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Recording Duration and Credits

Update Date: 11/24/2025

What are Credits?

Credits are the “energy units” that power AI features, similar to battery power. With Credits, you can activate powerful AI to complete various tasks.

How to Get Credits?

Free Plan Users

  • Receive a certain amount of free Credits weekly
  • Unused Credits within the week do not carry over. Once used up, you can get more Credits through subscriptions and invitations

Premium Users

  • Automatically receive Credits based on the purchase cycle (calculated from the purchase date, not by calendar week/month)
  • Unused Credits within the cycle can be accumulated, and you can purchase additional Credits at any time
  • Credits are valid for 1 year from the date of issuance

About Credit Consumption

Recording Transcription

  • Single recordings under 10 minutes do not consume Credits and are unlimited for all users
  • Single recordings 10 minutes or longer consume Credits
  • Voice transcription consumes approximately 3,000–4,000 Credits per minute, about 100,000–150,000 Credits per hour
    • Credit consumption correlates positively with recording length and text volume
    • There is no absolute formula; consumption is calculated by the large model
    • The above values are based on actual measurements

Other AI Features Consumption

  • Note conversations, template content generation, and Ask AI all consume Credits
  • Credits power the AI to complete various tasks
  • There is no absolute formula; consumption is calculated by the large model
  • Credit consumption correlates positively with content volume

Notes

We are continuously working to reduce Credit consumption through technical improvements to enhance your experience.
According to current statistics, monthly Credits can meet the daily usage needs of the vast majority of Premium users.
Additionally, as the cost of large models decreases, we will continue to optimize Credit consumption.

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*iOS Recording Splitting Method:

  1. In the transcription interface, click the top right corner to export the audio and share it with the system’s “Voice Memos”

  2. In Voice Memos, trim the audio into multiple segments (each segment no longer than 3 hours)

  3. Share the trimmed audio segments with ideaShell

  4. Return to ideaShell to transcribe the content