# Fireflies: AI Note Taker — user reviews > 133 indexed App Store user reviews of Fireflies by Fireflies.ai, rated 4.80/5 from 5,540 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fireflies-ai-note-taker/id6463164203/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fireflies-ai-note-taker/id6463164203.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4,997 · 4★ 304 · 3★ 96 · 2★ 44 · 1★ 99 ## Is Fireflies safe? Fireflies: AI Note Taker appears safe based on user ratings. The AppsHunter Safety Score for Fireflies is 96 out of 100. This assessment is based on 5,540 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8 out of 5. Of 5,540 App Store ratings, 95.7% point to a safe experience, 1.7% suggest some concerns, and 2.6% point to a risky experience. ## Is Fireflies legit? Fireflies: AI Note Taker appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Fireflies is 88 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## What do users think of Fireflies? Reviews of Fireflies are mixed: the Productivity app is rated 4.8/5 from 5.5K App Store ratings. What users like most: excellent transcription and summary quality, user-friendly and pleasant to use. Top complaints: inconsistent recording and transcription reliability, privacy concerns with calendar access. Summarized from real user reviews. **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent transcription and summary quality - 👍 User-friendly and pleasant to use - 💡 Great AI-powered features - 🚀 Efficient for meeting notes and task management - 👍 Helpful customer service **Cons** - 🐛 Inconsistent recording and transcription reliability - 🔒 Privacy concerns with calendar access - 🐛 Buggy and glitchy performance - 🔒 Forced login with Google/Microsoft accounts - 🐛 Lost recordings and corrupted files **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes during live recordings - Recordings disappearing after upload - Inability to log in from iPhone - Transcription failures for some meetings **Most requested features** - On-device settings for audio controls - Automatic meeting title generation - Improved summarization of key contributions - Standalone login option without calendar access ## Newest reviews (10 of 133) ### 3/5 — Transcriptions and summary notes working *2026-11-10* Recently my transcriptions and summaries are not working. ### 2/5 — Recording on phone doesn’t capture speakers *2026-10-02* Fireflies is a great note taker in general. I’m just having issues with the mobile app. When I record meetings on my phone, the transcripts fail to distinguish the different speakers. This is different from the desktop app, which does that successfully. If you can bridge that gap, this is a 5-star app :) ### 4/5 — The safest option I’ve found *2026-09-05* I’ve reviewed and/or tried at least 8 note-taking apps for my company. This is the one I’ve chosen to use, primarily because it’s the only team-enabled system I’ve found with full commitment to company data privacy. There are lots of things I dislike about this app, primarily how difficult it is to access and share a meeting transcript with my team (both human and ai). I also have found it difficult to control which meetings it adds itself to - it shows up for meetings I don’t want it in, and doesn’t show up when I do. I hope to figure this out, probably will, but their onboarding flow regarding this crucial privacy-related matter leaves much to be desired. Yet I continue to use this since I have not found better options. I would actually rate it at three stars, in terms of usability, but it’s the one I’ve chosen out of all competitors so… it gets a 4. ### 2/5 — Don’t buy the hype.. poor functions *2026-08-28, version 0.5.52* Export transcript from app not available and editing is very limited. Other competitors have this as a basic function. I wasted money … purchasing the annual before I realized the limitations and non-refundable. ### 3/5 — Note summary not working *2026-08-26, version 0.5.51* Why is my note summary not working? It has not worked ever since I updated the app. ### 2/5 — Confusing and unreliable *2026-08-05, version 0.5.49* Interface is confusing. Personal details shared with team members without my knowledge. Meeting transcripts highly unreliable; if your work team relies on fireflies it will introduce all sorts of unexpected problems. Use Gemini notes instead, that’s where we are headed. ### 4/5 — No Tutorial *2026-08-03* I wish there was a good tutorial that came with the subscription, it’s really a shot in the dark knowing if it’s working correctly or not. Would also like to have video of both people in the zoom call, unfortunately it’s only the person that’s doing the talking is being videoed. ### 5/5 — FAST and reliable! *2026-05-20* Hands down the best purchase I’ve ever made. My memory isn’t perfect so this has been so useful for my personal and professional life. And I LOVE that you get your recordings immediately, compared to Gong which takes 2-4 business months 😂. JK but if does take at least an hour, sometimes 4, which kills any follow up meetings. The integrations are rock solid and helps with my tech stack in my business. ### 3/5 — Auto join consistently doesn’t work *2026-05-14, version 0.5.45* Very annoying when you rely on the app to record meetings you are unable to attend but the app doesn’t perform ### 5/5 — Great AI note taker *2026-05-12* I love the accuracy of Fireflies AI summaries and the way it sets out action points for follow up. