Airo vs Trace

Airo is the personal AI chief of staff for founders doing it all themselves. Follow-ups, reminders, and quick lookups - handled for you, so nothing slips.

A macOS menu-bar app that turns any conversation into a clean markdown transcript, with an optional on-device summary. Runs a local speech model entirely on your Mac, in...

About Airo

Airo is the personal AI chief of staff for founders doing it all themselves. Follow-ups, reminders, and quick lookups - handled for you, so nothing slips. Just a full inbox, a calendar no one manages, and follow-ups that live in your head. You stop the real work to look something up or check a status. Then just ask - and let Airo flag what you're about to miss. The recurring work of your day, already running - so you start ahead and end accounted for.

About Trace

A macOS menu-bar app that turns any conversation into a clean markdown transcript, with an optional on-device summary. Runs a local speech model entirely on your Mac, in dozens of languages. The moment is pinned to your transcript at the exact timestamp. Trace provides you with clear markdown transcripts and summaries that you can use anywhere. Either copy the markdown from Trace directly or have it place the file anywhere in your filesystem. Trace can also send files directly to Obsidian, Bear, Drafts or Things with a button press.