Deep scoring analysis · 2026 · 115 criteria
CraftNote scoring analysis
Mobile-first AI notetaker with offline recording and multi-format input.
Scoring scale
CraftNote is a mobile-first, privacy-oriented AI notetaker targeting individuals and small teams rather than enterprise deployments. It excels at offline recording and multi-format input (PDF, images, YouTube, audio, video) with persistent Speaker Memory and 80+ language transcription. It is not a fit for enterprise workflows: there are no CRM/ATS integrations, no admin controls, no SSO, and no organization-level knowledge.
1. PLATFORMS & RECORDING — 73% (C)
Excellent offline mode and broad input format support (PDF, images, YouTube, audio, video). True cross-platform (iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Web). However, no bot auto-join, no automatic meeting detection, and no concurrent recordings. Calendar integration is unclear.
| # | Criterion | Score | Justification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Microsoft Teams support | 5/5 | ✅ Yes |
| 1.2 | Google Meet support | 5/5 | ✅ Yes |
| 1.3 | Zoom / Webex support | 5/5 | ✅ Yes |
| 1.4 | Hybrid Meeting support | 5/5 | ✅ Yes — offline capable |
| 1.5 | Phone Call (VoIP) recording | 5/5 | ✅ Yes |
| 1.6 | In-Person Recording | 5/5 | ✅ Yes — offline mode |
| 1.7 | Record non-admin meetings | 5/5 | ✅ Yes |
| 1.8 | Mobile App / Mobile recording | 5/5 | ✅ iOS + Android |
| 1.9 | Automatic Recording | 3/5 | ⚠️ Partial |
| 1.10 | Upload Files | 5/5 | ✅ Audio, video, YouTube, PDF, images |
| 1.11 | Click to Record | 5/5 | ✅ Yes |
| 1.12 | Auto-join via calendar | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 1.13 | Automatic meeting detection | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 1.14 | Bot controls | 3/5 | ⚠️ Bot-free option available |
| 1.15 | Noise suppression | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 1.16 | Concurrent recordings | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 1.17 | Manual start/stop | 5/5 | ✅ Yes |
| 1.18 | Configurable audio/video modes | 3/5 | ⚠️ Partial |
| 1.19 | Privacy-first (audio-only) | 5/5 | ✅ Bot-free |
| 1.20 | Calendar integration | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 1.21 | Supported platforms (breadth) | 3/5 | ⚠️ Teams, Meet, Zoom, Slack Huddles |
Category total: 77 / 105
2. TRANSCRIPTION — 73% (B−)
Strong language coverage (80–100+) with persistent Speaker Memory for recurring speakers. Searchable notes and real-time transcription. Gaps on filler word removal, clips from transcript, transcript editing, and custom vocabulary.
| # | Criterion | Score | Justification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | Transcriptions included | 5/5 | ✅ Yes |
| 2.2 | Speaker recognition | 5/5 | ✅ Multi-speaker detection |
| 2.3 | Speaker names | 5/5 | ✅ Speaker Memory |
| 2.4 | Transcribe uploads | 5/5 | ✅ Yes |
| 2.5 | Export transcripts | 5/5 | ✅ Yes |
| 2.6 | Hybrid meeting transcription | 5/5 | ✅ Offline capable |
| 2.7 | Languages supported | 5/5 | ✅ 80–100+ languages |
| 2.8 | Dialects supported | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 2.9 | Full-transcript search | 5/5 | ✅ Searchable notes |
| 2.10 | Edit transcription | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 2.11 | Share across org | 5/5 | ✅ Yes |
| 2.12 | Filler word removal | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 2.13 | Clips from transcript | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 2.14 | Custom vocabulary | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 2.15 | Real-time transcription | 5/5 | ✅ Yes |
Category total: 55 / 75
3. REPORTS & NOTES — 42% (F)
Basic structured AI summaries and export. No email pre-generation, no templates per job, no scorecards, no live coaching, no task assignment. Heavy gaps for revenue or recruiting workflows.
