Descript vs Async (formerly Podcastle)
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Descript
Edit video and audio by editing the transcript
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Async (formerly Podcastle)
Podcastle renamed: chat-based AI video editing plus a podcast studio
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.7 / 10 | 7 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | 60 media minutes a month, 100 one-time AI credits, 720p export | Free: 10 lifetime AI credits, 1 hour of lifetime recording, 720p video, one export file; content deleted after 30 days |
| Paid from | Hobbyist $16/mo (annual) or $24 (monthly); Creator $24/mo (annual) or $35 (monthly) | $11.99/month (Essentials, billed yearly), or $19.99 billed monthly |
| Has API | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 500k+ creators | — |
| Founded | 2017 | 2020 |
| Maker | Andrew Mason | — |
| Verdict | Descript's core trick — cut a word from the transcript and the video or audio trims to match — is still why podcasters and YouTubers adopt it, and the AI layer (filler-word removal, Studio Sound, custom voice clones) mea... |
Async (formerly Podcastle) still does the podcast basics well, with browser-based remote recording, one-click Magic Dust cleanup and text-based editing, and now adds a chat editor that cuts, captions and clips video and... |
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