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Melo vs hearlog

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Melo compared with hearlog
DetailMelo logo Melohearlog logo hearlog
What it doesFree sleep sounds, rain, ASMR, lo-fi and focus music from across the internet Free AI transcription and translation in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Hinglish and 50+ languages
StageNot given Startup
FoundedNot given 2025
Based inIN IN
Pricing modelFree Freemium
PricingNot given Free: 300 minutes per month. Pro: ₹299/month or ₹2,990/year (2 months free) in India; $6.99/month or $49/year outside India. Lifetime: ₹4,999 or $299 (available until 30 November 2026).
Key features
  • Mood-based sound library organized by Sleep, Focus, Nature, Ambient, ASMR, Lo-fi and White Noise
  • Ambient Worlds with animated visual themes that play alongside sounds
  • Direct playback from original sources with proper attribution
  • No sign-in required
  • No ads
  • Upvote sounds without an account
  • Ambient mode for fullscreen playback with visual animations
  • Sounds from multiple licensed sources including Wikimedia Commons, Internet Archive, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, Freesound and YouTube
  • AI transcription in 50+ languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi and more
  • Hinglish support - handles Hindi-English mixed speech naturally
  • Five summary styles - Meeting Notes, Lecture Notes, Detailed, Concise, and Key Points
  • Free translation between 50+ languages
  • Offline-resilient recording - survives network drops
  • Guest recording with no signup needed to try
  • Chat across recordings - ask questions across multiple recordings or entire folders (Pro)
  • SRT subtitles (Pro) - 4 hours of timed captions per month
  • Extract text from YouTube videos, images and PDFs (Pro)
What makes it different
  • No accounts, no ads, no paid features or subscriptions
  • Honors creative commons licenses and public domain status
  • Built by a single independent creator without investors or sponsors
  • Built specifically for Indian languages and Hinglish - the most Indian language support of any free transcription tool
  • Network-resilient - recording continues and auto-retries transcription when connection returns
  • Genuinely free - 300 minutes monthly with no credit card required, no hidden charges
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)Not checked yet no change since last check2 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)10
Citation Flow (Majestic)1713
Referring domains (Majestic)23

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