MeetKeep vs Lark Minutes

If your company runs on Lark, Minutes is the natural choice: a free transcription allowance on the basic tier (300 minutes per person per month per the Dec 2024 notice; the current help docs say “an allowance based on computing resources”), click any line to jump back to the audio, and real voiceprint recognition. Watch the billing, though. The “unlimited” on the ¥50/user/month plan covers transcription; AI notes draw on a separate quota at 0.5 points a minute beyond the first five. MeetKeep transcribes on your Mac, collects seven platforms into one local library, and costs $59 once with nothing metered.

Facts verified on 2026-08-28

Audio stays on your MacMinutes transcribes in the cloud, with audio and transcripts held on Lark’s side. MeetKeep does it locally — audio and voiceprints never leave your Mac, and it works offline.

Not just Lark meetingsMinutes covers Lark. MeetKeep collects Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, Slack Huddles, Tencent Meeting, Lark and DingTalk into one searchable local library.

Notes are not meteredLark meters AI notes: beyond the first five minutes of a meeting it draws 0.5 points a minute, from a quota your company buys or each member subscribes to. MeetKeep is $59 once, however long and however many your meetings are.

Head to head

Feature	MeetKeep	飞书妙记
Feature	Local meeting notetaker for Mac	Minutes inside the Feishu suite
Privacy & data
No bot joins the call	YesCaptures system audio, never joins	YesThe platform itself records
Where audio is transcribed	On-device (never uploaded)	Cloud
Works offline	Yes	No
Audio/transcripts used for training?	NoData never leaves your Mac	Not verified
Pricing
Pricing model	$59 one-time	Suite from ¥50/user/mo yearly; AI notes billed separately“Unlimited” covers transcription, not AI notes
First-year cost (individual paid tier)	$59	Not verified
Every year after	$0 — free updates forever	Not verified
Free tier	7-day full trial	Transcription: 300 min/person/month (per Dec 2024 notice)Current docs say “an allowance based on computing resources”; AI notes draw quota beyond 5 min
Transcription & notes
Speaker separation	Yes	YesMatched from the directory; room devices split automatically, shared personal devices still manual
Voiceprint recognition across meetings	YesLocal voiceprints; any platform, and in person	PartialYes, but an admin must enable it and you must enrol
Notes traceable back to the audio	Yes	YesClick text to jump to audio
Transcription languages	Chinese, English + 25 European languages	Not verified
Platform
Native Mac app	YesApple Silicon, macOS 15+	Yes
Mobile app	No	Yes
Bring your own AI key (BYOK)	YesAny provider; only text is sent	Not verified
Individuals can buy directly	Yes	PartialAI membership yes; suite tiers unverified for individuals

Prices and features belong to their vendors, all checked against their own sites on the date shown at the top. Spot something stale? Tell us.

Which one is for you

Choose MeetKeep if…

Your meetings cannot go to the cloud: client calls, comp reviews, legal discussions.

You do not meet only on Lark and want one unified local library.

You meet external clients, or record in person, where the org directory can name nobody.

You do not want to buy AI quota by the minute, or wait on an admin to enable things.

Try MeetKeep free for 7 days

Lark Minutes is the better fit if…

All your meetings are in Lark. Minutes sits right beside the meeting record, and nothing else comes close on convenience.

You read notes on your phone, or need team sharing and collaborative comments.

The free 300 transcription minutes per person per month already cover you.

You want voiceprints, and Lark has them, once an admin enables the feature and you enrol.

Where they win, we say so. An all-green table is worth nothing.

Common questions

Can MeetKeep record Lark meetings?

Yes. MeetKeep listens to your Mac’s system audio, so Lark, Tencent Meeting, DingTalk, Zoom, Teams, Google Meet and Slack Huddles are all detected and recorded automatically — and you can record any other app manually.

Lark has voiceprints too — how do they differ?

Lark’s voiceprints belong to the organisation: an admin enables the feature, each person enrols themselves, and it identifies your own colleagues in the room. MeetKeep’s voiceprints live on your Mac, so you enrol whoever you like, external clients included, and they are recognised across platforms, accounts and in-person conversations. Below the confidence threshold it labels an anonymous speaker rather than guess.

Is the $59 really the whole price?

$59 once, two Macs, free updates forever, a 7-day trial and a 14-day refund. AI notes use your own API key — only text is sent to the provider you choose, never audio.

Your next meeting, just show up

7-day full-featured trial. No credit card, no subscription.

Download for Mac See all 12 tools compared

macOS 15+ · Apple Silicon · $59 once