Granola vs Ruby for Relationships
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Granola
This AI-powered app transcribes meetings and phone calls, generating shareable summaries with highlights, decisions, and action items. It allows users to ask questions about their notes and extract new insights, making it easy to stay present and capture every conversation.
- AI-powered transcription
- Meeting summaries
- Action item extraction
- Chat with notes
- Lock Screen capture
- Google Calendar sync
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Granola is the AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings, trusted by top founders, VCs, and recruiters. And now it's available on your iPhone. Stay present and capture every conversation on-the-go — perfect for coffee catch-ups, phone calls, conference days, or just distilling your thoughts. Just open the app, tap start or make a call, and Granola instantly begins transcribing. Granola creates a shareable summary with highlights, decisions, and action items. BEAUTIFUL NOTES, ZERO EFFORT • Accurately transcribes meetings and phone calls, even in noisy environments • Lets you stay focused on the conversation instead of taking notes • Gives you clarity on key moments, decisions, and action items ONE-TAP CAPTURE • Start and stop note-taking straight from your Lock Screen with a single tap • Take notes on outbound phone calls directly from the iPhone app • Create an ad-hoc note from within the app • Use the Lock Screen or Home Screen widgets for easy access CHAT WITH NOTES • Ask questions about your notes and meeting attendees • Extract new insights and refer back to important details • Get clarity on action items and help drafting follow-ups SHARE EFFORTLESSLY • Send polished summaries to attendees in seconds • Edit notes and formatting to fit your needs • View and manage your notes across both iPhone and Mac Here's how it works: • Start a new note from your Lock Screen, Home Page widget, or in the app • Sync with Google Calendar to launch notes for upcoming events • Stay present while Granola transcribes in the background • Afterward, share notes with attendees or keep them private • Chat with your notes to get answers and uncover new insights • Search, view, and manage all your notes in one place Try Granola for a few meetings or calls today. It's free to get started. Need support? Head to our Help Center: https://www.granola.ai/docs Terms of Use: https://www.granola.ai/docs/policies/terms/tos Privacy Policy: https://www.granola.ai/docs/policies/privacy/pp
Ruby for Relationships
This AI-powered application streamlines contact and relationship management for businesses and individuals. It automatically syncs with your email and calendar to update contact information and provides insights into team engagement with clients and partners.
- Automated contact management
- Email and calendar sync
- Relationship insights
- Private and shared notes
- Team contact leverage
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Ruby is an AI app that helps companies and individuals better manage relationships with their customers and partners. Ruby eliminates data entry by connecting to a company’s email, calendar, and other data sources to mine and maintain contact and relationship information automatically. The app allows users to quickly contact customers and partners, keep notes, manage relationships, and leverage the relationships of coworkers. Key Features: - Automate Contact Management: Sync with your company's existing email and calendar to automatically create and clean all your contact information. - Leverage Relationships with Coworkers: Track touches, take private or shared notes, and explore the relationships between your teammates and contacts. - Track Engagement Insights: Know who’s talking to whom in your organization and understand how you can better engage with your customers and partners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Granola at 15K against Ruby for Relationships's 6. Granola also leads on chart position (#72 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Granola against 5.0 for Ruby for Relationships. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Granola has 15K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Granola ships an update weekly, Ruby for Relationships every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Granola | Ruby for Relationships |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (15K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #72 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 151 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Granola inc | Veeva Systems Inc. |
Customer experience
Granola
Ruby for Relationships
In-app purchases
Granola
No in-app purchases
Ruby for Relationships
No in-app purchases
Questions
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