The Podcast App vs hearlog

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The Podcast App compared with hearlog
Detail	The Podcast App	hearlog
What it does	Free podcast player with no app-inserted ads and AI features for listeners	Free AI transcription and translation in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Hinglish and 50+ languages
Stage	Startup	Startup
Founded	2025	2025
Based in	Not given	IN
Pricing model	Not given	Freemium
Pricing	Free: Core player with unlimited offline downloads, OPML import/export, Smart Ad-Skip free with daily cap on supported shows, Podcast Brain free with daily usage allowance. $4.99/month: Lifts caps on Smart Ad-Skip and AI features (Podcast Brain, Synthesis Radio).	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	Unlimited offline downloads free Smart Ad-Skip: tap to skip marked ad breaks on supported shows No account required to start OPML import and export Podcast Brain with daily usage caps CarPlay and Android Auto Apple Watch support with offline listening Speed controls, sleep timer, and chapters YouTube to podcast RSS resolver AI-generated episode summaries and chapters	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	Independent app with no media company or ad network ownership Core listening and offline downloads free with no artificial paywalls No data selling or ad-based tracking Open podcast ecosystem with portable subscriptions via OPML Smart Ad-Skip respects podcasting format and never strips audio	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 plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	29 +1 (up) since last check	2 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	3	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	22	13
Referring domains (Majestic)	35	3

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