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Freflies talk is awful *2026-11-08* Every Time I try to voicetype it opens its app and I have to come out and Back into the app that I want to type with, and then tap into the keyboard again. It's so annoying. And when you're typing with your fingers, the autocorrect is absolutely insanely dumb.It corrects words to something completely unrelated. The logic behind it is absolutely horrible. And then when you do want it to correct anything, it doesn't. It's wildly inconsistent and infuriating to type. ### 1/5 — Difficult *2026-10-20* Really difficult to manoeuvre when looking for specific things like current storage used. Can’t filter meetings. Log in between app and desktop view have different interfaces. Their focus is on you upgrading ### 1/5 — No longer works *2026-09-26, version 0.5.53* I’ve gone from loving this app to hating it ### 1/5 — SCAM *2026-09-18, version 0.5.53* DO NOT UPLOAD YOUR CARD THEY WILL CHARGE YOU FOR RANDOM THINGS AND HIDE IT. THERE IS NO CUSTOMER SUPPORT NUMBER AND THEIR CONTACT AND SUPPORT IS AWFUL. ### 1/5 — Constantly stops recording on its own *2026-08-06, version 0.5.49* Idea is good but functionality is awful. I can’t tell you how many times my recording stopped on its own and ruined my recordings of important meetings. ### 1/5 — Not worth it *2026-07-23* Ai can only respond questions about one meeting at a time. You can’t copy transcripts easily. AND if a call comes in during a recording you loose your meeting…. ### 1/5 — Forces You to Share Personal Data *2026-07-08* This has been quite disappointing, Fireflies forces you to share your Microsoft or Gmail data by signing in through them and not your own personal email account. It also forces you to share certain information about yourself through Microsoft or Gmail depending on which account you to link to. And now we're noticing we constantly have to login, which really sucks:( ### 1/5 — Nightmare trying to login with Google login *2026-06-12* Always end up giving up totally unusable ### 1/5 — Forces You to Share Personal Data *2026-05-05* This has been quite disappointing, Fireflies forces you to share your Microsoft or Gmail data by signing in through them and not your own personal email account. It also forces you to share certain information about yourself through Microsoft or Gmail depending on which app you're forced to link to. And now we're noticing we have to do it each time we login, which really sucks:( ### 1/5 — Cancelled my subscription *2026-04-30, version 0.5.44* Impossible to cancel ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — So easy to use *2026-10-05, version 0.5.54* Very easy to on board. Perfect to track meetings and interviews. Then just copy transcripts or summaries to your doc ### 5/5 — Best AI Note Taker - Handsdown *2026-10-01, version 0.5.54* Fireflies: AI - I have tried at least 10 AI note recording programs and nothing even holds a candle to Fireflies. Been using for about a year and have never lost a recording. 10 out 10 ### 5/5 — Doesn’t always upload the conversation *2026-09-28* Great app and potential but doesn’t always upload the conversation and loses the whole meeting. Should keep the phone or iPad awake during use. ### 5/5 — Great AI Assistant *2026-09-25* This program makes my job as the recording secretary a breeze. It records the entire meeting, creates notes while at the same time allowing me to focus on the meeting and shorthand my notes then add them to the AI Note taker for finalization. ### 5/5 — Work efficiency *2026-09-21, version 0.5.53* Supplemental work assist and it’s clutch ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2026-08-08* Super Impressed with this App and the desktop and online versions too. ### 5/5 — Quality Output + Easy to Connect *2026-07-24* Fireflies output is excellent, and it’s incredibly easy to connect to platforms such as Claude. Highly recommend it if you want agents to do more with your content. ### 5/5 — Top notch *2026-06-23, version 0.5.47* I love having Fireflies for almost everything I do! ### 5/5 — Work Great! *2026-06-21, version 0.5.47* I have poor retention skills. This app allows me to accurately capture and remember important notes and takeaways accurately. ### 5/5 — Excellent, but… *2026-05-31* The app itself is fantastic. I has great learning, it’s incredibly easy to use. The notes are pretty accurate, even with a preponderance of scientific and medical jargon. Honestly, my ONLY complaint with the app itself is that you are unable to edit conversations and notes. For that, you need to be on the online version on your computer. Add that feature to the iPad and phone, and it’s 5 stars all the way! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-11-14.*