Fathom alternatives for call transcripts and summaries
Compare Meetily, Anarlog (formerly Hyprnote) and OpenWhispr for call capture and notes, with Speakr for a shared recording library.
Fathom records meetings, transcribes the conversation and produces AI summaries for follow-up. A useful replacement needs to capture the call as well as make the resulting record easy to review. Some people need a personal desktop recorder; others need a shared library or meeting data that connects to another application.
Meetily supplies live transcripts and summaries without a call bot. Anarlog (formerly Hyprnote) brings personal notes into the meeting record, while OpenWhispr adds on-device speaker labeling and organized notes. Speakr handles searchable recordings with sharing controls on your server. Vexa is the technical choice for teams building bot capture and transcripts into their own workflow.
A local AI meeting assistant for macOS and Windows that transcribes offline with Whisper or Parakeet and summarizes through Ollama or cloud providers.

Open-source dictation software for macOS, Windows, Linux and iOS, with offline transcription using local models or optional cloud processing.

A local AI meeting notetaker that captures audio without a call bot, keeps records on your device by default and supports local or optional hosted AI.

An offline transcription app for Mac and Windows that uses Whisper, labels speakers, and runs meeting summaries and chat locally.

A self-hosted transcription app that turns recordings into searchable notes, with WhisperX speaker recognition and local or cloud transcription.

A local AI meeting assistant and interview copilot for macOS, Windows and Linux, with on-device transcription and optional cloud models.

Natively captures microphone and call audio without adding a bot to the meeting. It turns the conversation into structured notes with decisions and action items, and can suggest recaps or follow-up questions while the call is happening.
A local meeting notetaker for Apple Silicon Macs and Windows transcribes on-device into Markdown and shares chosen context with MCP assistants.

For Fathom, start with Meetily. Other alternatives include OpenWhispr, Anarlog (formerly Hyprnote), Scrieb and Speakr.
Most are Meeting Notes and Transcription; others include Speech-to-Text and Transcription.
