Shadow: A macOS local recorder capturing meeting audio without bots, producing clean markdown notes instantly. Shadow records 17,796 monthly visits with -4.4% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. Tactiq records 6,521,542 monthly visits with +4.1% growth and Freemium pricing.
The AI meeting assistant that records without a bot and hands your agent the notes
Live meeting transcription and AI notes without a bot in the call
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | shadow.do | tactiq.io |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 17.8K (17,796) | 6.52M (6,521,542) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -815 (-4.4%) | +259.34K (+4.1%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (34.7%) | 🇧🇷 Brazil (27.5%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 7.17K | 2.77M |
| User Rating | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
The AI meeting assistant that records without a bot and hands your agent the notes
Shadow detects when a call starts, records automatically, and stops at the end — no bot in the meeting, nothing to remember to press.
Transcription runs on your Mac, with real-time speaker identification so you always know who said what.
Every call is saved as a clean .md file locally, openable as an Obsidian vault, backed up with iCloud or Drive, or searchable by Spotlight.
Run prompts on a completed call (notes, BANT, follow-ups, summaries) plus shortcut-driven actions on your screen between meetings.
Live meeting transcription and AI notes without a bot in the call
Real-time transcription in Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams without a bot joining the call, with speaker identification.
Generate meeting summaries and action items in one click, or ask AI your own questions during and after the call.
Create reusable prompts and automations that push meeting insights to Slack, Notion, Linear, HubSpot, and other tools.
Tactiq is a verified connector in Claude's directory, a plugin in ChatGPT's directory, and offers an MCP connector for your meeting history.
Industry giant for live transcription and searchable conversation archives, but requires bot entry or direct audio uploads.
Industry giant for live transcription and searchable conversation archives, but requires bot entry or direct audio uploads.
Extremely popular meeting assistant with great free tiers and summaries, though it relies on a calendar bot rather than a browser extension.
Extremely popular meeting assistant with great free tiers and summaries, though it relies on a calendar bot rather than a browser extension.
Robust enterprise meeting search and CRM integration capabilities, though it uses a bot participant in calls.
Robust enterprise meeting search and CRM integration capabilities, though it uses a bot participant in calls.
SpecialistAI note taker that transcribes, summarizes and visualizes meetings
Excellent video snippet clipping and multi-platform meeting recording, though uses bot joining instead of extension capture.
Excellent video snippet clipping and multi-platform meeting recording, though uses bot joining instead of extension capture.
Operates as a bot-free browser extension just like Tactiq, capturing high-quality local meeting transcripts without annoying calendar bots.
Operates as a bot-free browser extension just like Tactiq, capturing high-quality local meeting transcripts without annoying calendar bots.
Bot-free AI meeting assistant hosted in Europe
SpecialistAI notetaker and company brain that turns every meeting into searchable knowledge
SpecialistAI notetaker and company brain that turns every meeting into searchable knowledge
The secure AI meeting notetaker built for teams that cannot get privacy wrong
The secure AI meeting notetaker built for teams that cannot get privacy wrong
Always-on AI meeting notetaker with a self-erasing screen replay
Always-on AI meeting notetaker with a self-erasing screen replay
AI note taker that turns meetings into minutes, decks and documents
AI note taker that turns meetings into minutes, decks and documents
Put your meetings on autopilot and never miss an action item again.
Put your meetings on autopilot and never miss an action item again.