| # | Criterion | Score | Justification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | Meeting Notes | 5/5 | ✅ Structured AI summaries |
| 3.2 | Export / Download | 5/5 | ✅ Yes |
| 3.3 | Email pre-generated | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 3.4 | Customize Notes | 3/5 | ⚠️ Partial |
| 3.5 | Templates per Job | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 3.6 | Scorecard / Coaching | 1/5 | ❌ No |
| 3.7 | Auto Meeting Detection | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 3.8 | Live Coaching | 1/5 | ❌ No |
| 3.9 | Assign tasks | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
Category total: 19 / 45
4. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT — 20% (F)
No cross-meeting Q&A and no organization-level knowledge layer. Knowledge is locked inside individual notes.
| # | Criterion | Score | Justification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | Ask across past meetings | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 4.2 | Organization-level knowledge | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
Category total: 2 / 10
5. ADMIN & CONTROL — 36% (F)
Essentially no admin layer. No custom vocab for admins, no sentiment toggles, no smart participation rules.
| # | Criterion | Score | Justification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | Custom vocabulary (admin) | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 5.2 | Sentiment analysis toggles | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 5.3 | Hybrid speaker detection | 3/5 | ⚠️ Partial |
| 5.4 | Configurable recording settings | 3/5 | ⚠️ Partial |
| 5.5 | Smart participation rules | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
Category total: 9 / 25
6. SUPPORT & ONBOARDING — 20% (F)
No documented support infrastructure — no dedicated AM, no training programs, video tutorial presence unclear.
| # | Criterion | Score | Justification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | Online Video Tutorials | 1/5 | ⚠️ Not found |
| 6.2 | Dedicated Account Manager | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 6.3 | Training & Personalization | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 6.4 | Chat & Support | 1/5 | ⚠️ Not found |
Category total: 4 / 20
7. ORGANIZATION — 60% (D+)
Auto-sort/tag and folders are present, plus searchable library. Missing team workspaces and participant/company filtering — clearly a single-user product.
| # | Criterion | Score | Justification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | Search within meetings | 5/5 | ✅ Yes |
| 7.2 | Automatic folder distribution | 5/5 | ✅ Auto-sort + tag |
| 7.3 | Org-level knowledge | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 7.4 | Team workspaces | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 7.5 | Meetings library | 5/5 | ✅ Yes |
| 7.6 | Smart filters | 3/5 | ⚠️ Partial |
| 7.7 | Folders | 5/5 | ✅ Yes |
| 7.8 | Filter by participants | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 7.9 | Filter by company | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
Category total: 27 / 45
8. INTEGRATION — 42% (F)
Notion and Google Docs are the main integrations. CRM export is partial. No native CRM, no ATS, no VoIP, no OneNote/OneDrive, no API/Zapier.
| # | Criterion | Score | Justification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | OneNote | 1/5 | ❌ No |
| 8.2 | OneDrive | 1/5 | ❌ No |
| 8.3 | CRM | 3/5 | ⚠️ Partial export |
| 8.4 | G Suite | 5/5 | ✅ Google Docs |
| 8.5 | ATS | 1/5 | ❌ No |
| 8.6 | Productivity tools | 5/5 | ✅ Notion |
| 8.7 | VoIP | 1/5 | ❌ No |
| 8.8 | API | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 8.9 | Zapier | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
Category total: 19 / 45
9. CONVERSATION INTELLIGENCE — 47% (F)
Single-meeting summaries, key topic detection (auto-tagging), and action items. No multi-meeting analytics, scorecards, sentiment, keyword tracking, or speech analytics.
| # | Criterion | Score | Justification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.1 | Single Meeting AI Insights | 5/5 | ✅ Yes |
| 9.2 | Multi-Meeting AI Insights | 1/5 | ❌ No |
| 9.3 | Scorecard & Coaching | 1/5 | ❌ No |
| 9.4 | Keyword Tracking | 1/5 | ❌ No |
| 9.5 | Sentiment Analysis | 1/5 | ❌ No |
| 9.6 | Key Topic Detection | 5/5 | ✅ Auto-tagging |
| 9.7 | Speech Analytics | 1/5 | ❌ No |
| 9.8 | Action Item Detection | 5/5 | ✅ Yes |
| 9.9 | Question Detection | 1/5 | ❌ No |
Category total: 21 / 45
10. SECURITY & COMPLIANCE — 43% (F)
GDPR-compliant and confirmed no AI training on customer data. But no SOC 2, no SSO, no EU-only hosting, no BYOK, no 0-day retention, no BAA — unfit for regulated or EU-sensitive deployments.
