tl;dv is built around video — clips, highlights, a bot in the call, recordings in their cloud, AI behind tiers. If you just want clean notes in a folder you own — no bot, plain .md your AI reads — Quietly is the simpler shape, for $49 once.
Plain .md. Front-matter has attendees, calendar, duration. Body is clean, LLM-polished Whisper output.
tl;dv's bot joins. Customer calls, candidate interviews, internal 1:1s — every meeting gets a third participant.
Full video recording in tl;dv's cloud. Great for highlight reels; less great when an exec's 1:1 ends up in a vendor breach.
Pro $29/seat, Business $98/seat. AI summaries, custom reports, multi-meeting analysis are all behind paid tiers.
Closed UI. Notes and clips live in tl;dv's web app; Cursor, Codex, and Claude can't reach them natively.
| Quietly | tl;dv | |
|---|---|---|
| No bot joins the call | Bot in every call | |
| Output | Markdown notes | Video clips + transcript |
| Where it lives | Your Mac | tl;dv's cloud |
| MCP for Claude / Cursor / Codex | Shipping next | |
| Open in VS Code / any editor | ||
| Works fully offline | ||
| Sharable video timestamps | Not the goal | Yes |
| Pricing | $49 once | Free / $29 / $98 seat |
tl;dv has real strengths. If you need them, stay there.
tl;dv's killer feature: trim a 30-second clip from a customer call, drop the link in Slack. Quietly does notes only — no video clipping.
tl;dv runs anywhere. Quietly is macOS-only today.
tl;dv's free tier covers a lot if you can live with the bot, the cloud, and the upsell.
tl;dv was great when “share a clip with the team” was a value prop. For people who just want their own notes searchable in their own tools, the bot is just a price they pay.
Quietly captures audio locally and writes Markdown. tl;dv records full video and uploads it to their cloud — surface area you may not need or want.
tl;dv Pro = $348/seat/year. Quietly = $49 once. After two months, even on a single seat, you're ahead — forever.
An MCP server for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Codex CLI is shipping next; until then, your editor reads the plain Markdown directly. tl;dv's AI features are inside their app — they don't flow into your editor.
Hallway chats, in-person customer meetings, voice memos — open Quietly and hit ⌘R for the mic. Pick Transcribe a file… for any audio file. tl;dv assumes a Zoom / Meet / Teams link.
Plain .md in your repo, your iCloud folder, any folder you pick. tl;dv's notes are inside their UI; Quietly's never were.
Export your tl;dv data. Settings → Export. You'll get transcripts and metadata. Video clips can stay on tl;dv if you still want them.
Disable the auto-joining notetaker. tl;dv → Settings → Calendar → toggle off. Remove pending bot invites if needed.
Drop the export into your Quietly folder. Cursor, Codex CLI, and Claude Desktop see your back catalogue right away.
If you need clip-sharing, run tl;dv free alongside for that one workflow — they're not strictly the same product. Questions: support@meetquietly.com.
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