Podcastle
All-in-one browser podcast studio, now rebranded Async
Overview
A browser-based studio for recording, editing and enhancing podcasts with AI transcription, voice cloning and one-click cleanup. Rebranded to Async in January 2026.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 13 Jul 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete.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.
- Unlimited audio recording
- 3 hrs lifetime video
- 2 GB storage + hosting
- 8 hrs video/month
- 40 GB storage
- AI editing tools
- ~$11.99/mo billed annually
- 20 hrs video/month
- Unlimited storage
- Revoice voice cloning
- Priority support
What you can produce with Podcastle
- Multitrack browser-based audio and video recording
- AI transcription and text-based editing
- Revoice AI voice cloning (Pro)
- Magic Dust one-click noise and quality cleanup
- Filler-word detection and removal (Pro)
- Podcast hosting and distribution
- AI text-to-speech voices
ASEAN Perspective
Podcastle in Southeast Asia
ASEAN-region availability and pricing notes coming soon. Drop the editorial team a note via /contact/ if you can supply local context (Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam).
Podcastle — rebranded Async in January 2026 — packs recording, AI transcription, text-based editing, voice cloning (Revoice) and one-click cleanup (Magic Dust) into one browser tab. For a solo host or a small show, that bundle beats stitching together a recorder, a DAW and a transcription service. Onboarding is genuinely beginner-friendly, and the free tier lets you record audio without paying. The caveats are real. Reviewers report failed recordings, upload and export errors, and support that can be slow when a session goes wrong — rough for anything time-sensitive. The headline AI features (Revoice, filler-word removal) sit on the $24.99 Pro plan, so the effective entry price is higher than "free" suggests, and some users flagged storage and hour cuts on existing plans plus surprise annual renewals. Fine as an approachable all-in-one for hobbyists and marketers; power users chasing mastering control or bulletproof reliability will outgrow it.
What people say
The consistent win in G2 and Trustpilot reviews is approachability. Non-technical creators say they can record and edit in one place with no install, and Magic Dust's one-click cleanup impresses people who've never touched a mixer. Support gets specific praise on Trustpilot for walking new users through the tool.
Reliability is the fault line. The strongest criticism across reviews is failed recordings, upload and processing errors, and trouble downloading finished files — the kind of failure that's fatal if you've just recorded a guest who won't come back. Reviewers also report Magic Dust falling over on very short clips and basic actions like merging edited segments not behaving.
Billing draws heat too. Multiple users describe being charged for a full year with no advance email, charges continuing after cancellation requests, and — following plan changes — content hours and storage cut sharply (some cite a 75% reduction) that pushed them to leave. Anyone signing up should watch the trial-to-annual transition closely.
On features, Revoice (voice cloning) and filler-word detection are the marquee AI tools, but both live on the Pro tier at $24.99/month, so creators drawn in by those need to budget accordingly rather than expecting them free. The Storyteller tier at $14.99 covers most editing and AI cleanup for regular shows.
The January 2026 rebrand to Async signals ambition beyond podcasting — the company (backed by Andrew Ng's AI Fund among others, roughly $23.5M raised) is repositioning as a broader AI media platform spanning audio, video and voice. Existing accounts, projects and pricing carried over unchanged, so current users weren't disrupted, but expect the product surface to keep shifting.
Read the sentiment by stakes. For low-stakes hobby recording and quick social audio, reviewers are largely happy and rate the ease of use highly. For professional shows where a lost recording is unacceptable, the reliability reports are a real reason to keep a backup recorder running or look at a more established studio.
Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.
About this listing
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