Wave vs hearlog

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Wave compared with hearlog
Detail	Wave	hearlog
What it does	AI note taker that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings, calls, lectures, and conversations	Free AI transcription and translation in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Hinglish and 50+ languages
Stage	Startup	Startup
Founded	2024	2025
Based in	US	IN
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Free: 30 minutes per month, free forever. Pro: $80 per year or $15 per month (or $100 per year through App Store/Google Play). Teams: $7.50 per user per month with 5-user minimum.	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	Records meetings, calls, lectures, and conversations on all devices Automatic speaker identification and labels Supports 76 languages with translation Records phone calls, Zoom, Meet, and Teams meetings Offline recording with online processing Export to PDF, OneNote, and email	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	Records and transcribes across all devices with automatic sync Never trains AI models on user recordings SOC 2 Type 1 compliant with enterprise-grade security Supports 76 languages with automatic speaker identification	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)	55 +1 (up) since last check	9 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	26	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	46	13
Referring domains (Majestic)	1400	3

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