# Granola - AI Meeting Notes — user reviews > 257 indexed App Store user reviews of Granola by Granola inc, rated 5.00/5 from 11,765 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/granola-ai-meeting-notes/id6739429409/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/granola-ai-meeting-notes/id6739429409.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 11,470 · 4★ 238 · 3★ 27 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 26 ## What do users think of Granola? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Indispensable for recalling conversation details - 👍 Reliable transcription with poignant summaries - 👍 Flawless note-taking even at 2x speed - 👍 Intuitive, simple, and delightful - 👍 Superior to other note-taking apps - 👍 Best AI note-taker **Cons** - 🔒 Requires Google Calendar sign-in, limiting accessibility ## Newest reviews (15 of 257) ### 5/5 — Great for conferences *2026-07-31, version 1.15.1* Super practical to use during conferences ### 5/5 — Please keep it free 🙏 *2026-07-31* Thank you for this app, I hope it stays free forever and won’t become a freemium scam ever. I only wish I could download the app on my Apple Watch SE 1st gen (I have WatchOS 10 and the minimum required is 11, if you guys can do something about it it would help a lot!!) 5 stars anyways ### 5/5 — Just download it, you won’t regret it *2026-07-31, version 1.15.1* My title said enough. ### 5/5 — Perfect for business inquires *2026-07-30, version 1.15.1* Great app! ### 3/5 — Watch app clunky *2026-07-28, version 1.15.1* Granola Watch app has a dealbreaker flaw that needs fixing - once you start recording, your Apple Watch becomes a "granola watch" - use any other feature (look at a text, set a timer, check the date, etc.), and it stops recording! You can restart it when you're done looking at the text.... but 1) you just created a 'hole' in your meeting notes. 2) you need two more clicks to get back into the meeting recording again. Ideashell app that I don't love either... at least has this feature where the meeting recording does not stop while using the rest of your watch, until you tell it to stop. Granola - this is an easy fix! I love the granola phone app... but day 1 of watch app needs this fix. ### 5/5 — Exceptional *2026-07-28* Um amigo me indicou e não me arrependi ### 4/5 — Nice *2026-07-28, version 1.15.1* This is a very cool app. The one thing that would make this even better is if I could see what I’m typing when I’m in landscape mode on my iPad. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-07-27, version 1.15.1* Makes meetings so much easier. Knowing you can be completely present and not looking down trying to write notes. ### 5/5 — Works better than any app we have *2026-07-21, version 1.15.0* This is by far the best app I’ve ever used. It always works. It’s super easy and user friendly. Now I don’t miss this notes that I always think I will remember. ### 4/5 — Amazing *2026-07-19, version 1.14.5* Love the not taker for face to face and internet meetings. Now just need to record inbound phone calls for meetings. That would be awesome! ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-07-19, version 1.14.5* This app is great for easy note-taking. Accuracy can be a bit chaotic in certain circumstances, but way more accurate than trying to take notes the old fashion way. ### 5/5 — Fast perfekt *2026-07-18* Die App ist wirklich klasse. Man kann entweder spontan per Watch die App starten oder per Handy. Auch kann man einzelne Meetings aufzeichnen lassen oder direkt mehrere hintereinander. Ich finde die App super und sie ist mir sehr hilfreich. Auch die Apple Watch App. 2 Sachen würde ich mir aber noch wünschen… das nachträgliche Einfügen von Bildern in die Konversation. Und das 2. wäre die Möglichkeit, in einem Ordner noch Unterordner zu erstellen. Damit wäre die Organisation der Meetings noch übersichtlicher. Wenn diese Funktionen noch kommen, wäre die perfekt. ### 5/5 — Best Bilingual Assistant *2026-07-15, version 1.14.5* I had to take bilingual notes in Ag but now I use this app to take the notes for me and summarize the meeting with great task list ### 5/5 — Phenomenal *2026-07-14, version 1.14.4* This is the best note taking a nap I’ve ever experienced and I’ve tried any of them very well designed very reliable ### 5/5 — Wow! *2026-07-14, version 1.14.4* I almost don’t want to review this because it’s so darn good! Granola has made me look like a genius and has empowered me like a 10 person team and I’m just one! Ty! I’m on the trail eatin my granola!