The Async Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Async in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Async
The Insider’s Guide
Chat-based video editor with AI voices, dubbing and music
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among AI voice generators, read from Async’s own pages.
Made by Async · checked Nov 12, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Async’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Async’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Nov 12, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.2
GPA, above 18 of the 43 other AI voice generators we grade
Async, formerly Podcastle, is an AI creative suite built around a chat-based video editor. Alongside editing it generates video, images, voices, music and sound effects, and includes text to speech, voice cloning, subtitles, dubbing and lip sync. The older podcast recording and hosting studio now sits inside the same product, and usage is metered in monthly credits.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Async, taken from its own pages and our grades.
You learn the credits and which model to spend them on.
- 1
Best for editing video by chatting with an AI
Async is a chat-based video editor with AI voices, dubbing and music.
- 2
Paid plans start at $11.99 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $11.99 per month, billed annually.
- 3
There is a free plan
1 hour of media for the AI chat and 10 AI credits, both one-time.
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It runs on 2 platforms
Web and iOS.
- 5
Chat-based video editing
You tell the editor what to cut, pace or polish and it makes the edit, including removing filler and pauses, syncing cuts to music, and adding captions.
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Text to speech and voice cloning
Voices can be generated in chat or through the standalone text-to-speech and voice cloning tools. Paid plans include monthly text-to-speech hours.
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Dubbing and lip sync
AI dubbing and lip sync, with multilingual voices, are listed from the Teams plan.
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A 2.2 GPA, above 18 of 43
That is against the other AI voice generators we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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Keep it
To replace Async you would be making a voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Async at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $11.99 per month, billed annually
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- A free trial is offered on the paid plans; the page does not state its length.
- Runs on
- Web, iOS
- Made by
- Async
- Category
- AI Voices & Text to Speech
- Our grade
- 2.2 GPA, fair
- Store rating
- 4.2 on the App Store, 546 ratings
The report card
Best for editing video by chatting with an AI
Async is a chat-based video editor with AI voices, dubbing and music. But everything AI is metered in credits that a single premium video can eat dozens of, dubbing and lip sync don't start until the $49.99 Teams plan, and the free plan is lifetime allowances.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Essentials is $11.99 a month billed yearly, above the voices middle of $10. Credits meter all AI use, and 450 credits is about 61 videos from one premium model. |
| Free plan and trial | C | The Free plan is 1 hour of media for AI chat and 10 AI credits, both lifetime. Paid plans have a free trial of unstated length. |
| Features | C | Chat editing, text to speech, voice cloning, generation, recording and clips. Dubbing and lip sync start at Teams, and subtitles are English only on Essentials and Pro. |
| Ease of use | C | No store rating on record. You learn the credits and which model to spend them on. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web and iPhone, with Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Async is for
- Fits if you make videos or podcasts and want to edit by typing what you want
- Works for creators who also want AI voiceover in the same tool
Who it is not for
- Tight if you stay free: allowances are lifetime, not monthly, at 1 hour and 10 credits
- Pricey if you want dubbing and lip sync, which start on Teams at $49.99 a creator
- Watch out: AI use burns credits fast, and premium models can use dozens per video
- Watch out: English-only subtitles on Essentials and Pro, and no desktop app
- Watch out: the trial's length isn't stated
Good to know
Good for
- Creators who want voices, editing and clips in one tool
- Podcasters and video makers moving from Podcastle
- Small teams producing short-form video and ads
Worth knowing
- Everything AI is metered in credits, and a single video from a premium model can use dozens; Essentials' 450 credits is about 61 Kling 3.0 videos or 900 Nano Banana 2 images.
- The Free plan's credits and media hours are lifetime allowances, not monthly ones.
- Dubbing and lip sync start on the Teams plan, and subtitles are English only on Essentials and Pro.
- The prices read are for yearly billing; the monthly-billing prices were not shown in the page text.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$11.99
A month to start. There is a free plan too
Async has a free plan. Paid plans start at $11.99 per month, billed annually.
Paid plans have a free trial of unstated length.
Free
$0
1 hour of media uploaded to AI chat (lifetime) and 10 AI credits (lifetime).
Essentials
$11.99
per month, billed annually
450 credits a month, 4 hours of recording, 2 hours of text to speech, 20 GB of storage and English-only AI subtitles.
Pro
$23.99
per month, billed annually
1,200 credits a month, 20 hours of recording, 10 hours of text to speech, 120 GB of storage and AI video enhancement.
Teams
$49.99
per creator / month, billed annually
3,000 credits a month, 40 hours of text to speech, 1 TB of storage, dubbing and lip sync, brand kit and basic user management.
Business
Custom
Custom credits, hours and storage, advanced user management, priority support and security and compliance. Sold through sales.
The free plan
1 hour of media for the AI chat and 10 AI credits, both one-time.
Trying it first
A free trial is offered on the paid plans; the page does not state its length.
Read from async.com on Nov 12, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Save 40% with yearly plans
The pricing page shows a Yearly toggle labelled 40% off, and shows savings of $96 on Essentials, $192 on Pro and $420 on Teams per year.
Stated on async.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
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Places it runs: Web and iOS
Chat-based video editor with AI voices, dubbing and music. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: transcription, video editing, image generation, video generation, text to speech, voice cloning.
