Echo Node’s Free experience includes the core tools needed to record, organize, transcribe, search, edit, share, and protect your audio library.
Premium adds optional Gemini-powered capabilities. It does not remove advertising, unlock access to your own recordings, or make basic recording functional—because the Free experience already has no ads and keeps the core recorder available.
Echo Node Free includes:
Recording and playback
The in-app Record button
Quick Settings recording controls
The Home screen recording widget
Appending audio to an existing recording
Importing supported external audio files
Recording names and library organization
Editing and trimming tools
Free on-device transcription
On-device speaker labeling when supported
Transcript editing
Timestamped notes added after recording
Search across names, notes, and saved transcripts
Sharing and exporting
Manual or automatic Google Drive synchronization
Access to saved recordings and results
An experience without advertising
Free users do not need a cloud-storage subscription to create, keep, or play recordings.
Echo Node Premium includes everything available in Free, plus:
Enhanced Gemini transcription
Timed, speaker-separated Gemini transcripts
Premium voice profiles
AI summaries
Structured insights based on selected transcripts
A recurring Gemini transcription allowance
A recurring AI Summary allowance
Premium is for users who want optional cloud-powered processing. It is not required for ordinary recording, playback, notes, search, sharing, Google Drive synchronization, or on-device transcription.
No.
Recording is part of Echo Node Free.
Free users can start recordings inside Echo Node, from Quick Settings, or from the Home screen widget. They can also append audio to an existing recording.
Premium is not required to access or play your own recordings.
Yes.
On-device transcription is included with Echo Node Free and does not use the Premium Gemini transcription allowance.
Processing happens locally using transcription capabilities available on the Android device. Results can be edited after they are generated.
On-device transcription availability and performance can vary between devices.
Gemini transcription is an optional Premium feature that sends the selected recording for cloud processing.
It is designed to provide a more capable timed transcript with enhanced speaker separation. The resulting transcript is saved with the recording and can be edited.
Gemini transcription requires an internet connection and uses the current Premium transcription allowance.
Echo Node does not automatically send every recording to Gemini. The user chooses which recording to process.
Voice profiles help Echo Node associate recognized speech with the correct person when supported by the recording and transcription results.
Premium members can create and manage voice profiles and use them to improve the information available for speaker labeling.
Voice profiles can assist identification, but they do not guarantee perfect speaker recognition.
AI summaries are optional Premium results generated from a selected transcript.
Depending on the recording, an AI summary may organize:
The main idea
Important moments
Decisions
Questions
Follow-up items
Useful next steps
Other structured information relevant to the conversation
Echo Node does not automatically summarize every recording. The user decides when to request a summary.
Yes.
Manual and automatic Google Drive synchronization are available without a Premium subscription.
Supported recordings, transcripts, notes, summaries, and related information can be synchronized with the user’s personal Google Drive according to the selected settings.
Echo Node does not charge for Google Drive synchronization. Synchronized files use the storage available in the connected Google account.
Yes.
Free users can search across recording names, notes, and saved transcripts.
Search is part of Echo Node’s core organization experience and does not require Premium.
Yes.
After a recording is complete, Free users can create notes connected to specific playback positions.
Tapping a timestamped note moves the recording’s seek bar to that moment so playback can begin there.
Adding timestamped notes during an active recording is planned for a future update but is not currently available.
No.
Echo Node does not, and will never, display advertising in either the Free or Premium experience.
Echo Node also does not, and will never, sell your recordings, transcripts, notes, summaries, or voice-profile information.
Gemini transcription and AI summaries use paid cloud-processing resources each time they are requested.
The Premium subscription supports those ongoing processing costs and includes recurring allowances for Gemini transcription and AI summaries.
Features processed on the device do not consume the Premium cloud allowance.
Premium includes recurring allowances for:
Gemini transcription time
AI Summary requests
The current remaining balances are displayed in Echo Node’s Settings page while Premium is active.
Allowances apply to cloud-powered work. They do not limit ordinary recording, playback, notes, search, sharing, Google Drive synchronization, or on-device transcription.
Current plan details, prices, and billing terms are shown through Google Play before purchase.
Reaching a Premium cloud allowance does not lock the recording library or disable Echo Node Free features.
When the applicable allowance has been used:
New Gemini transcription requests pause until the allowance resets
New AI Summary requests pause until the allowance resets
Free on-device transcription remains available
Existing transcripts and summaries remain available
Recording, playback, notes, search, sharing, and Drive synchronization remain available
Premium voice profiles remain available while the subscription is active
The Settings page shows the current allowance status.
Saved user content is not hidden when Premium expires.
Your existing recordings, saved Gemini transcripts, AI summaries, notes, and other results remain available.
After Premium expires:
New Gemini transcripts are locked
New AI summaries are locked
Creating or managing Premium voice profiles is locked
Existing transcript labels and manually assigned speaker names remain available
Free on-device transcription remains available
All core Free recording and organization tools remain available
Renewing Premium restores access to new Premium work.
Yes.
Saved transcripts remain available, and transcript editing remains part of the core Echo Node experience.
Expiration controls the creation of new Premium results. It does not remove previously saved content.
Echo Node does not currently offer a Premium trial.
Free users can evaluate the core recording, on-device transcription, organization, notes, search, sharing, and Google Drive synchronization features before deciding whether Premium cloud processing would be useful to them.
Premium is purchased through Google Play.
Monthly and annual subscription options may be available. Google Play displays the current price and billing terms before the purchase is completed.
Premium renews through Google Play until canceled.
Open Echo Node’s Settings page and select Manage Premium, or manage the subscription through Google Play.
Canceling stops a future renewal. It does not delete your Echo Node recordings or previously saved results.
If an active purchase is not recognized after reinstalling or changing devices, use Restore purchases from the Settings page.
Echo Node Free may be the right choice if you want:
A capable Android voice recorder
On-device transcription
Editable transcripts
Timestamped notes
Searchable recordings
Google Drive synchronization
No advertising
No required cloud-processing subscription
Premium may be the right choice if you also want:
Enhanced Gemini transcription
More capable speaker-separated results
Voice profiles
AI summaries
Optional cloud-powered assistance for selected recordings
You can continue using Echo Node Free without upgrading. Premium is available when its additional capabilities are worth it to you.
Echo Node does not place basic recording, access to your files, or an ad-free experience behind Premium.
Free provides the recorder and its core organization tools. Premium adds optional Gemini-powered processing.
On-device first. AI when you want it.