The frustrating part of forgetting a conversation is that you often remember just enough to go looking. A customer mentioned a contract problem. You can picture the table. You cannot remember which clause they wanted changed, or whether that was the same customer who asked for monthly billing.
A folder full of meeting summaries may help. It may also give you twenty documents to open.
That is the buying question for an AI memory assistant: what will it take to get the missing detail back? Recording, finding a passage and remembering a history with someone each solve a different part of the problem.
Start with the thing you lost
If you leave meetings with no record at all, solve capture first. A phone app you reliably start is more useful than a sophisticated system you forget to wear or charge. Look for a setup that fits your meetings and makes recording easy to explain and stop.
If you already have transcripts, generating more summaries may add little. What you need is a way to search without knowing the filename, date or exact wording. Try a question such as "Who asked us to change the cancellation clause?" The result should take you back to the relevant conversation, with enough surrounding text to understand the request.
If you meet the same people repeatedly, the problem extends across recordings. A customer may have raised the issue once, clarified it a month later and changed their mind yesterday. A person's history needs dates. Otherwise an old preference can look like a current instruction. This is where remembering people across conversations becomes more useful than another isolated recap.
What the options are designed to do
The table below uses the products' published descriptions, not a comparative test. Several offer overlapping features; the differences worth investigating are in everyday use.
| Option | Publicly described emphasis | A reason to try it |
|---|---|---|
| Phone recording and transcription app | Recording and text, with features varying by app | You mainly need notes from scheduled conversations and already carry the device |
| Plaud NotePin S | Wearable capture, transcripts, summaries and action items | You want to capture face-to-face meetings without leaving a phone on the table |
| Omi | Wearable recording, searchable memories and questions about conversations | You want to explore a wearable for both capture and later recall |
| Bee | Conversation summaries, daily memories, personal insights and search | You want an assistant organized around everyday context |
| Draki | Conversation memory, recurring-person history and retrieval of original transcripts | You regularly prepare for another conversation with the same customer, founder or investor |
Omi and Bee already describe more than transcription. There is little value in comparing them against a fictional category of recorders that can only save audio. Compare what happens when you ask your own question.
Device shape deserves a separate decision. A recorder can look convenient in a product photo and still be awkward with your clothes, your commute or the way you work. Our wearable guide covers those practical differences. For seated meetings and site visits, see the in-person note-taking guide.
Bring a question the demo cannot answer from one summary
Imagine discussing a contract twice. In the first conversation, the customer asks for thirty days' notice to cancel. In the second, they agree to sixty days if monthly billing stays. Ask: "What cancellation terms did this customer last agree to?"
The answer should preserve the condition about billing and point to the later conversation. An answer that simply says "sixty days" has dropped something you need before drafting the contract. An answer that combines both conversations without dates leaves you to untangle them.
Use a similarly small example from your own work, where you already know the answer. Then open the supporting passage. Try a name or a topic you half remember. Finally, ask about a detail you never supplied. You learn more from how a product handles a missing answer than from a perfect recap of a prepared demo.
Before relying on the result, check what happens when a name or speaker is wrong. A mistaken person association can make later answers wrong even when the words were transcribed correctly.
When Draki makes sense
Draki is built for the next conversation as well as the one you just had. You can use the mobile app on its own. The optional bracelet keeps capture within reach throughout the day, and you choose when to turn recording on or off.
The current public app uses OpenAI cloud transcription after your permission. It does not automatically separate or recognize speakers. Draki offers an optional custom MCP connection for AI assistants that support remote MCP. Compatibility depends on the assistant and your account settings. If you authorize this read-only connection, your assistant can search shared text and context by topic, time or confirmed person and retrieve the relevant transcript passages.
For the contract example, that means finding both discussions, checking their order and seeing the billing condition before you write back. The optional connection is read-only and limited to authorized context from your account. Raw audio is not exported through MCP, although Draki sends it to OpenAI for transcription after your permission. The connected assistant handles shared text under its own policies.
That is particularly useful for founders, investors and salespeople whose work depends on returning to the same relationships. If you only need occasional meeting minutes and can already find them easily, you may not need a separate memory service.
Draki's subscription price is $24.90 per month. A bracelet is optional; check its hardware terms in the current offer. When comparing services, include any device purchase and usage limits in the price you expect to pay.
Write down the three questions you wished you could answer last week. Take them into the demo. If they start with "What did this person tell me...", join the Draki waiting list.
FAQ
- What is an AI memory assistant?
- An AI memory assistant helps store and retrieve context supplied through sources such as conversations or notes. Products differ in what they capture, how they answer questions and whether they connect information across encounters with the same person.
- How is an AI memory assistant different from an AI note taker?
- Note-taking often centers on the output of one meeting: a transcript, summary and action list. Memory assistance puts more emphasis on retrieving context later and across conversations. Many products offer both, so compare the actual workflow rather than the label.
- Do I need a wearable to use AI memory?
- You can use Draki's mobile app by itself, without a bracelet. The Draki bracelet is an optional way to keep capture conveniently available as you move through your day, with recording you can turn on or off whenever you want. Other services have their own device requirements.
- How much does Draki cost?
- Draki's subscription price is $24.90 per month. The mobile app works without a bracelet. Check the current offer for the optional bracelet's price and hardware terms before making a purchase decision.
Written by Darijan Ducic
Draki for iPhone
