AudioPen
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VisitAudioPen vs Cleft
What both publish
| Fact | AudioPen | Cleft |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Nicheless, Inc. lists 651 N Broad St, Suite 206, Middletown, Delaware 19709, USA. | Dublin, Ireland |
| Integrations | AudioPen supports Zapier and webhooks; webhook payloads expose note data as JSON for custom workflows. | Plus sends notes to Notion and Zapier, while export and Local Sync support workflows including Apple Notes, Obsidian, Bear, NotePlan, Drafts, Ulysses, and Logseq. |
| Intended users | The site names writers, creators, salespeople, lawyers, therapists, and people who find typing slow or painful among its intended users. | The founders describe Cleft as built by neurodivergent founders for people whose thoughts move faster than they can type, with a focus on capture before organization. |
| Security | The site says voice-note audio is deleted from servers within 48 hours, voice-typing audio is not saved, data is encrypted at rest, and notes are not used to train AI. | Cleft says notes are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM and in transit with TLS 1.2 or higher, and cloud data is hosted in Ireland under a zero-access architecture. |
AudioPen plans
- FreeFree
- Prime (3 months)$33, paid once
- Prime 3 months$33, paid once
- Prime 1 year$99 a year
- Prime (1 year)$99, paid once
- Prime (2 years)$159, paid once
Cleft plans
- BasicFree
- Cleft Plus (monthly)$6.99 a month
- Cleft Plus (annual)$39.99 a year
Pick AudioPen if…
It suits writers, creators, salespeople, lawyers, therapists, and people who find typing slow or painful. It is intended for turning individual spoken thoughts into notes, not for processing meetings with speaker labels.
Pick Cleft if…
Cleft suits people who want to capture spoken thoughts before organizing them, including people whose thoughts move faster than they can type. It may also suit users who need offline recording, multilingual transcription, and note export or syncing.