What is a lecture recorder?

An app that records a class and keeps it with your notes. Grape records on your phone or laptop, turns the recording into text you can search, and makes flashcards and quizzes from it, so the lecture becomes something you can revise from.

Am I allowed to record my lectures?

It depends on your school and your lecturer. Many universities allow recording for your own study, some ask you to get permission from the lecturer first, and a disability or accessibility accommodation often gives you the right to record. Check your course rules or ask, and keep the recordings for your own revision.

How many lectures does each plan cover?

Recording is unlimited on every plan. Plus turns about 40 hours a month into text, around 30 to 45 lectures, and Pro about 100 hours, around 75 to 110. Lifetime runs on your own OpenAI or Groq key, so your provider sets the limit.

Can I record an online class on my laptop?

Yes. On Mac and Windows, Grape records the sound your computer plays, with or without your microphone, so a lecture video or a class on a video call is recorded straight from the computer rather than through the room.

Does it work with no wifi?

Recording works offline on every device, so a bad connection in the lecture hall never costs you a class. Turning the recording into text needs a connection, so you transcribe it once you are back online.

Which languages does it understand?

Ninety nine, accent and all, and it works out which one a lecture is in on its own.

Are my recordings used to train AI?

No. Your recordings, transcripts and notes are never used to train AI models. A recording lives in its note on your device and goes to the cloud only if you turn on sync.

Lecture recorder Record every lecture. Revise from every word.

Grape records class on your phone or laptop, writes down every word and makes flashcards and quizzes from it, so you can listen in the lecture instead of copying the slides.

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Free to record on every device. Plus adds transcripts and AI flashcards for $9 a month.

Folders

Notes16

Daily Notes4

Reading5

Templates2

This semester6

Cell Biology12

Organic Chemistry6

Sociology5

From the lecture to your flashcards in three steps.

Record it, read it back, revise from it. Each screen plays the step it shows, and pointing at one plays it again.

Record the lecture

Leave your phone on the desk, or record an online class on your laptop, and type your own notes in the same note.

Cell biology, week 6

A quick, visual guide to the main parts of a cell.

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At a glance

Nucleus: DNA storage and control centre.
Mitochondria: makes ATP, the cell energy.
Cell membrane: controls what enters and leaves.

The cell membrane

Selectively permeable: some things cross, others are kept out.
Proteins in the membrane carry what cannot cross on its own.
Water crosses by osmosis.

Study checklist

I can label nucleus, mitochondria and the cell membraneI can explain why mitochondria are called the powerhouseI can describe what semi permeable actually means

#exam#week6#lab

Audio Transcription

Right, so last week was the nucleus. Today is the membrane. Think of it as a border with guards. Small molecules like oxygen slip straight through, but glucose needs a protein to carry it across. That is what selectively permeable means, and it will be on the exam. Water is the odd one out: it crosses by osmosis, towards wherever there is less of it.

Transcribing audio...

Quick Prompts

📊Summarize💬Translate💡Explain Simply🔍Find Tasks🔧Improve Writing❓Ask Questions

Identify speakersInsert

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Catch what you missed

Read back every word, search it, and find the part the lecturer said will be on the exam.

Cell biology, week 6

A quick, visual guide to the main parts of a cell.

0:000:010:060:200:481:342:424:186:259:0812:3216:4121:3927:3234:2342:18

0:0042:18

TranscribeDelete

At a glance

Nucleus: DNA storage and control centre.
Mitochondria: makes ATP, the cell energy.
Cell membrane: controls what enters and leaves.

The cell membrane

Selectively permeable: some things cross, others are kept out.
Proteins in the membrane carry what cannot cross on its own.
Water crosses by osmosis.

Study checklist

I can label nucleus, mitochondria and the cell membraneI can explain why mitochondria are called the powerhouseI can describe what semi permeable actually means

#exam#week6#lab

Audio Transcription

Transcribing audio...

Quick Prompts

📊Summarize💬Translate💡Explain Simply🔍Find Tasks🔧Improve Writing❓Ask Questions

Identify speakersInsert

9:41

Revise from it

Turn the lecture into flashcards or a quiz and practice what was actually taught.

