LockedIn AI vs Hedy AI (2026): Features, Privacy and Price Compared

Pick LockedIn AI if you want an interview-specific copilot with live answers, a coding mode and AI mock interviews on desktop, web and phone, and you're comfortable with its data terms: audio goes to named speech-to-text providers, and using your data for AI training is on by default unless you switch it off. Pick Hedy AI if privacy and price come first: it transcribes on your device by default, says your conversations are never used to train AI, and costs $12.99 a month, but it coaches with talking points rather than answering each question, and it has no coding help. LockedIn's pricing page showed no prices when we read it on November 13, 2026. CoPilot Interview, which we make, is the third option at the end.

LockedIn AI vs Hedy AI at a glance

Both run on phones and computers. The split is depth against privacy: LockedIn does more for an interview, Hedy does more to keep your conversation to yourself.

Competitor details are as each vendor listed them on its own site on November 13, 2026; they change often, so confirm before you pay. We make CoPilot Interview and mark it as our pick, so weigh that column accordingly.

Live help: answers versus nudges

LockedIn AI listens to the call and suggests answers and coaching as questions come in, with separate Coding and Mock modes and session types for interviews, meetings, phone interviews and online assessments. Paid sessions run up to 120 minutes. Its Pro tier adds Duo, which lets a second person send you suggestions remotely.

Hedy AI listens in the background. Its help center says automatic suggestions begin after about two minutes of conversation and arrive every couple of minutes, one to three at a time, and in its Job Interview (Candidate) session type they focus on stronger answers, missed selling points, questions to ask and consistency across rounds. Quick prompts give an instant outline when you tap one. Suggestions cover the first 30 minutes of a session on the free plan and the first 120 on Pro.

LockedIn is the tool for help on each question, including code. Hedy is the tool for staying on message while the words stay yours.

Practice and mock interviews

LockedIn's mock mode has an AI interviewer ask questions while you answer aloud; paid users aren't charged for mock interviews, and free users get them in 5-minute sessions. Our page on whether LockedIn AI is free covers that tier.

Hedy has no AI interviewer. Its job-seeker page suggests a mock interview with a friend or answering aloud on your own, after which Hedy critiques your answers, flags filler words and suggests stronger framings, and its recaps file each real round under a Topic for the company.

Privacy compared point by point

LockedIn AI is run by Cyber Gravity LLC. Its privacy policy, last updated November 2, 2026, says audio from your microphone and the shared meeting is transcribed in real time by Speechmatics and AssemblyAI, and names its language-model providers: Microsoft Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock (Anthropic Claude), Google Gemini, xAI, DeepSeek and Moonshot AI. Using your data for AI training is on by default; you can switch it off under Data & privacy, which does not undo past training. Accounts inactive for more than a year are deleted automatically.

Hedy AI LLC's privacy policy, last updated November 5, 2026, says that by default no audio is sent to its servers or to any third party, because speech recognition runs on your device; audio leaves only if you pick a cloud transcription service under your own account. Transcript text for summaries and suggestions goes to inference providers that, it says, keep nothing after processing, and it states that conversations are not used to train AI models, by Hedy or its providers. You choose a US or EU data region, and synced sessions stay until you delete them.

• Where speech is transcribed: LockedIn, by Speechmatics and AssemblyAI in the cloud; Hedy, on your device unless you choose a cloud service.
• Training: LockedIn, on by default with an opt-out; Hedy, never, by its own account or its providers'.
• Retention: LockedIn deletes accounts inactive for over a year; Hedy keeps synced sessions until you delete them, with a US or EU region of your choice.
• Deletion: both let you delete your account in the app.

Pricing and refunds in detail

LockedIn AI's pricing page loads its prices after the page opens and showed none when we read it on November 13, 2026, so we don't quote older figures; check the price in its app before you pay. In-app prices on iPhone and Android follow store price points and can differ, and its help docs list a 10% discount for students, veterans, first responders and people recently laid off. A Team plan costs $12.99 a seat a month or $99.99 a seat a year. CoPilot Interview's plans are on its pricing page.

