Async (formerly Podcastle)
Podcastle renamed: chat-based AI video editing plus a podcast studio
Overview
Async, formerly Podcastle, is a browser studio for recording, editing and repurposing podcasts and video. It adds Bumblebee chat-based editing and third-party video and image models to remote recording, Magic Dust audio cleanup, transcription, voice cloning and hosting, and sells a separate text-to-speech API. Podcastle rebranded between October 2025 and January 2026.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 14 Oct 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
- 1 hour of remote recording (lifetime)
- Exports up to 720p, 1 file
- 2 GB cloud storage
- 4 hours of audio and video recording
- 2 hours of text-to-speech, 20 GB storage
- Magic Dust, noise reduction, silence removal; English subtitles
- 20 hours of recording
- 10 hours of text-to-speech, 120 GB storage
- AI video enhance, eye contact and background remover
- 50 hours of recording, 1 TB storage
- AI dubbing and lip sync, subtitles in 5+ languages
- Producer Mode, brand kit, user management
- Custom credits, recording hours and storage
- Advanced user management
- Priority support, advanced security and compliance
What you can produce with Async (formerly Podcastle)
- Remote multitrack audio and video recordings with up to 10 participants
- Videos cut, captioned and clipped by chatting with the Bumblebee editor
- Studio-sounding audio from Magic Dust cleanup, noise reduction and silence removal
- Transcripts and text-based audio edits
- AI voiceovers and cloned voices from text
- Dubbed, lip-synced versions of videos (Teams and above)
- Published and hosted podcast episodes
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 can generate B-roll through outside models. A free plan exists, and Essentials costs $11.99 a month billed yearly.
The catch is billing: monthly prices are much higher ($19.99 to $84.99), the free trial is tied to annual billing, and recent Trustpilot complaints centre on renewal charges and refunds. A good all-in-one for solo hosts and small teams who read the renewal terms first.
What we found
Async is the new name of Podcastle, the browser recording and editing studio that Artavazd (Arto) Yeritsyan, previously VP of Engineering at Picsart, launched from Yerevan, Armenia in mid-2020. The company announced the rename on 21 October 2025, stressing that it had not been acquired, and completed it in January 2026 with a post titled "Podcastle is now Async". The legal entity is still Podcastle Inc., doing business as Async. Sierra Ventures led a $1.75 million seed round in 2020 with Andrew Ng's AI Fund, and Mosaic Ventures led a $13.5 million Series A reported by TechCrunch in February 2024.
The product has moved with the name. The headline feature is now Bumblebee, a chat-based video editor that cuts filler and pauses, adds captions, makes short clips and generates B-roll, music or voice through outside models including Kling, Veo, Seedance and Nano Banana. The podcast tools remain: remote multitrack recording for up to ten participants, Magic Dust audio cleanup, transcription, text-based audio editing, AI voices, voice cloning and podcast hosting. A separate Async Voice API sells low-latency text-to-speech to developers.
Pricing is credit-based. The free plan gives 10 lifetime credits, an hour of lifetime recording, 720p exports and a single export file, and free users' content is deleted after 30 days. Essentials is $19.99 a month, or $11.99 a month billed yearly, with 450 credits and four recording hours. Pro is $39.99, or $23.99 yearly, with 1,200 credits and 20 hours. Teams is $84.99, or $49.99 yearly, per creator, adding dubbing and a brand kit. The free trial is offered only on yearly billing.
On Trustpilot, async.com showed 3.5 from 267 reviews when read on 14 October 2026. Of the 20 most recent, 13 praised ease of use or support, while six complained about renewal charges or refused refunds. Anyone starting a trial should note the renewal date, because the trial converts straight into a full year's charge.
Compiled by RECATOOLS from public sources: vendor documentation and pricing, code repositories and published reporting.
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