Granola is the better app overall, scoring 8.5 to 7.9. Granola wins on 5 of the 5 scores, Speechify on 0.
Busy professionals who sit in back-to-back video meetings
Students, people with dyslexia and busy readers who prefer listening
Score by score
The details
| Feature | Granola | Speechify |
|---|---|---|
| Category | AI Assistants | AI Assistants |
| Category rank | #7 of 16 | #14 of 16 |
| Developer | Granola | Speechify Inc. |
| Pricing | Free + paid plans | Free + paid plans |
| Usable for free | Yes | Yes |
| iPhone & iPad | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mac | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web | — | ✓ |
Common questions
Is Granola better than Speechify?
Granola is the better app overall, scoring 8.5 to 7.9. Granola wins on 5 of the 5 scores, Speechify on 0.
Which is cheaper, Granola or Speechify?
Granola: Free plan keeps 30 days of notes; Business is $14 per user a month. Speechify: Free with 10 basic voices; Premium is $29 a month or $139 a year. On value for money, Granola scores higher.
Do Granola and Speechify work on the same devices?
Only Speechify runs on Web.
Which is more private, Granola or Speechify?
Granola scores higher on privacy (7.2/10). Granola doesn't store meeting audio, and notes are encrypted at rest. It trains on anonymized data by default, with an opt-out in Settings. The App Store label links audio, contacts and usage to you.
Strengths and weaknesses
Granola
- No bot joins your calls
- Turns your rough notes into clean summaries
- Works with Zoom, Meet, Teams and in person
- Free plan keeps only 30 days of notes
- No audio recording to replay later
- Trains on anonymized data unless you opt out
Granola listens to your meetings through your computer or phone's audio, so no bot joins the call. You jot rough notes as usual, and afterwards it merges them with the transcript into clean, structured notes using templates you choose. Chat across past meetings, share them in team Spaces, or send them to Slack, Notion or HubSpot. The free plan keeps only 30 days of history, and training on anonymized data is on unless you opt out.
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Speechify
- Reads PDFs, web pages, docs and photos of text
- Natural premium voices in 60+ languages
- Works on phone, computer and browser
- Premium costs $29 a month if you pay monthly
- Free voices sound robotic and top out at 1.5x
- App label lists tracking through your device ID
Speechify reads almost anything aloud: PDFs, web pages, emails, ebooks and photos of printed pages. It suits people with dyslexia and anyone who'd rather listen than read, and it now doubles as a voice assistant with dictation, AI summaries and AI podcasts. Apps cover your phone, computer and browser. The free voices sound robotic and stop at 1.5x speed, and Premium costs $29 a month unless you pay yearly.
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