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Cannot silence the alert! *2026-08-17, version 1.15.3* When starting a recording my watch plays a notification sound to let everyone know I’m recording… I don’t need or want that…deleting the app… ### 1/5 — Forced google sign in *2026-08-01* I can not sign in with my email. Since I reject to sign in with google or Microsoft (which I do not use), I will never know if this is any good. ### 1/5 — No Apple Sign In *2026-07-30, version 1.15.1* You have Google, Microsoft and SSO sign in options but no Apple Sign In. That’s unfortunate and the reason I can’t use your service. Those two companies are low on many peoples trust in security. Apple has shown levels of respect to its users data that wins my trust, especially for what your product does. If you ever get Apple Sign In, I will give this a look over. Otherwise I will just record my audio in any free audio recording app, and drop the file into Ollama to transcode and create entries in my “Open Brain” for further evaluation or follow up. ### 1/5 — Wanted to Love It *2026-07-28, version 1.15.1* on a test recording on apple watch, the “transcript” said it was just a test and try a real conversation etc…so it subjectively decided my test wasn’t worth transcribing? yikes ### 1/5 — Watch app review *2026-07-21, version 1.15.0* I am thrilled with the app on my iPhone. I tried the watch app today on a fully charged watch. After 49 minutes I had no watch battery left. ### 1/5 — Not good and greedy *2026-06-03* auf Konversationen die über 30 tage alt sind kann man nicht mehr zugreifen außer man bezahlt. Frechheit. Wird nicht vorher vermittelt ### 1/5 — Urgh *2026-05-23, version 1.13.5* Still only supports Google or Microsoft logins. Cmon guys/girls. Sort it out. ### 1/5 — Nonfunctional *2026-05-11, version 1.13.1* It asked for access to my Google Calendar info, I gave it access, then it sent me back to the beginning. I went through multiple times and was unable to progress through to an actual functioning portion of the app. So now it has access to my Google Calendar data and I have nothing in return ### 1/5 — Não entendi… *2026-05-07* Abri o app. Conectei e-mail. Não entendi. Só posso gravar algo se esse algo estiver na agenda? ### 1/5 — No email login? WTF *2026-03-28, version 1.11.4* Why is there no straight email option to login? This is possibly the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen that you have to use a Microsoft or Google account. Anyone with an ounce of privacy intelligence wouldn’t be using either. After watching the videos of how this app works, I’m struggling to see what all the fuss is about. I wanted to test it and see but without email login that won’t be happening. How disappointing ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Life changing *2026-08-20, version 1.15.4* I have been using Granola for two days and I can already tell that its ability to capture and summarize only the salient components of a meeting will be life changing. If this is what I am getting on the free tier, I can only imagine how much value the paid tiers will deliver. I am definitely upgrading. ### 5/5 — Lifesaver *2026-08-19, version 1.15.4* This app is flawless, simple - and powerful ### 5/5 — Granola *2026-08-19, version 1.15.4* Unbelievable. ### 5/5 — Accurate *2026-08-14, version 1.15.3* Simply record your meeting using granola, end the meeting, and granola will create accurate notes along with action items. Pretty neat! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-08-14, version 1.15.3* This changed my life ### 5/5 — Life changing *2026-08-13, version 1.15.3* I’m a founder and CEO of a 15 person company that is in nonstop meetings all day every day. Granola has changed what work feels like. I don’t have to write a thing down or remember anything. I can just be present for my team, my business strategy, and my mental health. Then, at the end of my day, I ask Granola to give me all of my to-do’s and I spend an hour checking each one off. No sticky notes. No scribbles on the back of every piece of paper on my desk. Just a clean, concise 100% accurate list with as much/little context as I need. I quite literally had no idea how much the stress of trying to remember everything was burning me out. Small business founders: run don’t walk. 💯 ### 5/5 — Tolle Arbeitserleichterung *2026-08-12* Ich finde diese Software richtig gelungen und toll. Einige Kleinigkeiten kann man sicherlich noch verbessern aber das ist absolutes Jammern auf extrem hohem Niveau. Aus meiner Sicht gibt es trotzdem fünf Sterne, weil es eine richtige Arbeitserleichterung ist und man bekommt 3 Stunden Meeting in 5 Minuten zusammengefasst. Das ist echt perfekt. Ebenfalls gut gelungen ist die KI Funktion für nachträgliche Fragen und Ausarbeitungen. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-08-11, version 1.15.3* Simply the best ### 5/5 — Incroyable ! *2026-08-10* J’en suis fan ! J’adore cette app qui est dans mon quotidien pro non stop. Merci ! ### 5/5 — Best taking notes app *2026-08-07* Love it ! --- *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 2026-08-25.*