Many small business owners go from meeting to meeting without writing anything down. Afterwards it is hard to remember who promised what. Pocket is a small AI recorder built for exactly that problem: it sits on the back of your phone, records the conversation and produces a summary with tasks when the meeting ends.
I bought a Pocket myself in October 2026 and have just started using it. This post is therefore based on Pocket's own information and the rules that apply in Denmark, and I will update it with my own experience once I have used it for a few weeks.
Here I go through what it does, what it costs, and the three things a Danish business should check before buying: Danish speech, personal data and what you are allowed to record.
In short
- Pocket is a 52 gram recorder that attaches to your phone with MagSafe or an adhesive plate and records meetings and calls (Pocket).
- It costs 139 dollars as of 2 October 2026 against a list price of 199 dollars. With my referral link you get an extra 10% off at checkout.
- A subscription is optional. The free plan keeps your notes for 30 days. Pro costs 19.99 dollars a month (Pocket).
- Test Danish yourself. Pocket lists more than 120 languages but does not name Danish, and users have reported errors in automatic language detection (Pocket Community).
- Data is stored in the US, and the privacy policy does not say who processes the audio (Pocket).
- Always say that you are recording. Danish criminal law allows it, but GDPR as a rule requires that the others are told first.
What is Pocket?
Pocket is a thin recorder the size of a credit card. It attaches magnetically to phones with MagSafe, and an adhesive plate is included for other phones. You start a recording when the meeting begins. The audio is stored on the recorder, also offline, and synced to the app afterwards.
In the app you get the transcript, a summary, a mind map and a task list. You can also ask questions about your recordings, such as "what did we agree about delivery?". Pocket can send notes and tasks on to Notion, Google Drive, OneDrive, Linear, Asana and ClickUp (Pocket).
Two things set it apart from a recording app on your phone. It has a contact microphone that records phone calls through the phone without speakerphone. And it is always ready, without you having to find an app.
Specifications
According to Pocket's own product page (Pocket):
- Weight and size: 52 grams, 8.6 × 5.6 × 0.5 cm
- Battery: 4 days of use, charged in an hour and a half
- Microphones: two for the room and one contact microphone for calls
- Range: up to 15 metres
- Storage: 64 GB on the recorder plus unlimited in the cloud
- Languages: more than 120
- Warranty: 1 year, and a 30 day return window
How much does Pocket cost?
As of 2 October 2026 the recorder costs 139 dollars on heypocket.com. The list price is 199 dollars, so the current price is an offer and may change. If you buy through my referral link, 10% is taken off at checkout.
Pocket ships to Denmark and the rest of Europe. The company is American, so check at checkout whether your local VAT is included, so you do not get a bill when the parcel arrives.
The app comes in three plans (Pocket):
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 dollars | Standard transcription, 3 questions a day to Pocket's AI, 30 days of history, text export |
| Pro | 19.99 dollars a month | The most accurate transcription, unlimited questions, lifetime history, speaker labels, more than 80 templates, export to PDF, Word and Markdown |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom workflows, API keys and priority support |
The 30 day limit on the free plan is the most important thing to know. If you want to find a summary after a quarter, you either need to export it to your own system in time or pay for Pro. Speaker labels are also Pro only, and they matter a lot when several people talk in a meeting.
Does it understand Danish?
Pocket says it supports more than 120 languages. On the pages I have read, Danish is not named, and Pocket does not say which speech recognition it uses.
In Pocket's own user forum, users reported in August 2026 that automatic language detection stopped working for Portuguese and Dutch among others. The recordings were transcribed in English, and the summaries came out wrong as a result (Pocket Community).
That may be fixed by the time you read this. My advice is still to set the language to Danish manually and test with a real meeting, with the dialects and jargon you actually use, within the 30 day return window. Danish is hard for speech recognition, and a summary is never better than the transcript underneath it.
GDPR: where do the recordings end up?
This is the section I would read twice if I were using Pocket in a business.
Pocket is owned by Open Vision Engineering, Inc. in Delaware, USA. According to the product page, data is hosted in the US, encrypted in transit and at rest, and never sold (Pocket). The privacy policy promises that your recordings are not used to train models without your consent (Pocket).
What the privacy policy does not say:
- which AI and transcription providers process the audio
- the legal basis for transferring data from the EU to the US
- whether there is an EU representative
For a business this matters, because your meetings are about other people: customers, employees and partners. When you record them, you process their personal data, and Pocket becomes your data processor. That requires a data processing agreement.
