EchoPilot vs Read AI

EchoPilot records meetings, lectures, and voice notes on phones or computers, then produces Meeting Minutes, a searchable transcript, answers, and action cards for review. It supports in-person meetings and online calls across Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows. Recordings are made on the user's device; desktop apps can capture both the microphone and meeting audio playing on the computer. Meeting Minutes include summaries, timestamped notes, participants, key points, decisions, open questions, risks, action items, highlights, and the complete transcript. Users can search transcripts, play audio from a transcript line, and correct text while preserving the original recording. Ask responds to questions about one recording, a recurring series, or all recordings, and identifies the relevant recording and timestamp; it is read-only. Listed destinations include Todoist, Google Tasks and Calendar, Notion, Slack, Microsoft To Do, Outlook Calendar and Mail, Apple Reminders and Notes, and WhatsApp. Actions need user approval before sending or creation. Gmail and Google Chat are not supported destinations. Free costs nothing and includes 300 meeting minutes in the first 30 days, then 120 every 30 days. Pro costs $11.99 a month, billed monthly, cancel anytime.

Read AI captures meetings and provides transcription, summaries and action items. Its meeting bot supports Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet, and calendar integrations are available. The service is listed for web, Windows, macOS, iOS and Android, and it also supports file uploads. The product listing gives a transcription-language count of 16. The free plan is always free, requires no credit card and allows five meetings per month; its plan details list support for 20+ languages. Paid plans are billed annually: Pro costs $15 a month and includes 100 file upload credits per month. Enterprise costs $22.50 a month with 200 credits, while Enterprise+ costs $29.75 a month with 300 credits and requires at least five licenses. The different language counts given for transcription and the free plan may matter when checking suitability for a particular meeting. Read AI was founded in 2021 and is based in Seattle, Washington, United States.