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Aside
Last updated 2026-10-14 · benchmark measured 2026-10-14 — deterministic & reproducible
Mac app for meeting notes and live call guidance during any call.
Aside at a glance
Aside is a Mac app that records calls locally, creates transcripts with timed notes, and can show live on-screen guidance with prepared answers during calls, for sales professionals, founders, hiring managers, and other meeting-heavy Mac users.
Good for
- Sales calls where you want prepared answers and next steps shown on screen as you talk
- Keeping free transcripts and timed notes from meetings on Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, or other call apps
- Wanting call audio and recordings to stay on your Mac instead of being uploaded
Pricing
Free: recording/transcripts, no limits. Pro: $15/mo ($12/mo billed yearly). Team: $20/person/mo (planned, coming soon). 14-day free trial.
Questions people ask
What happens after my 14-day trial of Aside ends?
You move to the Free plan unless you pick a paid plan. Recording, notes, and transcripts keep working, but call plans, live guidance, and write-ups pause until you upgrade.
Does Aside work with Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams?
Yes, and with any other call app, phone calls through your Mac, and in-room meetings, because Aside listens to your Mac's audio rather than connecting to the call itself.
Will other people on the call see that I'm using Aside?
No bot joins the call, and if you share your screen, you can share a single window so only you see Aside.
Do I need to tell people I'm recording them with Aside?
Yes. Recording laws differ by location and many require everyone's consent, so you should tell people at the start, for example with a line in the call's chat.
Which Macs can run Aside?
Any Mac with Apple silicon running macOS 14.2 or later; the on-device speech model downloads once and is about 650 MB.
Written by Legit.Show from asidehq.app on 2026-10-16. It does not change the score.
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Legit.Show scored Aside 91/100 on 2026-10-14, measured across all 7 frames from its public surface. legit.show/s/asidehq-app/2026-10-14
Is Aside production-ready?
Legit.Show scores Aside 91 out of 100 — the simple average of its 7 measured frames. Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on Aside (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. Its strongest frame is Accessibility; its weakest is Security. Every frame it averages is published with its evidence on the Legit.Show listing.
The 7 Frames
- Performance — 98/100
- Accessibility — 100/100
- Security — 45/100How this compares across the catalogue: The Web Security Baseline
- Privacy — 100/100How this compares across the catalogue: The Privacy Gap
- Reliability — 100/100
- Standards — 92/100
- Discoverability — 100/100
What we measured
- Security headers present: HSTS.
- No Content-Security-Policy.
- Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
- Real Lighthouse performance run — 169 ms to first byte.
- Returns a proper 404 for unknown routes.
- 3 of 3 sampled routes reachable.
- Has a reachable privacy policy.
- Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.
Who it's for
Sales professionals · Founders and hiring managers · Remote workers · Meeting-heavy professionals · Mac users
Pricing
Free tier with limited features; Pro at $15/month ($12/month billed yearly); Team at $20/month per person (planned, coming soon). 14-day free trial.
Sources and updates
- Description
- Taken from asidehq.app's own website on 2026-10-14.
- Operator
- Yoel Gal, as named in asidehq.app's terms, privacy page or footer.
- Benchmark
- Measured by Legit.Show from the live site, the way any visitor sees it — with no access to its code or accounts. Same method for every product, and no AI decides the score. Last checked 2026-10-14.
Put together from public information, without Aside's involvement. If anything here is wrong, tell us and a person will check it.
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