tl;dv vs Pocket

tl;dv

Web, Chrome, macOS, Windows, and an early mobile app

Desktop capture is broad. tl;dv now documents a mobile app for in-person meetings, but describes it as recently launched, early-stage, and available for testing.

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Pocket

Recorder, iOS, Android, web, and desktop beta

Pocket has iOS and Android companion apps, web access, and macOS and Windows desktop apps. The desktop download guide explicitly labels the app beta. USB-C Web Sync supports Chrome, Edge, and Brave; Safari and Firefox do not support its required file-system access. No native Apple Watch recording app is documented in these guides.

EvidencePocket apps and desktop betaPocket Wi-Fi uploadPocket USB-C Web Sync

tl;dv

Desktop microphone or early-stage mobile recording

A laptop can capture room audio and the newer mobile app can record in-person meetings. tl;dv documents speaker identification generally but does not explain whether the early mobile path preserves the same naming behavior, so test it before a broad rollout. There is no documented Watch capture.

Evidencetl;dv mobile apptl;dv speaker identification

Pocket

Dedicated recorder with speaker management

Record in person on the Pocket device without a phone connection. Speaker Management supports naming and merging speakers and finding their other recordings. Automatic speaker detection is unavailable for recordings of three hours or longer. Automatic speaker naming is a Pro feature; detecting separate speakers and naming them are different capabilities.

EvidencePocket recording overviewPocket speaker managementPocket product and plans

tl;dv

Rich playback, clips, and reels—with a botless video caveat

Bot recordings support video, transcript, clips, reels, and shareable moments. Bot-free recordings are audio-only and omit video, screen sharing, and chat.

Evidencetl;dv bot-free recordingtl;dv free-plan limits

Pocket

Saved audio, downloads, and recording exports

Pocket retains audio and supports downloads through the app and API. USB-C Web Sync transfers large recordings directly from the device. Recordings can be combined into a merged memory. Desktop capture is audio-only and does not preserve video, webcams, shared-screen content, or chat.

EvidencePocket product and plansPocket desktop recordingPocket exports and data managementPocket USB-C Web SyncPocket public API

tl;dv

AI notes, action digests, multi-meeting reports, and topic tracking

The product is particularly good at synthesizing multiple meetings and turning recurring prompts into reports, including action lists grouped by person and date. Those are report or checklist outputs rather than a native task lifecycle with workspace queues and completion state. Free accounts get a limited number of AI notes.

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Pocket

Summaries, mind maps, Ask Pocket, and a task hub

Summaries and mind maps organize recordings; Ask Pocket answers questions with date and recording filters. The Checklist consolidates extracted actions with source references and labels. MCP can search tasks and change status, priority, due date, or assignee. Pro adds unlimited chat and custom templates; free chat is limited.

EvidencePocket first-day workflowPocket Ask PocketPocket action itemsPocket Pro featuresPocket MCP

tl;dv

Meeting library and multi-meeting synthesis

tl;dv can query and report across accessible meetings, but it does not present a broader email/calendar/person/company relationship memory as its core model.

Evidencetl;dv MCP

Pocket

Recording memory, speaker history, and calendar context

Ask Pocket searches conversation history, and named speaker profiles collect their recordings. Calendar Hub connects follow-up actions to calendar events. This provides useful personal context; the cited guides do not document company pages combining email threads, relationship timelines, and rolling company summaries.

EvidencePocket Ask PocketPocket speaker managementPocket first-day workflow

tl;dv

Granular team privacy defaults and automatic sharing

Teams can automatically share with participants, publish to a team or organization library, and apply admin privacy rules using meeting context such as title, internal or external type, and team role. Sensitive categories can remain private by rule.

Evidencetl;dv team privacy defaults

Pocket

Exports, connected destinations, and organization access

Pocket supports exporting recordings and notes to other tools. Organization roles govern access to recordings, templates, and analytics. Its published guides do not establish meeting-level automatic sharing rules by participant, domain, title, and team; confirm those requirements for an Enterprise rollout.

EvidencePocket exports and data managementPocket organization controls

tl;dv

Recurring AI reports and sales workflows

Automated multi-meeting reports, playbooks, CRM updates, and conditional Slack posts are useful, especially for customer-facing teams. Slack workflows can format decisions and action items with owners and deadlines, but team workflow scope excludes team admins and billing-group admins, and the overall system is less open-ended than a general meeting condition/action builder.

Evidencetl;dv pricingtl;dv Slack workflows

Pocket

Task follow-through and recording-event webhooks

Automatically add extracted tasks to the Checklist and use calendar or task integrations for follow-up. Webhooks cover completed transcripts and summaries, speaker labeling, and task updates, with personal and organization destinations. Custom backends, Zapier, Make, or n8n can consume these events; organization controls depend on Enterprise packaging.

EvidencePocket action itemsPocket webhooksPocket first-day workflow

tl;dv

CRM and collaboration integrations on paid plans

tl;dv connects to common CRMs and work tools; exact access varies by plan. The catalog focuses on sales and collaboration tools.

Evidencetl;dv pricing

Pocket

Calendars, task apps, document sync, and AI tools

Pocket connects calendars and task apps; its Pro table lists Notion, Google Drive, OneDrive, Linear, Asana, and ClickUp sync. MCP connects recordings to AI assistants, while API and webhooks support custom destinations. Confirm which integrations your selected plan includes.

EvidencePocket product and plansPocket webhooks

tl;dv

MCP on Pro+ and a public alpha API

MCP can search meetings and participants, with typical result sets capped at 50. A subtle access rule matters: viewing a shared meeting is not enough if its organizer is on Free—the organizer must have Pro or higher before that meeting is available through MCP or the API. The API is documented as v1alpha1 and includes recording downloads, so integration teams should expect contract evolution.

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Pocket

Public API, webhooks, and MCP with task updates

The API provides recordings, transcripts, summaries, semantic search, uploads, audio downloads, and organization resources. MCP includes conversation and task search plus task updates on all plans; targeted recording retrieval and synthesized meeting queries require Pro. Recent-transcript retrieval is also available through MCP search. No first-party standalone CLI is documented.

EvidencePocket public APIPocket MCPPocket webhooksPocket organization controls

tl;dv

Paid Team controls; separate domain-based Organizations

Paid Teams add roles, billing administration, and forward-looking defaults; team settings do not override Team Admins. The separate domain-based Organization has no organization-wide admin defaults, any same-domain user can join it, and it cannot be deleted. Multi-team management is Business-only.

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Pocket

Encryption and Enterprise organization controls

Pocket documents encryption at rest and in transit, US-based processing, and a no-training commitment. Its Organization API defines owner, admin, member, and viewer roles. Enterprise lists centralized billing, recording access controls, organization exports, and BAA support. Verify specific compliance reports and deployment requirements with the vendor.

EvidencePocket organization controlsPocket product and plansPocket trust and privacy

tl;dv

Multilingual transcription; advanced multilingual mode is plan-gated

Language selection behavior varies by capture mode, and the multilingual Whisper option is documented for Business and Enterprise.

Evidencetl;dv pricingtl;dv bot-free recording

Pocket

120+ languages advertised

Pocket advertises support for more than 120 languages. Test the required languages and mixed-language conversations on real recordings; a published language count does not establish accuracy for a particular accent, room, or specialist vocabulary.

EvidencePocket product and plans