Free during early access.
Local recording, transcription, notes and Markdown exports need no account or payment. Pricing and availability beyond early access will be announced separately.
- Available now
Free
$0/ early access
Local recording, transcription, notes and exports.
- Unlimited on-device recording and transcription
- Ivy in meetings, plus Ask your vault
- Semantic search and the automatic knowledge graph
- Standalone notes with an Ivy-assisted editor
- End-to-end encrypted sharing with per-document View only / Can edit (account required)
- Workspaces, composable dashboards, and offline Notion / Obsidian / Apple Notes import
- Encrypted share links with an expiry, an optional password and an open-count cap
- Per-Workspace and per-folder Touch ID lock with AES-256 encryption
- Screen-share auto-relock
- Local MCP server and Markdown export
- Coming soon
Pro
Planned
Pricing and availability to be announced.
- Everything in Free
- End-to-end encrypted sync across your Macs and iPhone
- Zero-knowledge encrypted cloud backup
- Optional low-latency managed Ivy (redacted)
- Custom recipes and automations
- Coming soon
Team
Planned
Pricing and availability to be announced.
- Everything in Pro
- SSO and SCIM provisioning
- Security policy, retention and audit log
- Priority support and SLA
How IndexOne compares.
Obsidian, Notion, Evernote, Bear and Amie are good at what they do. IndexOne is built for what happens in a meeting — recording it, transcribing it on your Mac and asking about it — and it can write into your Obsidian vault too.
| Capability | IndexOne | Obsidian | Notion | Evernote | Bear | Amie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Records both sides of a call | YesMic and system audio, as two streams | PartlyMicrophone only (core Audio recorder) | YesDesktop app; mic only in the browser | YesDesktop meeting recorder | NoNo recording | YesDesktop, without a bot |
| Transcription on your device | YesOn-device Whisper; no cloud transcription | NoNo built-in transcription | NoCloud | NoCloud | NoNo transcription | NoCloud |
| AI that can run fully on your device | YesOn-device Ivy or a local Ollama | NoNo built-in AI; community plugins | NoCloud only | NoCloud only | NoNo built-in AI | NoCloud only |
| Ask across every past meeting and note | YesAnswers cite their sources | NoCommunity plugins only | YesBusiness plan; cites sources | PartlyAI Assistant across notes; meeting AI per recording | No | PartlyPast-recording chat on Pro; citations not stated |
| Data stays on your device by default | Yes | YesLocal files | NoNotion's cloud | NoEvernote's cloud | YesLocal database; iCloud sync with Pro | NoAmie's cloud |
| Notes as plain Markdown files you own | YesWritten to your vault; encrypted database is the source | Yes | NoMarkdown export only | NoENEX, HTML or PDF export | NoDatabase; Markdown export | UnknownNot stated |
| Encryption you control | YesEncrypted database, Touch ID folder locks, end-to-end encrypted sharing | PartlyEnd-to-end encryption for the paid Sync | NoEncrypted on Notion's servers; not end-to-end | PartlyPassphrase for selected text only | PartlySingle notes, with Pro | UnknownNot stated |
| Platforms | macOS | macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android | macOS, Windows, web, iOS, Android | macOS, Windows, web, iOS, Android | macOS, iOS, iPadOS, web (beta) | macOS, Windows, iOS |
| Price | Free during early access | Free; Sync from $4/month billed yearly | Free; AI and meeting notes need Business, $20/month billed yearly | Free up to 50 notes; Starter $99/year | Free; Pro $29.99/year | Free with 25 note credits; Pro from €20/month billed yearly |
Based on each vendor's public pricing and feature pages, checked in October 2026. Plans and features change — check the vendor's site before you decide. Product names are trademarks of their owners; IndexOne is not affiliated with them.
Questions people ask first.
Short answers here; the documentation has the details.
Bring Ivy to your meetings — keep control on your Mac.
Local-first for macOS. Keep AI local, or explicitly opt into redacted cloud AI when you choose. See how it compares with Obsidian, Notion, Evernote, Bear and Amie.
Running version 2.8.0 or earlier? Its update check can no longer reach us. Download the latest release once and drag it into Applications, replacing the old copy; your library, recordings and settings stay where they are. From 2.9.0 on, the app finds new versions by itself.