The Hedy Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Hedy 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.
Hedy
The Insider’s Guide
Meeting assistant that coaches you live and writes the notes
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among AI meeting note takers, read from Hedy’s own pages.
Made by Hedy AI LLC · checked Oct 9, 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 Hedy’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Hedy’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 9, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.8
GPA, above 32 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade
Hedy listens to meetings, classes and other conversations on your own device and shows suggestions while they are happening, such as questions to ask or points not yet covered. Afterwards it produces a transcript, a summary, notes and to-dos in more than 30 languages. No bot joins the call, speech recognition runs on the device, and paid plans add chat across past sessions, recording imports and automation integrations.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Hedy, taken from its own pages and our grades.
- 1
Best for live coaching during a conversation, with no bot
Hedy listens on your own device during a meeting and suggests questions or points not yet covered while it runs, then writes the transcript, summary and to-dos.
- 2
Paid plans start at $8.33 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $8.33 per month, billed yearly ($99.99 per year).
- 3
There is a free plan
Up to 5 hours a month, conversations in 30+ languages, summaries and meeting notes, and real-time AI insights for the first 30 minutes of each session.
- 4
It runs on 5 platforms
Web, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.
- 5
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.
- 6
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.
- 7
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.
- 8
A 2.8 GPA, above 32 of 48
That is against the other AI meeting note takers we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
To replace Hedy you would be making a bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Hedy at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $8.33 per month, billed yearly ($99.99 per year)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
- Made by
- Hedy AI LLC
- Category
- AI Meeting Notes
- Our grade
- 2.8 GPA, good
The report card
Best for live coaching during a conversation, with no bot
Hedy listens on your own device during a meeting and suggests questions or points not yet covered while it runs, then writes the transcript, summary and to-dos. No bot joins the call. Pro is $8.33 a month on the yearly plan, or $299 once. Free is 5 hours a month with live help for only the first 30 minutes of each session, and there are no direct CRM or task-app connectors.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Pro is $99.99 a year, about $8.33 a month, or $12.99 monthly — ordinary money here, for unlimited sessions, imports and chat across past meetings. Lifetime is $299 once, which is three years of the yearly price. Team seats cost the same as Pro. |
| Free plan and trial | C | Free for good, with summaries, notes and 30-plus languages, but capped at 5 hours a month, and the live suggestions stop 30 minutes into each session. A couple of long meetings and your month is spent. |
| Features | B | It covers the job and tilts it live: suggestions during the conversation tuned by session type, from job interview to lecture, then a transcript, summary, notes and to-dos. Pro groups sessions and answers across them. No direct CRM or task connectors, and small team workspaces are still in development. |
| Ease of use | B | No rating on record, but nothing to set up: no bot to invite, it just listens on your own device, so a chat in a room works like a video call. |
| Platforms and integrations | A | Web, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, with Pro sending summaries and to-dos onward through Zapier, Make, n8n and four more automation platforms, or its REST API, webhooks and MCP server. |
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 Hedy is for
- Fits if you want prompts during the conversation, not just notes when it's over
- Works for meetings in a room, a lecture hall or a doctor's office as well as calls
Who it is not for
- Tight if you're staying free, with 5 hours a month and live insights for only the first 30 minutes of a session
- Skip it if your notes need to land in a CRM by themselves, as only automation platforms, webhooks and the API are listed
- Not for you if your team wants small shared workspaces today, as those are still in development and Teams needs cloud sync on
- Watch out: importing recordings, chat across sessions and the Zapier, Make and API links need Pro at $99.99 a year or Lifetime
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $12.99 for Pro against $8.33 on the yearly plan
Good to know
Good for
- 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
Worth knowing
- 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 needs 2 to 200 seats and cloud sync turned on; workspaces for smaller groups and a CRM integration are listed as still in development.
- Other apps connect through automation platforms, webhooks or the API; the integrations page lists no direct CRM or task-app connectors.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$8.33
A month to start. There is a free plan too
Hedy has a free plan. Paid plans start at $8.33 per month, billed yearly ($99.99 per year).
A couple of long meetings and your month is spent.
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.
Team
$8.33
per seat / month, billed yearly ($99.99); $12.99 billed monthly
For teams of 2 to 200: everything in Pro for every seat, Team Topics that share chosen sessions, and one admin dashboard for seats and billing.
Lifetime
$299
one-time payment
Everything in Pro for a single payment with no recurring fees, including all future updates.
The free plan
Up to 5 hours a month, conversations in 30+ languages, summaries and meeting notes, and real-time AI insights for the first 30 minutes of each session.
Read from hedy.ai on Oct 9, 2026.
Ways to pay less
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.
Stated on hedy.aiLifetime 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.
Stated on hedy.ai
How its prices have moved
- Oct 6, 2026Team: new, $8.33 per seat / month, billed yearly ($99.99); $12.99 billed monthlyHedy's changelog for October 6, 2026 says team accounts are now available. The pricing page sells Team for 2 to 200 seats at the same price per seat as Pro; until then Hedy for Teams was a preview with a waitlist.