| # | Criterion | Score | Justification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.1 | Data retention policy | 3/5 | ⚠️ Not specified |
| 10.2 | SOC 2 Compliant | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 10.3 | SAML SSO | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 10.4 | GDPR Compliant | 5/5 | ✅ Yes |
| 10.5 | Uses data to train AI? | 5/5 | ✅ No (confirmed) |
| 10.6 | Anonymized data to LLMs | 3/5 | ⚠️ Not found |
| 10.7 | Patriot Act exposure | 3/5 | ⚠️ Unclear (Google Cloud) |
| 10.8 | Text-Only Recording | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 10.9 | Private storage | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 10.10 | BAA with LLM providers | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 10.11 | 0-day retention | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
| 10.12 | Data stored in EU only | 1/5 | ❌ Not found |
Category total: 26 / 60
11. PRICING & PLANS
Free tier with 10 meetings/month (30 min each). Pro pricing uses a confusing weekly model ($9.99/week ≈ $40/mo) or annual $70–130. No public Business tier; Enterprise on request.
| Plan Feature | Details | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier availability | ✅ Yes (10 meetings/mo, 30 min each) | 4/5 |
| Free tier features | ⚠️ All core features but capped | 3/5 |
| Pro / Premium price | $9.99/week (~$40/mo) or $70–130/year — confusing weekly model | 2/5 |
| Pro / Premium features | ✅ Meetings up to 2–3 hrs, unlimited | 4/5 |
| Business price | ❌ Not available | 1/5 |
| Business features | ❌ N/A | 1/5 |
| Enterprise price | Custom (on request) | 2/5 |
| Enterprise features | ⚠️ Not detailed publicly | 2/5 |
12. QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT
Advantages
- Excellent offline recording capability
- Widest input format support — PDF, images, YouTube, audio, video
- Persistent Speaker Memory for recurring speakers
- True cross-platform (iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Web)
- Bot-free recording option
- No AI training on your data (confirmed)
- 80–100+ languages
Disadvantages
- Weak enterprise features — no SSO, no admin controls
- No conversation intelligence or multi-meeting analytics
- Confusing weekly pricing model
- No CRM/ATS integrations
- No org-level knowledge management
- Limited team collaboration features
- No SOC 2, no EU residency
USE-CASE FIT MATRIX
| Use Case | Fit | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Recruiter fit | Poor | No ATS integration |
| Sales fit | Poor | No CRM, no scorecards |
| Manager fit | Partial | Summaries only; no team workspaces |
| Enterprise / CISO fit | Poor | No SSO, no SOC 2, no admin layer |
| Freelance fit | Strong | Offline, mobile, multi-format input, free tier |
Three-Way Comparison
| Category | CraftNote | Hedy AI | Noota |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platforms & Recording | 57% (C) | 48% (D) | 93% (A+) |
| Transcription | 67% (B) | 67% (B) | 87% (A) |
| Reports & Notes | 33% (F) | 56% (C) | 91% (A+) |
| Knowledge Management | 0% (F) | 75% (B) | 100% (A+) |
| Admin & Control | 36% (F) | 20% (F) | 60% (C) |
| Support & Onboarding | 20% (F) | 20% (F) | 88% (A−) |
| Organization | 58% (C) | 42% (F) | 94% (A) |
| Integration | 33% (F) | 33% (F) | 51% (D) |
| Conversation Intelligence | 47% (D) | 60% (C) | 83% (A) |
| Security & Compliance | 27% (F) | 27% (F) | 70% (B−) |
| OVERALL | 32 (F) | 41 (F) | 86 (A) |
Bottom Line
CraftNote scores ~32/100 (Grade F) on the enterprise-grade framework — but that score should be read in context. CraftNote is genuinely the best mobile-first, offline-capable notetaker for individuals who need to capture in-person meetings, transcribe YouTube/PDF/image inputs, and stay outside the bot-joining paradigm.
It is not a fit for any team workflow — no CRM, no ATS, no admin layer, no SSO, no organization-level knowledge, no scorecards or coaching. The confusing weekly pricing model is also a red flag for anyone evaluating long-term value.
For freelancers & students: Excellent — offline, mobile, multi-format, free tier.
For sales/recruiting teams: Skip — no CRM, no ATS, no scorecards.
For enterprises: Not viable — no SSO, no SOC 2, no admin layer.