Compass vs Kekoso

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Compass compared with Kekoso
Detail	Compass	Kekoso
What it does	Voice-first AI notebook for founders that captures thinking, organizes it automatically, and surfaces patterns	Voice to text on your Mac: dictate into any app, transcribe audio and video, record calls, and run a local transcription server for AI agents.
Stage	MVP	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	Free trial	Paid
Pricing	14-day free trial, then $9.99/month or $99.99/year. Price will increase to $19.99/month after the first 100 founding members. Early access members keep $9.99/month as long as subscription stays continuously active.	$29 once, not per month. No subscription, no recurring billing.
Key features	Voice capture with automatic transcription Conversation Mode for multi-speaker meeting recording Automatic note organization and topic tagging Pattern and insight detection across notes Memory of people and relationships Weekly review with progress tracking Post drafting for X and LinkedIn AES-256-GCM encryption and note export Search by meaning across all notes Multiple projects per account	On-device dictation into any macOS application Transcription of audio and video files with timestamps YouTube link transcription Call recording with speaker separation Local MCP server for AI agents Custom vocabulary and terminology correction Five speech recognition models Support for up to 99 languages Dictation with translation through OpenRouter Export transcripts as TXT, SRT or VTT
What makes it different	Purpose-built for founders with automatic pattern detection across weeks of thinking AI handles organization automatically without manual folder creation Voice-first capture at the speed of thought Records multi-speaker meetings with speaker separation	All processing runs locally on your Mac with no cloud uploads or server dependencies One-time $29 purchase with no subscriptions or recurring fees Warm model with no cold start delay for instant recognition Custom vocabulary applies across all features and languages
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	25 no change since last check	17 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	9	7
Citation Flow (Majestic)	20	27
Referring domains (Majestic)	31	83

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