Cell biology, week 6

A quick, visual guide to the main parts of a cell.

At a glance

Nucleus: DNA storage and control centre.
Mitochondria: makes ATP, the cell energy.
Cell membrane: controls what enters and leaves.

Flashcards10 cards

The cell membrane

Selectively permeable: some things cross, others are kept out.
Proteins in the membrane carry what cannot cross on its own.
Water crosses by osmosis.

Study checklist

I can label nucleus, mitochondria and the cell membraneI can explain why mitochondria are called the powerhouseI can describe what semi permeable actually means

#exam#week6#lab

Flashcards

What does selectively permeable mean?

The membrane lets some molecules through and keeps others out.

Nucleus

The control centre that stores DNA.

Mitochondria

The energy producers of the cell.

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Hours, not minutes

No cutoff halfway through a seminar. One recording transcribes for up to about six and a half hours.

The audio stays

The recording stays in the note above its transcript, so you can replay any line you doubt.

Ninety nine languages

Lectures in any of them, accent and all. Grape works out which one on its own.

Records with no wifi

Recording works offline, so a bad connection in the lecture hall never costs you a class.

Recording is free on every plan. Transcription and AI flashcards come with Plus and Pro, or with Lifetime on your own key.

How to record a voice note

The facts

What a lecture recorder should tell you up front.

The price, the hours, the devices and where your audio goes, in one table.

Price	Free to record. Plus is $9 a month with transcripts and AI study tools, and Lifetime is $49 once on your own AI key.
Transcripts a month	About 40 hours on Plus and about 100 on Pro. On Lifetime your AI provider sets the limit.
Longest recording	About six and a half hours turned into text in one go. A recording from the iPhone Lock Screen runs up to 3 hours.
Languages	99, and Grape works out which one on its own.
Devices	iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, Windows and Linux.
Online classes	On Mac and Windows it records the sound your computer plays, with or without your microphone.
With no wifi	Recording works offline. Turning it into text needs a connection.
Where the audio lives	In its note on your device, and in the cloud only if you turn on sync.
Who said what	Pro splits a recording by speaker, for recordings up to about an hour and three quarters.
Study tools	Flashcards, quizzes, fill in the blank and mind maps, written by you on every plan or by Grape on Plus, Pro and Lifetime.
Training	Your recordings and notes are never used to train AI models.

Plans

How many lectures each plan covers.

Recording is unlimited on every plan. What changes is how much of it Grape turns into text.

	Free	Sync	Plus	Pro	Lifetime
Price	$0	$3 a month	$9 a month	$19 a month	$49 once
Recording	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Transcripts a month	Not included	Not included	About 40 hours	About 100 hours	On your own AI key
Lectures a month	None	None	About 30 to 45	About 75 to 110	Your provider sets it
Flashcards and quizzes	By hand	By hand	By hand or by AI	By hand or by AI	By hand or on your own AI key
Laptop and phone in step	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Through your own Dropbox or Google Drive

A lecture here is 50 to 80 minutes. Sync, Plus and Pro are month to month, and you cancel in the app.

Compared

Grape next to the other lecture apps.

The price and the one thing worth knowing about each, as each company listed them.

App	Price	Worth knowing
Grape	Free to record, Plus $9 a month, Lifetime $49 once	Recording is free on every plan, and you can write your own flashcards with no AI at all.
Turbo AI	$19.99 a month or $119.88 a year	The free tier covers about 2 hours of audio a month.
Coconote	$9.99 a week, $19.99 a month or $99.99 a year	Part of Quizlet since February 2026.
Otter	Free for 300 minutes a month, Pro $16.99 a month, Education $79.99 a year	The free plan stops each recording at 30 minutes, shorter than most lectures.
Apple Notes	Free	Transcribes on iPhone 12 or later and Macs with Apple silicon, on Apple devices only, with no flashcards or quizzes.

Checked in October 2026. Prices change, so check before you pay.

Turbo AI pricing Coconote pricing Quizlet buys Coconote Otter pricing Apple Notes transcription

FAQ

Questions about recording lectures

What students ask before they press record.

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