A local Jamie alternative for Mac
Jamie and Hearkeeper both record without a bot. Jamie sends the audio to its servers in Europe for transcription; Hearkeeper transcribes on your Mac. Here is a fair comparison, and when each one fits.
Jamie is a European AI notetaker with a clear privacy story. It records from your device instead of sending a bot to the call, and works with Zoom, Teams, Google Meet and other call apps, as well as in-person meetings from your laptop or phone. It keeps storage and processing within the EEA, Switzerland and the UK, deletes meeting audio after transcription, and says your data is never used to train models, by Jamie or by its model providers. It has apps for Mac, Windows and iPhone, a web app, and integrations with tools such as Notion, HubSpot and Salesforce. If you want a cloud notetaker that stays in Europe, Jamie is a thoughtful choice.
Hearkeeper is not released yet. Like Jamie it never adds a bot. The difference is that it never needs a server at all.
The core difference
Where the audio is transcribed. Jamie’s security page says that all data storage and processing stay within the EEA, Switzerland and the UK, and that meeting audio is deleted after transcription. Its own product overview says audio is processed on servers in Germany. So the recording happens on your device, and the transcription and notes happen in Jamie’s European cloud.
Hearkeeper transcribes on your Mac with whisper.cpp, accelerated by Metal. Live captions arrive about two to four seconds behind the speaker, and after the call a final pass with Whisper large-v3 turbo separates speakers. On Apple silicon we measured it at about ten times faster than real time. Summaries, decisions and to-dos come from a local language model, with no API key. Nothing is uploaded unless you connect a team server or your own API key, and everything keeps working offline.
If you chose Jamie because you would rather your meetings stayed under European law, Hearkeeper answers the same worry a step further in: they stay on your computer.
Keeping the audio. Jamie deletes the audio after transcription, which is a sensible choice for a cloud service. Hearkeeper keeps the recording as your own file on your disk, so you can play back the exact moment behind any line of the summary. Every summary line and every answer cites the second it was said.
Consent. Hearkeeper starts every recording with a consent step: read a short notice aloud, post it in the chat, or both. A consent receipt is saved with the recording, and the recording pill stays on screen, including in screen shares, with no hide button. We did not find consent features described on the Jamie pages we read.
Icelandic. Jamie says it supports notes and transcripts in 99+ languages; we did not find a published list to check Icelandic against. Hearkeeper treats Icelandic as a first-class language, detects mixed Icelandic and English on its own, and supports 99 languages in all.
Jamie and Hearkeeper side by side
| Jamie | Hearkeeper | |
|---|---|---|
| Bot in the call | No. Records on your device | No. Records on your Mac |
| Where audio is processed | Jamie’s cloud, within the EEA, Switzerland and the UK (servers in Germany, per its overview) | On your Mac (whisper.cpp with Metal) |
| Where notes are stored | Jamie’s cloud, within the EEA, Switzerland and the UK | One SQLite file and your own audio and note files on your disk |
| Audio kept | Deleted after transcription | Kept as your own file |
| Training on your meetings | Never, by Jamie or its model providers | No. Nothing is uploaded unless you connect a server or your own API key |
| Works offline | Not described on the pages we read | Yes, fully |
| Consent step and receipt | Not covered on the pages we read | Consent step before every recording; receipt saved; pill that can’t be hidden |
| Icelandic transcription | Not confirmed (99+ languages, no list found) | Yes, first-class, with mixed Icelandic and English |
| Platforms | Mac, Windows, iPhone, web | Mac (macOS 14.2+, Apple silicon and Intel), when released; other platforms later |
| Price as listed | Free (10 AI notes a month, meetings up to 30 minutes); Plus €21 a month; Pro €39 a month; Team €33 a month; all billed yearly; Enterprise on request (as listed on 28 September 2026) | Not announced yet |
When Jamie is the better choice
- You need it today. Jamie is available now. Hearkeeper is on a waitlist.
- You use Windows or an iPhone. Jamie runs on Mac, Windows and iPhone, and in the browser. Hearkeeper starts on the Mac only, and other platforms have no date yet.
- Your team shares notes. Jamie has team and enterprise plans, with shared templates, user management and SSO. Hearkeeper is built for your own Mac first.
- You want CRM and workspace integrations. Jamie connects to Notion, Google Docs, OneNote, Salesforce, HubSpot and more.
- Your compliance team wants certificates. Jamie lists ISO 27001 on its site. Hearkeeper is not released yet.
When Hearkeeper fits better
- You’d rather nothing left your computer, not even to a European server. Transcription, summaries and search all run on your Mac.
- You want to keep the recording and jump from any summary line to the second it was said.
- You want consent built in. A consent step before every recording, a saved receipt, and a pill that can’t be hidden.
- You meet in Icelandic, or switch between Icelandic and English in the same meeting.
- You want plain files. Search lives in one SQLite file on your disk, and notes export to Markdown.
Sources
All read on 28 September 2026.
- Jamie home page: meetjamie.ai
- Jamie pricing: meetjamie.ai/pricing
- Jamie security: meetjamie.ai/security
- Jamie product overview: meetjamie.ai/blog/llm-info
Hearkeeper is coming to the Mac first. Join the waitlist and we’ll tell you when it’s ready.