Minutes, plans, and payment

What free minutes are, what actually consumes them, the available plans, where to top up, and how RU payments differ from the rest of the world.

Free minutes

A new account gets a starter batch of free minutes with no card required — enough to try the service on real recordings. You can earn more, for example, by inviting friends: every friend who tries the service through your personal referral link earns you both a welcome bonus of +30 minutes.

What consumes minutes

Minutes are spent on transcription — that is, on the length of the audio or video that gets processed, not on the number of files or AI chat questions. The longer the recording, the more minutes it takes to transcribe. The exact mechanics are laid out right on the "Pricing" page under the "How are minutes counted?" link.

Plans

The "Pricing" page offers two options: unlimited subscriptions for a week, a month, or 6 months with no minute cap, or one-time minute packages if you'd rather pay for what you actually use instead of subscribing. Bigger packages add more bonus minutes on top — options range from a couple hundred minutes up to a few thousand.

Where to top up

Your minutes balance is visible in the app header and on the "Pricing" page. When minutes run out, creating a new recording shows a "Top up your balance" hint, and the "Pricing" page has a "Top up" button.

Payment history and cancellation

The "Pricing" page keeps a payment history — every top-up and subscription with its date, amount, and provider, handy for bookkeeping. You can cancel an unlimited subscription at any time: access continues until the end of the period you already paid for, after which the account falls back to its minutes balance. Once a payment goes through, the balance updates automatically — the interface shows a "Payment successful" status and refreshes your available minutes without a page reload.

Payments: Russia vs. the rest of the world

Currency and payment method are picked automatically based on your interface language: the Russian locale pays in rubles via CloudPayments, everyone else pays in dollars via Stripe. There's no functional difference — only the payment provider and billing currency change.