Chat editing, text to speech, voice cloning, generation, recording and clips.
- Chat-based video editing
- You tell the editor what to cut, pace or polish and it makes the edit, including removing filler and pauses, syncing cuts to music, and adding captions.
- Text to speech and voice cloning
- Voices can be generated in chat or through the standalone text-to-speech and voice cloning tools. Paid plans include monthly text-to-speech hours.
- Dubbing and lip sync
- AI dubbing and lip sync, with multilingual voices, are listed from the Teams plan.
- Video, image, music and sound effects generation
- Credits are spent on third-party models such as Kling, Veo, Seedance, Nano Banana and GPT Image; the pricing page lists credit costs per video or image.
- Recording, audio cleanup and hosting
- The former Podcastle studio records remote guests, removes noise with Magic Dust, edits audio by transcript and publishes to Spotify, Apple and YouTube.
- Clips and subtitles
- Finds strong moments to turn into short clips for social platforms and adds subtitles, English only on lower plans.
Where it runs
- Web
- iOS
What it works with
- Spotify
- Apple Podcasts
- YouTube
Async is made by Async.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
18/43
Other AI voice generators it is graded above
Async's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 18 of the 43 other AI voice generators we grade, and level with 9.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 20 of 43) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $11.99 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 21 of the 33 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 6 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 44 AI voice generators we grade, cut by the letter each got. Async’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 4 of 43
- CFree plan and trialAbove 12 of 43
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 43
- CEase of useAbove 7 of 43
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 20 of 43
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 34 AI voice generators. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Async is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Async you would be making a voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $143.88 a year.
What you could not
- A voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make.
- A voice model trained on your recordings.
- A video editor.
- A video model, which you can rent by the second but not make.
- An image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make.
- Speech turned into text you can trust.
- A real app for iOS. Something home-made would be a web page.
What this rests on. Async’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
ElevenLabs, Murf, Fliki, Speechify and Rask AI
The 5 tools Async is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 3.0GPA
ElevenLabs
Free plan · from $5/mo
AI voice platform for speech, voice cloning, dubbing and voice agents.
- Only ElevenLabs lists an Android app.
- Async also covers video editing and image generation.
- 2.2GPA
Murf
Free trial · from $19/mo
AI voiceover studio with dubbing, translation and a speech API.
- Async has a free plan. Murf does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Async lists an iOS app.
- Async also covers video editing, image generation and video generation.
- 2.4GPA
Fliki
Free plan · from $28/mo
AI video and voiceover maker with voice cloning in 80+ languages.
- Only Async lists an iOS app.
- Async also covers transcription, video editing and image generation.
- 2.8GPA
Speechify
Free plan · from $29/mo
Text-to-speech reader for listening to documents and web pages.
- Only Speechify lists Android, macOS and Windows apps.
- Only Speechify lists a browser extension.
- Async also covers transcription, video editing, image generation and video generation.
- 2.0GPA
Rask AI
Free plan · from $28/mo
AI video dubbing and translation with voice cloning.
- Only Async lists an iOS app.
- Async also covers video editing, image generation, video generation and text to speech.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
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Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Async free?
Async has a free plan. 1 hour of media for the AI chat and 10 AI credits, both one-time.
How much does Async cost?
Async lists 5 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Async work on?
Async is available on Web and iOS.
Does Async offer any discounts?
Async publicly lists the following: Save 40% with yearly plans.
How is Async rated?
Async's iPhone and iPad app averages 4.2 out of 5 from 546 ratings on the App Store in the United States, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Async have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Async is listed for Web and iOS.
Does Async have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Async is listed for Web and iOS.
Is Async open source?
Async is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
What does Async integrate with?
Async's listing names Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Does Async have a free trial?
Yes. A free trial is offered on the paid plans; the page does not state its length.
Who makes Async?
Async is made by a company of the same name.
What are the alternatives to Async?
The closest alternatives to Async in our directory are ElevenLabs, Murf, Fliki, Speechify and Rask AI.
How does Async compare with other AI voice generators?
Async's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 18 of the 43 other AI voice generators we grade, and level with 9.
Is Async good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Async C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $11.99 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 21 of the 33 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Async?
To replace Async you would be making a voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Async’s own pages on Nov 12, 2026, and the grades were given on Nov 12, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Async's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Async. Prices change, so check async.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
5,038
Tools graded, in 95 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
5,038
tools graded
95
categories
739
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Async, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/async
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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See our other guides
The best-graded AI voice generators after Async, each with an Insider's Guide of its own.
- AI Voices & Text to Speech Insider's GuideEvery one of the 44 AI voice generators we grade, compared
- ElevenLabs Insider's GuideAI voice platform for speech, voice cloning, dubbing and voice agents3.0 GPA
- Google Cloud Text-to-Speech Insider's GuidePay-per-character speech API with Gemini, Chirp and WaveNet voices2.8 GPA
- NaturalReader Insider's GuideText-to-speech reader for listening to documents, with a voiceover app2.8 GPA
Choosing software? Every tool graded, every price dated.
Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Async’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Async is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Async. Prices and plans change: check async.com before you buy.