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Today · 2:14 PM · 8:42

Product sync with design

ProductSprintmacOS

Team aligned on shipping sidebar search and polishing the recording overlay. Open question: default Whisper model for multi-speaker calls.

Highlights

  • Ship sidebar search this sprint — highest impact for power users.
  • Review Whisper small vs base for call quality on Apple Silicon.
  • Add export to Markdown before the public download goes live.
  • Settings should explain microphone vs system audio capture clearly.

Actions

  • Send recap to #product
  • Update Figma mocks for note detail

Transcript

Okay so for this sprint I think search in the sidebar is the thing people will feel immediately. The overlay is already good but we should tighten the stop button. For calls, I'm not sure small is enough when there are three people — maybe we test base on M3. Export has to be in before we put the DMG on the site…

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So the roadmap should ship in Q3, and we need design sign-off by Friday…

…with a native Mac experience from day one.

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From voice to structured notes

Every session becomes searchable bullet points, grouped by date, so you can find what you said days later in seconds.

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product roadmap3 notes

Today

Product sync

  • Ship native Mac app in Q3
  • Design sign-off by Friday
  • Search across every transcript

Yesterday

Investor update

Growth up 24% — bullet summary ready to export

AI & workflow

AI you control, built into your flow

Bring your own keys, run actions on your notes, and export anywhere — without leaving the desktop you already work on.

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# Product sync
- Ship Mac app in Q3
- Design sign-off Friday
- [ ] Share with team

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Built different. Built for your Mac.

AttaBoy sits between meeting notes and system-wide dictation — a native Mac app that turns speech into organized notes you actually keep.

AttaBoy

Voice → organized notes on your Mac

  • On-device speech transcriptionYes
  • Organized note libraryYes
  • Works in any app you typeNo
  • Meeting & calendar focusNo
  • Bring your own AI keysYes
  • Global keyboard shortcutYes
  • Bullet-point notes & tasksYes
  • Markdown exportYes
  • Cross-platformNo
  • Built for Apple SiliconYes

Granola

AI notepad for meetings

  • On-device speech transcriptionPartial
  • Organized note libraryYes
  • Works in any app you typeNo
  • Meeting & calendar focusYes
  • Bring your own AI keysNo
  • Global keyboard shortcutPartial
  • Bullet-point notes & tasksYes
  • Markdown exportPartial
  • Cross-platformYes
  • Built for Apple SiliconPartial

Wispr Flow

Voice dictation in any app

  • On-device speech transcriptionNo
  • Organized note libraryPartial
  • Works in any app you typeYes
  • Meeting & calendar focusNo
  • Bring your own AI keysNo
  • Global keyboard shortcutYes
  • Bullet-point notes & tasksNo
  • Markdown exportNo
  • Cross-platformYes
  • Built for Apple SiliconPartial

Comparison based on publicly available product information. Features may change — always check each product’s site for the latest.

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Free forever. Pay only for sync.

AttaBoy is free because you bring your own AI keys. The only thing we charge for is cloud sync — and only if you want it.

Always free

Free

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The full AttaBoy experience on your Mac — always free when you bring your own AI keys.

  • On-device Whisper transcription
  • Unlimited local notes & transcripts
  • Bring your own keys — Claude, GPT, Gemini
  • Global shortcut, search & Markdown export
  • No credit card required
Coming soon

Cloud Sync

Coming soon

Keep your notes in sync across devices. You only pay if you want your library in the cloud — pricing announced at launch.

  • Sync notes across your Macs
  • Secure cloud backup
  • Access your library anywhere
  • Optional — local-only stays free
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AI included

Coming soon

Don’t have an OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google account? We’re building a way to use AI inside AttaBoy without setting up your own keys.

  • AI summaries & actions without BYOK
  • Simple setup — no API keys
  • Pay only for what you use
  • Transcription stays on your Mac — we don’t charge for speech-to-text.
  • Your AI keys stay yours. We never mark up provider usage on the free plan.
  • Cloud sync is the only thing we plan to charge for — and only if you want it.

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