Némos: An Apple-focused "second brain" app that records and auto-transcribes voice memos and meeting notes entirely on-device using Apple Intelligence. Otolio: Japanese AI meeting-minutes service (formerly Smart Scribe) that transcribes and automates the full minutes workflow for businesses. This comparison weighs them on pricing, features, and everyday workflow fit.
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Shortlist Némos when recording and transcribing in-person meetings or lectures on an iphone or apple watch matters most, and Otolio when sales teams preparing for and following up on client meetings matters most. Run both through a week of actual calls to see which suits your workflow.
An Apple-focused "second brain" app that records and auto-transcribes voice memos and meeting notes entirely on-device using Apple Intelligence.
Japanese AI meeting-minutes service (formerly Smart Scribe) that transcribes and automates the full minutes workflow for businesses.
Némos is a personal knowledge management ("second brain") app for the Apple ecosystem that captures and automatically organizes many content types, including voice memos that it records and transcribes on-device. Rather than joining video calls as a bot, it captures audio directly from the iPhone or Apple Watch and converts speech to text locally using Apple Intelligence Foundation Models, so data stays on the device. Transcribed audio becomes fully searchable, and recordings can be turned into formats such as bullet points, summaries, meeting notes, emails, or journal entries. Beyond voice, Némos handles screenshots with OCR, links, PDFs, notes, photos, and more, naming and filing them automatically without manual tagging. It runs on iPhone and iPad (with Apple Watch recording, Siri commands, and Chrome, Safari, and Firefox extensions), and offers two-way sync with Apple Reminders, Calendar, Notes, Photos, Files, Maps, and iCloud. It is aimed at students, researchers, writers, and professionals who want private, low-effort capture of voice and other notes. As of mid-2026 it is in private beta.
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Otolio, formerly known as Smart Scribe (スマート書記), is a Japanese AI meeting-minutes service operated by Epicbase, Inc. It is designed for corporate use and automates the entire meeting documentation process rather than only producing a transcript. Users can record in-person meetings or capture audio from web conferencing tools, after which Otolio automatically transcribes the audio and generates summarized, cleaned-up minutes. Features include speaker visualization, registration of specialized terminology for improved accuracy on industry-specific vocabulary, and filler-word removal. The platform organizes recording, transcription, minutes generation, and follow-up tasks within a single interface, and offers specialized agents oriented toward meeting minutes and toward sales preparation and follow-up. Security is positioned as a core concern for Japanese enterprises: Otolio is ISO 27001 certified, uses encryption, and states that it does not perform unauthorized machine learning on user data. A mobile app supports transcription, audio playback, and file upload. Otolio is aimed at Japanese organizations that hold frequent internal meetings, sales calls, one-on-ones, and executive sessions and want to reduce the administrative burden of writing minutes. Pricing varies by plan. Check the official website for current pricing.
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Némos is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium); Otolio is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium). Always confirm current pricing on each vendor's site before buying.
| Feature | Némos | Otolio |
|---|---|---|
| Core capability | On-device voice memo recording and automatic speech-to-text transcription | Automatic transcription of in-person and web-conference audio |
| Standout feature | Local AI processing via Apple Intelligence Foundation Models (data stays on device) | AI summarization and cleanup of meeting minutes |
| Team usage | Auto-formatting of recordings into summaries, meeting notes, bullets, email, or journal entries | Speaker visualization and specialized terminology registration |
| Integrations | Full-text search across transcribed audio and other captured content | Filler-word removal for cleaner transcripts |
| Languages & capture | Apple Watch voice recording and Siri voice command support | Dedicated minutes and sales agents in one interface |
| Best-fit workflow | Two-way sync with Apple Reminders, Calendar, Notes, Photos, Files, Maps, and iCloud | Mobile app for transcription, playback, and file upload |
Némos
Choose Némos if you need recording and transcribing in-person meetings or lectures on an iphone or apple watch — strengths include privacy-focused: voice transcription and ai run fully on-device, with no cloud upload.
Otolio
Choose Otolio if you need japanese companies automating internal meeting minutes — strengths include built for the japanese market with strong handling of japanese minutes workflows.
Némos
Otolio
It depends on your workflow. Némos is strong for recording and transcribing in-person meetings or lectures on an iphone or apple watch, while Otolio is strong for japanese companies automating internal meeting minutes. Both transcribe and summarize meetings.
Némos is a free tier with paid upgrades and Otolio is a free tier with paid upgrades. Check each vendor's pricing page for the latest plans and free-tier limits.
Often yes: teams combine tools when one handles capture and another handles analysis.
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