Hedy vs Voicenotes

Hedy

• People who want prompts during a conversation, not only notes after it
• In-person talks, lectures and appointments as well as online calls
• Buyers who prefer a one-time payment to a subscription

Voicenotes

• People who want one app for meetings, voice memos and dictation
• Meetings where a visible recording bot is not acceptable
• Capturing notes from a phone or smartwatch as well as a computer

Hedy

• The Free plan is capped at 5 hours a month, and real-time AI insights stop after the first 30 minutes of each session.
• Importing past recordings, chat across sessions and the Zapier, Make and API integrations need Pro or Lifetime.
• Hedy for Teams, with shared workspaces and seat management, is in preview behind a waitlist, so current plans are for individuals.
• Other apps connect through automation platforms, webhooks or the API; the integrations page lists no direct CRM or task-app connectors.

Voicenotes

• The free Basic plan transcribes 100 minutes a week and shows only the last 30 days of notes. Older notes are stored but hidden until you upgrade.
• The pricing page gives $9 per user a month without a billing basis. The US App Store lists in-app subscriptions at $14.99 a month and up to $99.99 a year.
• Dictation, audio imports, real-time notes, the MCP server and advanced integrations need Pro.
• SSO, SCIM and consent management are Enterprise features at $24 per user a month. The Windows desktop app is labeled a beta.

Hedy

Live suggestions

While a conversation is in progress, Hedy shows suggested questions, points that have not been addressed and talking points on screen. The Free plan limits this to the first 30 minutes of a session.

Bot-free, on-device listening

Hedy listens from your device instead of joining the call, and speech recognition runs locally. On capable hardware, Local AI Processing also generates summaries and suggestions on the device, offline.

Summaries, notes and to-dos

Each session ends with a summary, detailed notes, extracted to-dos and a searchable transcript in more than 30 languages. One tap saves a highlight with an AI-written analysis.

Topics and cross-session chat

Pro users can group sessions by client or project and ask questions that are answered from earlier conversations in that group.

Session types

Choosing a session type such as business meeting, medical, job interview, negotiation or lecture changes the style of coaching Hedy gives.

Automations, API and MCP

A Pro feature: send summaries, highlights and to-dos to other apps through Zapier, Make or n8n, or use the REST API, signed webhooks and an MCP server.

Voicenotes

Bot-free meeting recording

Hit record in the app when a meeting starts and nothing joins the call. It works with any meeting app and with in-person conversations, and you can jot comments on the note as you go.

Summaries and next steps

When the meeting ends you get a summary, action items and next steps alongside the recording and transcript, ready to share as a link or export as a PDF.

Ask AI across your notes

Ask a question and get an answer drawn from every conversation and memo you have recorded, or turn a meeting into a follow-up email, report or to-do list.

Voice memos and dictation

The same app captures spoken memos, and dictation types with your voice in other apps on desktop and mobile. Dictation is a Pro feature with a one-time free allowance on Basic.

Language detection

Transcribes English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian and more than 60 other languages, detects the language automatically and handles switching mid-sentence.

Integrations and MCP

Integrations include Zapier, Notion, Obsidian, Todoist and Readwise, plus webhooks, and an MCP server connects notes to Claude and ChatGPT. Advanced integrations and the MCP server need Pro.

Hedy

• Free$0

  Up to 5 hours a month, 30+ languages, summaries and meeting notes, and real-time AI insights for the first 30 minutes of a session.

• Pro$8.33

  per month, billed yearly ($99.99); $12.99 billed monthly

  Unlimited meeting length and sessions, import of past recordings, organizing and chatting across sessions, and Zapier, Make and API integrations.

• Lifetime$299

  one-time payment

  Everything in Pro for a single payment with no recurring fees, including all future updates.

Voicenotes

• Basic$0

  Unlimited recordings, 100 minutes a week of transcripts and summaries refreshed weekly, and a 30-day history.

• Pro$9

  per user / month; monthly or annual basis not stated

  Unlimited transcription, dictation and history, real-time notes and live transcription, audio imports, the Voicenotes MCP, advanced integrations and team billing.

• Enterprise$24

  per user / month, sold through sales; basis not stated

  Everything in Pro, plus SSO and SCIM, consent management, admin controls for sharing, CRM and dialer integrations and a dedicated success manager.

Hedy

• Annual discount

  36% off Pro with yearly billing

  Hedy's pricing page marks yearly billing as 36% off: Pro costs $99.99 a year, about $8.33 a month, instead of $12.99 billed monthly.

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime access for a one-time $299

  The Lifetime plan includes everything in Pro and all future updates for a single $299 payment with no recurring fees.

Voicenotes

No public discounts listed.