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You leave the meeting with a transcript and action items — but the sharp follow-up question you needed was ten minutes ago, not in a summary you read afterward. Hedy sits in the room with you, surfacing what to say while the conversation is still live.
Pro $12.99/mo or $99.99/yr; $299 lifetime · Free tier: Up to 5 hours per month · Checked Oct 19, 2026
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Summary
Hedy listens to meetings in real time and pushes coached suggestions — follow-up questions, talking points, smart replies — directly to your screen as the conversation unfolds. It retains context across sessions, so when you walk into the twelfth call with Acme Corp it already knows the history. Notes, key decisions, and action items are captured without you lifting a pen. On-device audio processing is the privacy story: your audio never reaches the cloud, though transcripts are processed transiently. The ceiling appears when you need the tool to act on what it hears — it coaches, it does not execute.
Bottom line: Pick Hedy if you are walking into a high-stakes negotiation and want a real-time prompt in your ear; look elsewhere if you need that conversation to automatically trigger a CRM update or calendar invite without you doing it manually.
Pricing Plans
SubscriptionLast verified 2 weeks ago- Price
- Pro $12.99/mo or $99.99/yr; $299 lifetime
- Free Tier
- Up to 5 hours per month
Free
Free
Perfect for trying Hedy
- Up to 5 hours per month
- Conversations in 30+ languages
- Summaries and meeting notes
- Real-time AI insights (first 30 min/session)
Pro
$8.33per month
$99.99/yr
For power users
- Unlimited meeting length and sessions
- Import and transcribe past recordings
- Organize, connect, and chat across sessions
- Zapier and API integrations
Lifetime
Custom
Pay once, use forever
- Everything in Pro
- One-time payment, no recurring fees
- Lifetime access to all features
- All future updates included
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Pros
- Live in-meeting coaching suggestions delivered as the conversation unfolds, so you get the sharp follow-up question when it can change the outcome — not in a recap you read an hour later.
- Cross-session memory organized by client or topic, which means you walk into a recurring meeting already briefed on prior decisions and open questions without manually reviewing old notes.
- On-device audio processing with transient cloud transcript handling, so the vendor's privacy claim holds up under scrutiny for teams that cannot let conversation audio sit on a third-party server.
- 30-plus language support with a custom vocabulary option, so non-native speakers and domain-specific teams — medical, legal, technical — get suggestions in context rather than generic filler.
- Automatic extraction of action items, key decisions, and highlights after each session, so the post-meeting admin work that typically falls through the cracks is done before you close the call.
Cons
- Hedy coaches; it does not act. When a sales team wants a completed client call to automatically log notes to a CRM or create a follow-up task in their project tracker, the Zapier integration requires a human to trigger it — teams with high call volume end up building that automation layer themselves or abandoning Hedy for a tool that closes the loop without manual intervention.
- The five-hour monthly ceiling on the free tier hits fast for anyone using Hedy daily across back-to-back meetings — a full workday of calls can consume a week's allocation, forcing an upgrade decision earlier than expected.
- Hedy is not self-hosted, and while the vendor offers EU data residency, organizations with strict data sovereignty requirements that prohibit any cloud transcript processing — even transient — cannot use the tool in its current architecture.
About
- Platforms
- iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Apple Watch, Web
- API Available
- Yes
- Self-Hosted
- No
- Last Updated
- June 1, 2026
Best For
Who it's for
- Business professionals and executives managing complex negotiations
- Job seekers preparing for and executing interviews
- Students attending lectures and classes
- Healthcare patients and journalists requiring accurate transcription with real-time context
What it does well
- Real-time coaching during high-stakes business meetings and client pitches
- Interview preparation and live support during job interviews
- Lecture transcription and study note generation for students
- Medical appointment guidance for patients in healthcare settings
- Interview facilitation and transcription for journalists
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Hedy AI free?
- Hedy AI offers a free option alongside paid upgrades. Pricing: Pro $12.99/mo or $99.99/yr; $299 lifetime. Check the current allowances and terms before choosing a plan.
- Does Hedy AI have an API?
- Yes. Hedy AI exposes a developer API. See the official documentation at https://hedy.ai for details.
- When was Hedy AI released?
- Hedy AI was first released in 2024.
- What platforms does Hedy AI support?
- Hedy AI is available on: iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Apple Watch, Web.
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Hedy listens to your meetings through your device’s microphone and delivers live coaching suggestions — questions, follow-ups, smart replies — on a parallel screen or connected device while the conversation is happening. The core workflow is passive: you talk, Hedy listens, it surfaces the next-best thing to say in the moment. After the session it generates summaries, flags key decisions, and logs action items. It runs on Mac, iOS, Windows, Android, and Web, and the vendor states audio is processed on-device with transcripts handled transiently in the cloud and never used for model training.
The cross-session memory is the feature that separates Hedy from a one-off transcription app. The vendor describes a searchable session history organized by topic or client — so walking into a recurring client call means Hedy already holds context from prior sessions and can surface relevant background before you speak. This is where the coaching becomes less reactive and more strategic, giving users the institutional memory of a briefed assistant without manual note review.
Hedy fits best in human-driven, high-stakes conversations: client pitches, job interviews, medical appointments, journalistic interviews, or lectures where following the thread in real time matters more than automated downstream action. It does not fit if your workflow requires the output of a conversation to automatically trigger external systems — it integrates with Zapier and exposes an API, but the handoff is still user-initiated. Teams that need autonomous post-meeting task execution — filing tickets, updating CRMs, scheduling follow-ups without manual intervention — will hit that wall and find themselves doing the bridge work themselves.
The vendor confirms support for 30-plus languages, EU data residency as an option, Apple Watch delivery of suggestions, Siri Shortcuts, YouTube import for practice sessions, and a custom vocabulary feature for domain-specific terminology. The free tier includes five hours of meeting time per month; additional usage is a paid-only feature.
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