tl;dv vs TurboScribe Comparison 2026
tl;dv records and transcribes Zoom, Meet and Teams calls with no cap even on the free plan, metering only the AI notes on top, ten meetings free before Pro at $18 a seat a month billed annually. TurboScribe transcribes files you already have, podcasts, interviews, an archive, without counting minutes at all, three free a day or $10 a month unlimited. tl;dv says plainly it is built around meetings, so a podcaster with a backlog of audio wants TurboScribe instead.
Recordings and notes from every call, free to start
Unlimited transcription for ten dollars
At a glance
- TurboScribe starts cheaper, at $10.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
tl;dv | TurboScribe | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $18 | From $10 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Not stated | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | None |
| API | Yes |
tl;dv
Recordings and notes from every call, free to start
tl;dv records Zoom, Meet and Teams calls, transcribes them in more than thirty languages and writes the notes, with the recording and the transcription uncapped even on the free plan. What the free plan meters is the AI on top: ten meetings of notes and ten questions. Paying removes that ceiling and adds templates, action items and a search across every transcript. This is aimed at calls rather than at published audio, so a podcaster wants a transcription service instead.
Our note
Stay on free until the ten AI-note meetings run out, because the capture is identical and most people discover they only want notes on a fraction of their calls. Compare against Grain on the free tiers rather than the paid ones: the two draw the free line in different places and which suits you depends on whether your calls are long or many.
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 tl;dv
- TurboScribe gives unlimited transcription for $10 with a free tier.
- tl;dv instead of TurboScribe
- tl;dv records the call itself and writes notes as it happens, from $18, live capture rather than transcribing a file after the fact.
Which one should you pick
Pick tl;dv if the source is your own live calls: recording and transcription are unlimited even for free, in more than thirty languages, and paying is only about the AI notes layer on top, from $18 a seat a month billed annually.
Pick TurboScribe for files that already exist: a podcast backlog, an interview archive, anything sitting on a drive waiting to be transcribed. Unlimited is $10 a month, or $120 a year, well under tl;dv's $18 a seat, and there is no per-seat pricing at all since it is built for one person's files rather than a team's meetings.
Common questions
- Can TurboScribe join a live Zoom or Teams call?
- No, it transcribes files you upload, not live meetings. tl;dv is built specifically to sit inside a live Zoom, Meet or Teams call and record it.
- Which is cheaper for one person?
- TurboScribe, at $10 a month unlimited, or $120 a year, against tl;dv's Pro at $18 a seat a month billed annually.
- Is tl;dv's free plan really unlimited?
- For recording and transcription, yes. Only the AI notes are metered on the free plan, at ten meetings and ten questions before paying.
- How many languages does each one support?
- TurboScribe states 134 languages for transcription and translation. tl;dv states more than thirty languages for its call transcription.
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