Simon Says vs TurboScribe Comparison 2026
Simon Says exports a transcript straight into Premiere or Resolve and can assemble a rough cut from the lines you select, for $15 an hour pay as you go or $20 a month with two hours included. TurboScribe just transcribes without counting minutes at all, for $10 a month unlimited, with three free files a day to test it first. Simon Says says plainly that anybody who only needs a readable text file will pay less at TurboScribe and lose nothing, which is exactly the trade here.
Transcription built to land in an edit
Unlimited transcription for ten dollars
At a glance
- TurboScribe starts cheaper, at $10.
- Only TurboScribe has a free tier.
Side by side
Simon Says | TurboScribe | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $20 | From $10 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Paid subscription | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier (they differ) | No | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | None |
| API |
Simon Says
Transcription built to land in an edit
Simon Says transcribes and translates, then exports into the editing software the footage is already in rather than handing back a text file to retype. The transcript editor pairs with a visual subtitle editor for checking how captions sit on the picture. An assembly mode on the paid tiers lets a rough cut be built by selecting lines of the transcript, which is the feature documentary editors buy it for.
Our note
The break-even is a little over an hour a month, and below that the pay as you go tier is the right answer. Assembly mode is the feature worth paying the subscription for, and it is the one nothing else in this category does properly.
TurboScribe
Unlimited transcription for ten dollars
TurboScribe transcribes without counting minutes, which is unusual at this price and is the whole argument for it. A single file can run to ten hours and fifty can be queued at once. Three files a day are free, so the sensible move is to transcribe three of your own and judge the accuracy before paying anybody, here or elsewhere.
Why people weigh these two
- TurboScribe instead of Simon Says
- TurboScribe offers unlimited transcription for $10 with a free tier, when volume is the constraint.
- Simon Says instead of TurboScribe
- Simon Says exports a transcript built to drop straight into an editing timeline, from $20, aimed at video editors rather than a general backlog.
Which one should you pick
Pick Simon Says if the transcript has to become an edit: assembly mode and direct export into the timeline are why documentary editors pay for it over a cheaper transcription tool. Starter is $20 a month, or $15 if paid yearly.
Pick TurboScribe if a readable, accurate transcript is genuinely all you need, which by Simon Says' own account covers plenty of people. Unlimited is $10 a month, half of Simon Says' monthly Starter price, and the free tier's three files a day is enough to judge accuracy before paying anybody.
Common questions
- Which one is cheaper?
- TurboScribe: $10 a month unlimited, half of Simon Says' $20 a month Starter plan, with a free tier besides.
- Does TurboScribe have a free plan?
- Yes, three transcripts a day, files up to thirty minutes. Simon Says has no free tier, only pay as you go at $15 an hour with no card needed to start.
- Can TurboScribe build a rough cut from the transcript?
- No. That assembly mode is specific to Simon Says, letting an editor select lines to build a cut. TurboScribe's whole product is the transcript itself, not an editing step.
- How long a single file can each one handle?
- TurboScribe takes files up to ten hours, with fifty queued at once on the paid plan. Simon Says does not state a file-length limit, but charges by the hour or minute either way.
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