Podcastle
Podcastle, now branded Async, is an online audio and video studio that records, cleans and edits podcasts and social clips with AI help. It is mainly used to turn raw interviews into publishable episodes and short videos without manual editing.
#59 in Video & Audio ToolsAudio EditorsFree plan
Who it's for
Best for
First-time podcasters who want clean episodes without learning an editor
Small content teams producing podcast episodes and social clips in one place
Not for
Interviewers who need every remote guest to join reliably on any device
Creators who dislike annual charges and want easy refunds
Free plan$0
Essentials$19.99/mo
Pro$39.99/mo
Teams$84.99/seat/mo
Features
Async chat editing
Edits are made by chatting with Async, which removes filler, pauses, repeats and bad takes from a rough cut. It cuts to the beat and adjusts pacing, transitions and scene order.
Magic Dust audio cleanup
Magic Dust removes background noise and makes voices clearer, so rough recordings feel ready to publish.
AI B-roll, voice and music
B-roll, visuals, scenes, voice and music are generated directly in the chat without leaving the edit.
Captions and short clips
Clean subtitles are added and kept synced with the final edit, and the strongest moments become short clips for social platforms.
Reusable editing skills
An editing style is saved as a skill and reused on later videos. Templates for reels, quote videos, lookbooks and brand intros are customized through chat.
What users say
Pros
- Magic Dust cleanup turns rough podcast audio into clean, near-studio sound with almost no manual tweaking.
- Editing a podcast episode takes a few clicks or a single chat prompt, even without technical background.
- Guest recordings that failed to upload were retrieved days later, saving an important early episode.
- Problems reported to the help desk are fixed within the day, from failed saves to billing errors.
- The built-in teleprompter gets past stage fright when recording videos and intros on camera.
Cons
- Recordings crash mid-session or arrive corrupted, wiping out whole episodes and hours of work.
- AI cleanup adds phantom background voices that sound like talking, and extra passes make it worse.
- Annual plans renew for a full year up front and refund requests come back refused.
- Remote recording works only through Chrome on a PC, a requirement the marketing does not disclose.
- Account migration deleted an entire paid library of recordings with no notice and no backup.
- Recovery links for damaged sessions expire after thirty days without warning, deleting the backup.
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Global Traffic Rank
Top 1M
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ProMagic Dust polish, chat edits, teleprompter, fast fixesDrummer, plugin bundle, editable event model, fast takesPodcast and radio editing, spectral repair, voiceover recording192 kHz film sessions, AAX mix-chain plugins, tuning plugins
Better forSurgical waveform editing and spectral frequency repair.
Weaker atGenerating social video clips, synced subtitles, and AI B-roll.