What the app costs elsewhere
Each country’s App Store price for “Monthly Subscription”, against $12.99 in the United States, in dollars at the day’s rate. The four cheapest and the four dearest of 11.
| Country | Price there | In dollars | Against the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | $17.99 | $12.65 | about the same |
| Philippines | ₱ 799.00 | $12.72 | about the same |
| Indonesia | Rp 229ribu | $12.81 | about the same |
| India | ₹ 1,299 | $13.43 | about the same |
| Brazil | R$ 79,90 | $15.96 | 23% more |
| Mexico | $299.00 | $16.43 | 26% more |
| Germany | 14,99 € | $16.80 | 29% more |
| United Kingdom | £12.99 | $17.17 | 32% more |
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
5
Places it runs: Web, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android
Meeting assistant that coaches you live and writes the notes. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: works offline, one-time purchase, public API, AI features, meeting notes, transcription, chat assistant.
Pro groups sessions and answers across them.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
- macOS
- Windows
- iOS
- Android
What it works with
- Zapier
- Make
- n8n
- Activepieces
- viaSocket
- Pabbly Connect
- OMI
Hedy is made by Hedy AI LLC.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
32/48
Other AI meeting note takers it is graded above
Hedy's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 32 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 5.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 30 of 48) and worst on free plan and trial (C, above 5).
Its paid plans start at $8.33 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 14 of the 47 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.3 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 49 AI meeting note takers we grade, cut by the letter each got. Hedy’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 13 of 48
- CFree plan and trialAbove 5 of 48
- BFeaturesAbove 10 of 48
- BEase of useAbove 20 of 48
- APlatforms and integrationsAbove 30 of 48
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 48 AI meeting note takers. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Hedy 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 Hedy you would be making a bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 32 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade. It costs $99.96 a year.
What you could not
- A bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes.
- An AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make.
- Speech turned into text you can trust.
- Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- It plugs into other products, Zapier, Make and n8n among them, and has an API.
- People on the other end: coaches. No app builder makes those.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Hedy’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
Cluely, Granola, Jamie, TwinMind and Otter.ai
The 5 tools Hedy is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.4GPA
Cluely
Free plan · from $11.99/mo
Live AI answers and bot-free notes in a desktop meeting overlay.
- Only Hedy lists a web app.
- Only Hedy lists an Android app.
- Hedy can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- 3.0GPA
Granola
Free plan · from $14/mo
AI notepad that transcribes meetings from device audio, no bot.
- Only Hedy lists a web app.
- Hedy can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- Granola also covers templates.
- 2.4GPA
Jamie
Free plan · from €21/mo
Bot-free AI note taker with EU data hosting.
- Only Hedy lists a web app.
- Hedy can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- Jamie also covers templates.
- 2.8GPA
TwinMind
Free plan · from $11.99/mo
All-day transcription and memory app for meetings and conversations.
- Only TwinMind lists a browser extension.
- Hedy can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- 3.0GPA
Otter.ai
Free plan · from $8.33/mo
Live meeting transcription with summaries and AI chat.
- Only Otter.ai lists a browser extension.
- Hedy can be bought with a one-time purchase.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
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 Hedy free?
Hedy has a free plan. Up to 5 hours a month, conversations in 30+ languages, summaries and meeting notes, and real-time AI insights for the first 30 minutes of each session.
How much does Hedy cost?
Hedy lists 4 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Hedy work on?
Hedy is available on Web, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.
Does Hedy offer any discounts?
Hedy publicly lists the following: 36% off Pro with yearly billing; Lifetime access for a one-time $299.
Does Hedy have a Linux app?
No Linux app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 9, 2026. Hedy is listed for Web, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.
Is Hedy open source?
Hedy is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 9, 2026.
Does Hedy work offline?
Yes, according to its own site. What works without a connection differs by plan and platform, so check the vendor's page for the detail.
Does Hedy have an API?
Yes. Hedy offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Hedy integrate with?
Hedy's listing names Zapier, Make, n8n, Activepieces, viaSocket, Pabbly Connect and OMI.
Who makes Hedy?
Hedy is made by Hedy AI LLC.
What are the alternatives to Hedy?
The closest alternatives to Hedy in our directory are Cluely, Granola, Jamie, TwinMind and Otter.ai.
How does Hedy compare with other AI meeting note takers?
Hedy's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 32 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 5.
Is Hedy good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Hedy C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $8.33 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 14 of the 47 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Hedy?
To replace Hedy you would be making a bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Hedy’s own pages on Oct 9, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Hedy's own pages on 9 October 2026. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-06-24.
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 Hedy AI LLC. Prices change, so check hedy.ai before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 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.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Hedy, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/hedy
- 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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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Hedy’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. Hedy is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Hedy AI LLC. Prices and plans change: check hedy.ai before you buy.