A Granola alternative that keeps everything on your Mac
Granola is a good bot-free notepad. If you want the same no-bot approach but with the transcript, audio and screen text kept on your own Mac, Dayglass is built for that.
Dayglass compared with Granola
| Dayglass | Granola | |
|---|---|---|
| Bot in the meeting | No bot joins | No bot joins |
| Where notes live | On your Mac | Granola says notes are stored in its US-hosted AWS cloud, with a local cache |
| Transcription and summaries | Transcribed on your Mac. Cloud model for Ask AI is optional | Granola says it uses cloud processing for transcription and summaries |
| Screen text | Reads text on your screen on-device (Apple Vision) | Not listed on the pages we checked |
| Works with Claude and Cursor | Yes, over MCP, including the live call | Granola lists MCP integration on its Business plan |
| Platforms | macOS 13 or later | macOS, Windows, iOS, Android |
Granola column taken from the vendor's own public pages, checked November 2026: Granola security page · Granola pricing · Granola home. Plans and features change, so check the vendor's page for today's details.
What Dayglass does
- Records Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams calls without a bot joining.
- Transcribes on your Mac. Audio, screen text and the database stay on your Mac.
- Reads the text on your screen with Apple Vision, so you can find what you saw.
- Lets Claude, Claude Code and Cursor ask it questions over MCP.
- Works on macOS 13 or later. Install from the DMG or with
brew install --cask igorganapolsky/dayglass/dayglass.
How much does it cost?
Capture, transcripts, search and export are free after your first 10 meetings, and those first 10 include every Pro feature, no card. Pro is $19 a month or $149 a year and adds Ask AI across all past meetings, AI meeting briefs, and the Claude and Cursor live link. A founding lifetime license is $199 for the first 100 buyers. There is a 14-day money-back guarantee.
Questions
Is Dayglass bot-free like Granola?
Yes. Dayglass records from your Mac's audio, so no bot joins Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams.
What does Dayglass do that Granola does not?
Dayglass keeps the audio, transcript and database on your Mac, reads the text on your screen, and lets Claude and Cursor read a call while it is happening. Granola runs on more platforms, including Windows and phones; Dayglass is Mac only.
Where is my data stored?
Audio, screen text and the database stay on your Mac in ~/.dayglass. If you turn on a cloud model for Ask AI, the question and the relevant meeting text go to that model after emails, phone numbers and secrets are swapped for placeholders. With a local model nothing leaves your Mac.
Is Dayglass on the Mac App Store?
Not yet. Download the notarized DMG or install with Homebrew: brew install --cask igorganapolsky/dayglass/dayglass.