LensNote vs Gerty

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LensNote compared with Gerty
Detail	LensNote	Gerty
What it does	AI lecture note taker that captures every slide and links it to the transcript	Private local AI assistant for Mac that runs offline without the cloud
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	US	CH
Pricing model	Freemium	Paid
Pricing	Free Trial: $0 for 14 days with 180 processing minutes (up to 90 min per video), 3 exports, 10 GB storage. Free Plan: $0/month with 30 processing minutes/month, up to 30 min per video, 1 export. Pro: $30/month with 1,200 processing minutes/month (up to 4 hours per video), 100 videos/month, 100 GB st	CHF 49 once, lifetime licence with free updates to all future versions. One licence for up to 3 Macs. Free 7-day trial available.
Key features	Automatic key frame capture from slide changes and visual moments Transcript with clickable timestamps AI-generated key messages and summaries Multi-platform support: Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Webex Speaker-labeled transcripts Export to PPTX, PDF, Word, and TXT macOS app for local recording without meeting bot Action items extraction Search across recordings by title, summary, or transcript Slide curation before export	Runs open language models locally (Gemma, Qwen, Llama, Mistral) on Apple silicon Works offline with no account, cloud or telemetry Answers questions from documents with citations including scans and photos Integrates with Mail, Calendar and other Mac apps Responds with voice from the notch in any app Automatically selects and configures best models for your Mac Includes Gerty Max with Thinking and Code capabilities Works with any .gguf model from Hugging Face Modifies PDFs in place while keeping layout Includes local voice, memory, projects and dictation
What makes it different	Preserves visual content alongside transcripts, linking each slide to what was said One-click navigation back to the exact timestamp in the original recording Works across meeting platforms with no bot needed on the Mac app Handles long-form content up to 4 hours per video on Pro Data not used to train AI models	Completely private with zero data leaving your Mac Intelligent assistant that picks and configures models for you, unlike model runners Works completely offline once models are downloaded, no internet required
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	Not checked yet no change since last check	Not checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	0	13
Citation Flow (Majestic)	0	25
Referring domains (Majestic)	0	3

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