In practice:
- Ask Pocket for a data processing agreement before you record customer meetings. Pocket has an Enterprise plan for businesses, so ask sales for a GDPR agreement.
- Do not record sensitive conversations. HR cases, health and personal finances do not belong in a US cloud without an agreement in place.
- Delete what you do not need. Export the summary to your own system and delete the audio in the app.
Are you allowed to record a meeting?
Under section 263(2)(2) of the Danish Criminal Code it is an offence to secretly record a conversation between others. If you take part in the conversation yourself, you may record it (Criminal Code § 263).
Being legal under criminal law does not make it legal under GDPR. In a case decided on 26 August 2025, the Danish Data Protection Agency seriously criticised a dental clinic for recording conversations with an employee without saying so. The agency wrote that hidden recordings in an employment relationship are so intrusive that, as a rule, clear information must be given before the recording starts (Confederation of Danish Industry).
The safe habit is simple: say it before you press record. "I am recording the meeting so I can write a summary, is that alright?" It takes five seconds, and most people say yes.
Who is it for?
Pocket makes the most sense if you have many in-person meetings and calls, and what is said needs to turn into tasks afterwards. Think of the tradesperson on customer visits, the consultant with five meetings a day, or the owner who answers the phone themselves.
It makes less sense if your meetings happen in Teams or Google Meet. Both can record and transcribe on their own, and the data then stays in a system you already have an agreement with. It makes no sense at all if you mostly discuss HR cases or other sensitive topics.
Before Pocket, I recorded in-person meetings with an open source tool on my computer, because I work with customer data and want to decide where the audio ends up. That takes more setup than a recorder on the back of your phone. Pocket is the easy route, and for many people it is good enough once the rules above are in place.
How to get started
- Buy the recorder on heypocket.com through my referral link to get 10% off at checkout. Check whether your local VAT is included.
- Set the language to Danish in the app instead of letting it guess.
- Test with a real meeting in the first 30 days, while you can still return it.
- Decide where the summaries should live, and export them there, so you do not lose them after 30 days on the free plan.
- Agree on a fixed sentence you say before recording, and state in your privacy policy that you record meetings for minutes.
Where I come in
An AI tool is quick to buy. What takes time is deciding which tools may access what, getting data processing agreements in place and making sure data lands in one place. That is the kind of work I do as a technical partner for smaller businesses. If you want an overview of what AI can do for you, I have written about what an AI consultant costs and what you get. And if you just want to know whether Pocket fits your meetings, you can write to me.
Frequently asked questions
What is Pocket AI?
Pocket is a 52 gram recorder from the US company Open Vision Engineering. It attaches magnetically to the back of your phone, records meetings and calls, and afterwards creates a transcript, summary, mind map and task list in an app.
How much does Pocket cost?
As of 2 October 2026 the recorder costs 139 dollars on heypocket.com against a list price of 199 dollars. The free plan is included. The Pro plan costs 19.99 dollars a month and adds the most accurate transcription, unlimited history and speaker labels.
Does Pocket understand Danish?
Pocket says it supports more than 120 languages. Danish is not named on the pages I have read, and in August 2026 users reported problems with automatic language detection. Set the language manually and test with a real Danish meeting within the 30 day return window.
Am I allowed to record a meeting with Pocket?
Under Danish criminal law you may record a conversation you take part in yourself. But if you use the recordings in your business, GDPR applies too, and as a rule you must tell the others that you are recording before you start. The Danish Data Protection Agency has criticised hidden recordings of employee meetings.
Where are my recordings stored?
Pocket says data is hosted in the US and encrypted in transit and at rest. The privacy policy does not name the AI providers that process the audio or the legal basis for transfers from the EU. Recordings are not used to train models without your consent.
Do I need a subscription to use Pocket?
No. The free plan includes standard transcription, three questions a day to Pocket's AI and 30 days of history. If you want to keep notes longer than 30 days or have speakers separated, you need Pro.
Sources
All sources were read on 2 October 2026. Prices and plans may change, so check Pocket's page before you buy.
- Pocket: Product page with prices, plans and specifications: heypocket.com
- Pocket: Privacy policy: heypocket.com
- Pocket Community: Auto Detect Language Issues (31 August 2026): community.heypocket.com
- Danish Criminal Code § 263 (in Danish): danskelove.dk
- Confederation of Danish Industry: Serious criticism from the Data Protection Agency for hidden audio recordings (27 January 2026, in Danish): danskindustri.dk
