--- title: "Record your meetings without adding a bot · PolarParrot" description: "PolarParrot is a Mac app that records your meetings without adding a bot and writes up the notes for you. Your AI, whether Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor, can read all your notes. It is a product of Polargate (POLARGATE S.L., Madrid)." url: https://polarparrot.com/en lang: en alternate: https://polarparrot.com updated: 2026-11-01 publisher: POLARGATE S.L. (CIF B24895005) --- [ Mac app ] # Record your meetings without adding a bot PolarParrot is a Mac app that records your meetings and writes up the notes for you. Then your AI can read every one of them. [Download for Mac](https://gysinhqxvelxxudbchez.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/downloads/polarparrot/PolarParrot.dmg) [How it works](https://polarparrot.com/en/how-it-works) 3 free meetings of up to 1 hour, no card. For macOS 26. ![Video call with six people and the PolarParrot panel recording on top](https://polarparrot.com/img/llamada-3.webp) The problem ## Nobody wants a bot in their meeting Plenty of tools add one more participant to the call. Everyone sees it, and sometimes it gets kicked out. PolarParrot records from your Mac, so nobody joins. Notes bot With a bot One more participant, in plain sight. With PolarParrot Just the usual people. Your Mac does the recording. How it goes ## Press record, then Stop when you're done 1. ### Hit record From the parrot in your menu bar. It's up to you to tell the others. 2. ### Just talk It records your mic and your Mac's audio separately, on Teams, Meet or Zoom. 3. ### Press Stop You get the notes: what was decided, who does what and what's still unclear. The notes ## Press Stop and you get the notes They come with the actions and, if it came up, who owns each one. If something wasn't clear, it asks you a question to clear it up. - Copy the notes or download them as Markdown. - Ask your AI to search what was said. - Take screenshots of whatever gets shared. Winter rates review Today, 10:00 · 52 min [ Example ] In one line December rates drop 8% and January stays as it is until we see occupancy on the 15th. Actions - Load the new December rate · Javier - Send the occupancy report on the 15th · Marta - Tell the agencies about the change Decisions - December drops 8%. - January stays until the 15th. One question to tidy this up 1 of 2 Is the 8% off the public rate or the agency rate? Two tracks ## Your voice and the others' go on separate tracks With headphones, your mic and your Mac's audio go on two tracks, so the notes know what you said and what the others said. Without them, your mic picks up the others too and it's harder to tell who said what. You Everyone else - You Shall we lower December's rate? - Everyone else By 8%, and we'll look at January on the 15th. - You Done. Javier, can you load it? Your AI ## Ask your AI what was said Connect PolarParrot to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Claude Code. Your AI reads your notes when you ask, and only yours. [How to connect it](https://polarparrot.com/en/connect-your-ai) Claude [ Example ] What's still open from the rates meeting? Reading your meetings Three things: Javier loads the new December rate, Marta sends the occupancy report on the 15th, and nobody has been named yet to tell the agencies. Winter rates review · today If something goes wrong ## The recording keeps going It only stops if your disk fills up or you stop it. ### No wifi It keeps recording. The audio stays on your Mac and uploads when you're back online. ### Switching headphones Moving your earbuds to another device doesn't stop the recording. ### If the others go quiet If you're talking and they can't be heard, it warns you and tries to reconnect. They don't always come back. ### If the app closes In the download version it reopens by itself and carries on with the same meeting. Your data ## The audio is deleted once the notes are ready That's the default. If a free meeting runs past an hour, the rest is kept for 30 days. The notes are yours: delete them whenever you like, on your Mac and on the server. No ads, and we don't sell data. [Privacy policy](https://polarparrot.com/privacy) ### Works with Teams, Google Meet, Zoom and WhatsApp FaceTime is the exception: macOS only lets it record your voice. If the others stop being heard on a call, the app warns you and tries to reconnect. Pricing ## Pro for €15 a month 20 hours of meetings a month. Try it free first. [See pricing](https://polarparrot.com/en/pricing) ## Questions Will people in the meeting know? Nobody joins the call, so nobody sees anything. You have to tell them yourself and, where the law asks for it, get their consent. The app reminds you during setup and while you record. Do I have to switch video call apps? No. PolarParrot records your Mac's audio, so you keep using the one you have. What happens to the audio? It's uploaded to make the notes and deleted once they're ready. To keep it, turn off 'Delete the audio when done' in Settings. Does it work on Windows or on a phone? No. It's a Mac app for macOS 26 or later. ## Record your next meeting Download PolarParrot and run a five-second test. It checks your mic and your Mac's audio before you record anything for real. [Download for Mac](https://gysinhqxvelxxudbchez.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/downloads/polarparrot/PolarParrot.dmg) [See pricing](https://polarparrot.com/en/pricing)