Plaud Note is a credit-card-sized AI voice recorder that attaches magnetically to your phone, automatically transcribing and summarizing meetings and conversations via ChatGPT.
Review
Plaud Note's strength is how narrowly it commits to being a recorder. It sticks magnetically to the back of your phone and records on one tap — no launching an app and positioning a microphone before every meeting, which is what makes it survive as a daily-use object.
Cost comes in two stages. The device is $159 (the Note Pro is $189), and it includes the free Starter tier at 300 transcription minutes a month. A few meetings a week burns through 300 minutes faster than it sounds, so past that you are on Pro ($8.33/month billed annually, $17.99 monthly, 1,200 minutes) or unlimited at $19.99–$29.99/month. It is worth knowing up front that the hardware payment is not the end of it.
Transcription and summaries run on ChatGPT, so quality tracks OpenAI’s service. The upside is genuinely strong summarisation across 20+ languages. But if your meetings are mostly in Japanese, ZENCHORD1’s Japanese-tuned pipeline is likely more accurate — and its free allowance is the same 300 minutes a month. Which language you optimise for changes the answer. There is no speaker, so playback on the device is not a use case.
- Ultra-compact card form factor — fits in wallet and attaches magnetically to phone
- ChatGPT-powered summaries in 20+ languages with high accuracy
- 300 minutes of free transcription per month included
- Works offline for recording, syncs to app when connected
- One-tap recording with no setup required during meetings
- Past 300 minutes a month you need Pro at $8.33/month billed annually, or $17.99 monthly.
- Relies on ChatGPT API — transcription quality depends on OpenAI service availability
- No built-in speaker; primarily a recording and transcription device
| Free tier | Paid only |
| Pricing model | one-time+subscription |
| Price (本体価格) | $159 USD |
| Features | |
| Languages | en, ja, zh, ko |
| API | ✗ Not available |
| Pricing Plans | Plaud Note 本体$159Starterプラン込み（月300分の文字起こし） Plaud Note Pro$189上位モデル Pro プラン$17.99/月年払は月$8.33。1,200分/月 Unlimited プラン$29.99/月年払は月$19.99。無制限 |
| Homepage | https://www.plaud.ai |
