Gamma is the better app overall, scoring 8.5 to 8.0. Gamma wins on 5 of the 5 scores, Otter.ai on 0.
Students, founders and marketers who need a good-looking deck fast
Students, journalists and teams who want searchable transcripts of every meeting
Score by score
The details
| Feature | Gamma | Otter.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Category | AI Assistants | AI Assistants |
| Category rank | #6 of 16 | #13 of 16 |
| Developer | Gamma | Otter.ai |
| Pricing | Free + paid plans | Free + paid plans |
| Usable for free | Yes | Yes |
| iPhone & iPad | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mac | — | ✓ |
| Windows | — | ✓ |
| Web | ✓ | ✓ |
Common questions
Is Gamma better than Otter.ai?
Gamma is the better app overall, scoring 8.5 to 8.0. Gamma wins on 5 of the 5 scores, Otter.ai on 0.
Which is cheaper, Gamma or Otter.ai?
Gamma: Free with 400 starter credits; Plus is $12 a month, or $9 a month billed yearly. Otter.ai: Free: 300 minutes a month; Pro is $8.33 a month billed yearly or $16.99 monthly. On value for money, Gamma scores higher.
Do Gamma and Otter.ai work on the same devices?
Only Otter.ai runs on Mac, Windows.
Which is more private, Gamma or Otter.ai?
Gamma scores higher on privacy (7.0/10). On individual plans Gamma may use your content to improve its AI unless you opt out in Data Controls; team workspaces are excluded. The App Store label links contact info, location and usage to you, with no tracking.
Strengths and weaknesses
Gamma
- Polished first drafts from a short prompt
- Exports to PowerPoint and Google Slides on every plan
- Imports your existing PDFs and PowerPoint files
- Free credits are a one-time grant that never refreshes
- Free plan caps you at 10 slides per prompt
- Individual plans train on your content unless you opt out
Gamma turns a prompt, an outline or a pasted document into a polished presentation, doc, website or social post in moments. Gamma 5, released in October 2026, lets you talk the idea through with its agent before it builds anything, then fine-tune on a freeform canvas. Exports to PowerPoint, PDF and Google Slides work even on the free plan. Free credits never refresh, though, and free decks carry Gamma branding.
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Otter.ai
- Years of experience with meeting and lecture transcripts
- Free plan includes 300 minutes a month
- Apps for phone, computer and web
- Free conversations stop at 30 minutes
- Trains AI on recordings with personal details removed, by default
- Faces a class action lawsuit over recording consent
Otter has typed up meetings and lectures for years. It writes live transcripts with speaker labels. Its notetaker can join Zoom, Meet and Teams on its own. AI Chat answers questions across your meetings. A new desktop app records calls and chats outside scheduled meetings. The free plan works but stops each conversation at 30 minutes. Otter trains its AI on recordings with personal details removed. It also faces a class action lawsuit over recording consent.
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