Ellis
AI notes for in-person meetings, recorded from your phone
Overview
Ellis is a note-taking app built for the meetings that happen away from a screen. Most AI meeting assistants plug into Zoom or Google Meet, which is no help when you're sitting across a table from a customer or doing a 1:1 walk-and-talk. Ellis solves that by recording straight from your iPhone or Apple Watch, transcribing the conversation, tagging who said what, and letting you ask questions about it afterward instead of scrolling through notes.
It's aimed at people whose real work happens in person: sales reps, founders doing customer interviews, managers running 1:1s. The free tier lets you take unlimited notes but locks you out of anything older than a week, which pushes you toward the $14.99 a month subscription if you actually want to search your own history. The coaching feature, which reviews how a conversation went, is a genuinely different angle from a plain transcript tool, though it's the kind of feature that lives or dies on how good the feedback actually is day to day.
Key Features
One-Tap Recording: Capture any in-person conversation from your iPhone or Apple Watch, no separate recorder needed.
Speaker Detection: Transcripts identify who said what, useful for multi-person meetings.
Ask-Anything Search: Query your own meeting history for decisions, action items, or what you missed.
AI Coaching Feedback: Premium tier reviews how the conversation went and offers specific feedback.
Apple Watch Support: Start a recording without pulling out your phone.
Pricing
Starting price
$14.99/mo
Free: $0. Unlimited notes, access limited to the past week.
Ellis Monthly: $14.99/month. Full history access plus AI coaching feedback.
Disclaimer: pricing may change, confirm on Ellis's own pricing page or App Store listing before buying.
Pros
Built for In-Person: Solves a real gap that Zoom-based note takers can't touch.
Speaker Detection: Keeps multi-person conversations readable after the fact.
Coaching Angle: Feedback on how a conversation went is more than a transcript.
Apple Watch Capture: Discreet enough to use in a real meeting.
Cons
iOS Only: No Android app, which cuts out a large chunk of potential users.
Free Tier Locks History: You can record for free but can't access anything past a week without paying.
Consent Questions: Recording in-person conversations raises legal and etiquette issues Ellis leaves to the user to navigate.
New Product: Limited independent reviews so far to judge transcription accuracy in noisy real-world settings.
What Makes It Unique
In-Person Focus: Most AI note takers assume a video call. Ellis is built specifically for face-to-face conversations captured from a phone or watch.
Kay Score
6.8
/ 10
Tool Information
Pricing
$14.99/mo
Category
Research & Productivity
Platform
Web / iOS / Android
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