Hedy's prices are public and low; LockedIn's weren't shown on its page, so check them in its app. Hedy's free plan, up to 5 hours a month, is the larger free allowance; LockedIn's gives up to an hour a day in 5-minute pieces.

Refunds. LockedIn's monthly and quarterly plans are non-refundable once started; yearly plans can get a partial refund within 7 days, and lifetime plans a full refund within 7 days if no session was started. Hedy refunds website purchases within 14 days; app-store purchases go through Apple or Google.

Phones and everyday use

Both have native phone apps. LockedIn adds iPhone and Android to its desktop and web versions, with in-app prices that follow store price points. Hedy runs on iPhone and iPad, Android, Apple Watch, Mac, Windows and the web, and its interview guide says it works in person with your phone on the table.

After the job search, Hedy keeps working as a meeting and class coach; LockedIn lists a professional-meeting session type, but its plans and features are built around interviews. For other options, see our list of LockedIn AI alternatives.

Limits of each

LockedIn AI

• No prices on its public pricing page on November 13, 2026.
• Training on your data is on until you switch it off.
• Monthly and quarterly plans are non-refundable once started.
• Trustpilot showed no score on November 13, 2026: its page says the rating is unavailable because of a breach of Trustpilot's guidelines, across 120 reviews.

Hedy AI

• Talking points, not an answer to each question.
• No coding help and no AI interviewer.
• Free suggestions stop after the first 30 minutes of a session.
• We found no Trustpilot profile for it on November 13, 2026, so there is no public review count to weigh.

Where CoPilot Interview fits

★ Best choice for most people comparing LockedIn AI and Hedy AI: CoPilot Interview. CoPilot Interview is an interview copilot built as a native desktop app for Windows 10 and 11 and macOS 12 or later. It shows captions and a structured answer in about two seconds, and its AI mock interview builds questions from your résumé and the job description and scores each spoken answer out of ten. The free plan gives 15 minutes a day of live help in sessions of up to 15 minutes, with AI mock interviews included. Standard is $24.99 a month and Pro $39.99, and the first payment of a new subscription carries a 14-day money-back guarantee if under 30 minutes of live session time were used. Against these two, it gives a structured answer to each question like LockedIn, with published prices from $24.99 a month and a 14-day money-back window on a first subscription payment, and free live help and mock interviews every day. If on-device transcription is your priority, Hedy is the stronger choice. Whatever you choose, follow your employer's rules: online assessments, proctored tests and AI-led rounds forbid outside help, so practice for those instead.

For CoPilot Interview against Hedy directly, see CoPilot Interview vs Hedy AI; against LockedIn, CoPilot Interview vs LockedIn AI.

Disclosure: CoPilot Interview is our product, so weigh what we say about it accordingly.

Frequently asked questions

Does LockedIn AI use my interviews to train AI?

Its privacy policy, last updated November 2, 2026, says using your data for AI training is on by default. You can switch it off under Data & privacy, which does not undo past training.

Does Hedy AI record my interviews?

Not by default. Its privacy policy says speech recognition runs on your device and no audio is sent to its servers or any third party unless you choose a cloud service. Recording audio is a separate, optional setting.

Which is cheaper, LockedIn AI or Hedy AI?

Hedy AI lists Pro at $12.99 a month, $99.99 a year or $299 once. LockedIn's pricing page showed no prices on November 13, 2026, so check its app; its plans are unlimited monthly or three-monthly, credits and lifetime.

Which is better for technical interviews?

LockedIn, which has a Coding mode. Hedy transcribes technical discussions but says it is a coach, not a code-completion tool. Coding assessments usually forbid outside help, so practice for them.

Do both work on phones?

Yes. LockedIn has iPhone and Android apps; Hedy has iPhone, iPad, Android and Apple Watch apps. In any format, follow your employer's rules.