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Tingdong: Live Captions & Real-Time Translation for Mac & Windows
Tingdong, Tingdong, 2026
Read the originalRead on October 23, 2026
- What it is
- The home page of Tingdong, which sells live translated subtitles for Mac, Windows and iPhone calls. Its pricing section lists a monthly membership at $5.99 for 1000 credits, a Pro plan at $29.99 a month for 5000 credits, credit packs and a top-up, and states that subtitles cost 1 credit per minute.
- How much weight it carries
- The developer's own home page, read at tingdong.app on 2026-10-23, including the pricing section (#price) and the fine print under the cards. These are the vendor's current list prices in USD for the Mac website version and the Windows app; the page says rates may change and that the checkout page shows the amount paid. Prices for the iPhone and iPad app are not in this source.
Facts taken from this source
- Tingdong says its live captioning app never stores audio recordings on its servers and does not use audio for training.
“Audio passes only through the real-time recognition channel in memory; Tingdong never stores recordings on its servers, nor is audio used for training.” (Privacy questions on the pricing page, 'Is my audio stored?')
- Tingdong sells 5000 credits for $29.99 in one payment, valid 180 days, and subtitles use 1 credit per minute, so the pack works out to about $0.36 per hour of live subtitles.
“Buy 5000 credits once, valid 180 days. ... valid 180 days $29.99” (Home page, pricing section, credit packs card)
- Tingdong's monthly membership costs $5.99 a month for 1000 credits, and subtitles use 1 credit per minute, so the monthly membership works out to about $0.36 per hour of live subtitles.
“After that, $5.99/month = 1000 credits ≈ 1000 minutes of subtitles. ... Subtitles 1 credit/min, Read aloud 8 credits/min.” (Home page, pricing section and the fine print under the pricing cards)
- Tingdong Pro costs $29.99 a month for 5000 credits, and subtitles use 1 credit per minute, so the Pro plan works out to about $0.36 per hour of live subtitles.
“Tingdong Pro · Monthly 5000 credits a month, for heavy use $29.99 /mo ... Subtitles 1 credit/min, Read aloud 8 credits/min.” (Home page, pricing section and the fine print under the pricing cards)
- Tingdong sells a top-up of 1000 credits for $6.99, valid 90 days, for members and credit pack holders. Subtitles use 1 credit per minute, so the top-up works out to about $0.42 per hour of live subtitles.
“Top-up for members and pack holders ... valid 90 days $6.99” (Home page, pricing section, credit top-up card)