SpotScribe
Verified Oct 16, 2026 ActivePaste a Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube or TikTok link and get a transcript, summary and chat.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $6.99/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Free tier = 3 credits. Essential $6.99/month for 300 credits, Growth $9.99 for 1,000, Pro $19.99 for 3,000. Monthly subscriptions that grant a credit allowance; 14-day refund window on a first purchase.
Use tool ↗About SpotScribe
SpotScribe turns a podcast link into text. It accepts Spotify and Apple Podcasts episodes, YouTube and TikTok videos, and direct uploads in MP3, MP4, WAV, FLAC and M4A, then returns a downloadable transcript plus an AI summary and a chat you can ask about the episode. Credits are the unit of billing: free gives three, Essential is $6.99 a month for 300, Growth $9.99 for 1,000 and Pro $19.99 for 3,000. Refunds are offered within 14 days of a first purchase. The operator publishes no company name or country - the footer credits only "SpotScribe".
- Platforms
- Web
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 16, 2026
Verified sources
- Supported sources and formats, credit tiers from free to $19.99/monthspotscribe.io ↗
- Terms confirm subscription model and a 14-day refund window, with no company entity namedspotscribe.io ↗
Is SpotScribe legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Nov 19, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 16, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 16, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- SpotScribeOur research, card verified Aug 23, 2026
Pros & cons of SpotScribe
Cheap and single-purpose: it exists because Spotify does not let you export an episode transcript. Accepting YouTube and TikTok links and raw audio files makes it more generally useful than the name implies. The vendor is anonymous - no registered company, no country, no address - which is a fair reason to keep it to public podcast content rather than anything confidential.
Pros
- Handles Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, TikTok and direct MP3/MP4/WAV/FLAC/M4A uploads
- Transcript exports in several formats plus an AI summary per episode
- Chat interface for questioning the transcript
- Entry tier is $6.99/month and there is a free tier for testing
- 14-day refund policy stated in the terms
Cons
- Everything is metered in credits, and the free tier's three credits barely covers one test
- No company name, country or address published anywhere
- No API and no bulk import
- Accuracy figures are not published
Best for
- quoting a podcast accurately in writing
- searching an episode for one segment
- turning interview audio into text on a small budget
Not for
- confidential or regulated recordings
- teams needing an API or bulk pipeline
Watch out: An anonymous operator processes whatever audio you upload - keep private recordings off it.
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