Tucky vs Otter

Keep the conversation. Skip the minute budget.

Tucky records and transcribes meetings locally, with no monthly transcription allowance. Your Mac supplies the processing and storage.

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Apple Silicon · macOS 14+ · No account required

Tucky vs Otter: at a glance

Compare the workflow you need, where your data goes, and what the free plan includes. Reviewed September 4, 2026; plans and features can change.

Feature comparison of Tucky and Otter
Feature	Tucky	Otter
Data location	Local core processing and history	Cloud service processes meeting content
Free minutes	No monthly minute allowance	Basic: 300 minutes per month
Free meeting length	No plan-based duration cap	Basic: 30 minutes per conversation
Live transcript	Included	Included
Audio playback	Local recordings	Recording playback
Ask about meetings	Local chat across saved history	AI chat within and across meetings
Sharing workflow	Exports and optional connected services	Shared cloud meeting workflows

Tucky’s local workloads depend on your Mac’s storage and processing capacity. Optional external services may have their own fees.

More of your work, in one place

From a conversation
to something you can use.

Record meetings, review summaries, and ask local chat about your saved history. Dictate a note or task when an idea arrives. Keep the context on your Mac.

Explore Tucky’s capture features →

Meeting summary and recording controls in the app — Meeting summary from the app, previously named Echo Scribe.

Which fits your day?

Choose Tucky if…

You work on an Apple Silicon Mac and want private, local dictation and meeting tools with free core features. You prefer keeping your history on your own device.

Consider Otter if…

You want a shared meeting workspace, speaker identification, and access through mobile apps.

Sources and comparison notes

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Private. Local. Free.

Make room for Tucky on your Mac.

Copy the command below, open Terminal, and paste it to download and install Tucky.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/desduvauchelle/echo-scribe/main/install.sh | bash

Apple Silicon · macOS 14 or later · No account required

Follow setup to download your local models and grant recording permissions. Models need several GB; size varies.