Granola vs tl;dv

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14

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Granola clearly leads tl;dv in how AI assistants talk about note takers right now. Granola scores 44 overall versus tl;dv's 16, and shows up in 38 of 62 answers compared to tl;dv's 17. Head to head, Granola comes out ahead on 14 questions, tl;dv on 3, with 3 ties. Granola gets named in every answer for questions like best note taker for a startup team or for solo founders, while tl;dv's strongest showings are on top AI meeting assistants in 2026 and free AI note takers, named in 3 of 3 and 3 of 4 answers respectively.

Head to head

metric	Granola	tl;dv
score	44	16
questions won	17	10

By assistant

Granola

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	49	58% of answers	#2.2
Claude	58	85% of answers	#4.1
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	27	40% of answers	#4.4

tl;dv

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	13	21% of answers	#5.3
Claude	14	30% of answers	#8.2
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	22	30% of answers	#3.5

Where they differ

Only Granola gets named for

Which AI note taker is best for a solo founder or freelancer?
What's the best AI note taker for privacy and security?
What's the best AI note taker for Mac that records system audio?
What's the best AI tool to search across all my past meeting notes?
What's the best AI tool to turn meetings into action items and follow-up emails?
What's the best AI note taker that integrates with Notion or Slack?
Which AI meeting assistant writes the most accurate summaries?
What's the best AI tool to record and summarize customer interviews?
What's the best AI note taker for in-person meetings?

Only tl;dv gets named for

What's the best AI note taker for meetings in languages other than English?
What's the best AI note taker for sales calls that updates the CRM?

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