Roundhand vs Compass

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Roundhand compared with Compass
Detail	Roundhand	Compass
What it does	Private dictation app for Mac with on-device voice to text	Voice-first AI notebook for founders that captures thinking, organizes it automatically, and surfaces patterns
Stage	Not given	MVP
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	IN	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Free trial
Pricing	Free plan: dictation with offline cleanup and meeting recording at no cost. Pro plan: $5.00 per month with managed cloud cleanup allowance. Power plan: $3.00 per month with cloud cleanup using your own API key. Yearly billing available at 15% discount.	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.
Key features	On-device speech recognition with offline support Automatic text cleanup removing filler words and fixing punctuation App-aware formatting that adapts to the context where text is inserted Speaker identification and labeling in meeting transcripts Meeting summaries and action item extraction with cloud cleanup Customizable dictation key binding Optional cloud cleanup for improved text quality Works in chat, email, documents, browsers, code editors and terminals	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
What makes it different	Audio is never uploaded; all speech recognition happens on your Mac Formats text to match the app you are using with context-aware adaptation Records and transcribes meetings with automatic speaker identification Completely free dictation plan with no time or word limits	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
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)	Not checked yet no change since last check	25 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	4	9
Citation Flow (Majestic)	10	20
Referring domains (Majestic)	59	31

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