with palm rejection, cross-out to erase, and handwriting-to-text conversion keeps writing close to pen on paper.
Import contracts, papers, or textbooks and mark them up by hand, with searchable annotations and clean exports.
Search across typed text, handwriting, and sketches, and turn notes into summaries, mind maps, or structured plans.
Work together in shared notebooks, documents, and whiteboards simultaneously, without version conflicts or file ping-pong.

Provides strong live transcription and collaboration features, but can be more restrictive on free meeting limits.
Provides strong live transcription and collaboration features, but can be more restrictive on free meeting limits.

SpecialistTranscribes meetings live via a browser extension without joining bots, but requires active browser participation.
SpecialistTranscribes meetings live via a browser extension without joining bots, but requires active browser participation.
Offers robust multi-language conversational search and CRM integrations, but lacks Fathom's streamlined free recording tier.
Offers robust multi-language conversational search and CRM integrations, but lacks Fathom's streamlined free recording tier.
SpecialistExcels at automatically generating flashcards and practice quizzes from study notes, but lacks freehand drawing features.
SpecialistExcels at automatically generating flashcards and practice quizzes from study notes, but lacks freehand drawing features.

AI note taker that transcribes, summarizes and visualizes meetings

SpecialistTurns course materials into interactive AI study tools, but focuses less on handwritten digital notebooks.
SpecialistTurns course materials into interactive AI study tools, but focuses less on handwritten digital notebooks.

SpecialistStronger online PDF editing and AI chat capabilities, but lacks tablet-optimized handwritten note-taking workflows.
SpecialistStronger online PDF editing and AI chat capabilities, but lacks tablet-optimized handwritten note-taking workflows.
Excels at capturing and clipping video calls across platforms, but has a less polished action item workflow.
Excels at capturing and clipping video calls across platforms, but has a less polished action item workflow.
SpecialistConverts notes and PDFs into quizzes and flashcards, but lacks stylus-based handwriting and sketching tools.
SpecialistConverts notes and PDFs into quizzes and flashcards, but lacks stylus-based handwriting and sketching tools.
Provides gorgeous structured block-based document editing, but is built for typed text rather than handwritten notes.
Provides gorgeous structured block-based document editing, but is built for typed text rather than handwritten notes.

Organizes notes into interconnected typed objects rather than traditional notebooks, but lacks handwritten ink support.
Organizes notes into interconnected typed objects rather than traditional notebooks, but lacks handwritten ink support.

Generates clean structured notes with reliable action items, but offers fewer third-party integrations than Fathom.
Generates clean structured notes with reliable action items, but offers fewer third-party integrations than Fathom.