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Shadow vs Notion

Side-by-side comparison for macOS

Shadow

6.0
Productivity

AI meeting notetaker

Notion

8.0
Productivity

App to write, plan, collaborate, and get organised

Metric Shadow Notion
Category Productivity Productivity
AI Score 6.0 8.0
30-day Installs 2 4.5K
90-day Installs 2 13.0K
365-day Installs 2 60.8K
Version 2.3.8,133 7.39.0
Auto-updates Yes Yes
Deprecated No No
GitHub Stars — 5.5K
GitHub Forks — 709
Open Issues — 62
License — MIT
Language — TypeScript
Last GitHub Commit — 7mo ago
First Seen Oct 17, 2026 Aug 9, 2016

Reviews

Shadow

Shadow is an AI-powered meeting notetaker that offers real-time transcription and smart summarization, making it ideal for professionals seeking efficient meeting summaries and insights.

Shadow provides AI-driven transcription and analysis of meetings, capturing key points and generating summaries.

Pros

  • + AI-driven real-time meeting transcription
  • + Smart summarization for key insights
  • + Active development with auto-update feature

Cons

  • - Low recent installs suggest niche audience
  • - Potential lack of comprehensive features

Notion

Notion is an all-in-one workspace that combines writing, planning, collaboration, and organization into one versatile tool. It offers a wide range of features for managing notes, tasks, wikis, and databases, making it ideal for individuals and teams seeking a comprehensive productivity solution.

Notion serves as a workspace for creating and managing notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.

Pros

  • + Versatile and comprehensive workspace features
  • + Strong collaboration and organization tools
  • + Active development and community support

Cons

  • - Some API-related issues reported in GitHub
  • - Occasional performance problems with large databases