AceRound listens to a live interview and puts the answer on your screen, the same job LockedIn AI does. The difference is what you buy: $39.90 for 30 days or $69.90 for 90 days, paid once, against $54.99/month on LockedIn’s current discount. No auto-renewal, and 30 minutes free to test it.
Windows and macOS desktop app · no card for the free 30 minutes
AceRound and LockedIn AI both listen to a live interview and put suggested answers on your screen. AceRound costs $39.90 for 30 days or $69.90 for 90 days, paid once, with no auto-renewal; LockedIn AI cost $54.99/month on the discount shown on 22 October 2026 ($109.98 standard), or $39.99/month billed every three months.
One month is $39.90 against $54.99. A full quarter is $69.90 against $119.97 at LockedIn’s discounted quarterly rate — $164.97 if it is billed monthly.
LockedIn is the more complete subscription: unlimited sessions, 42+ advertised languages, VSCode/Cursor integration, a free plan and a human helper. AceRound is the cheaper way to get live help for a defined interview window, with interviews and online assessments in one desktop app and 11 interview languages — and nothing to cancel when the search ends. For the wider field, the five-tool comparison covers Cluely, Final Round AI, Interview Coder and WiseWhisper.
Four things that matter after the free 30 minutes run out.
No auto-renewal and nothing to cancel: the pass runs for 30 days from the moment you start it, or $69.90 covers 90 days. LockedIn AI is $54.99/month on the discount it showed on 22 October 2026 ($109.98 standard), billed monthly until cancelled.
English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Vietnamese and Russian. The answer comes back in the language the question was asked in, and you can switch languages mid-interview with one click.
Live interviews, mock interviews and the OA Copilot (HackerRank, CodeSignal, Codility, take-homes) run in the same desktop app and draw on the same minutes — a Pass covers all of them for its whole duration.
AceRound is a separate desktop window, not a browser tab or an injected page. It is excluded from screen sharing, window capture and screenshots on Windows and macOS — test your exact share mode with a mock interview first.
LockedIn’s figures are what its own pricing page and homepage showed on 22 October 2026. Its discounts change; check the checkout page before you buy either tool.
| Decision | AceRound | LockedIn AI | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| One month of live help | $39.90, paid once for 30 days | $54.99/month on the discount shown 22 Oct 2026 ($109.98 standard) | AceRound |
| Three months | $69.90, paid once for 90 days ($0.78/day) | $39.99/month billed every three months = $119.97 | AceRound |
| Shortest paid option | $1.99 for 24 hours | Monthly subscription; free plan also available | AceRound |
| Free tier | 30 minutes of live help + one mock interview, no card | Free plan; the usage limit is not published on the pricing page | Even |
| Billing | One-time passes. Credit packs never expire. | Monthly or quarterly subscription until cancelled; separate credits never expire | AceRound |
| Client | Native desktop app for Windows and macOS | Desktop app (Windows/macOS) and a web app | Even |
| Interview languages | 11 languages, up to four per session | 42+ languages advertised on its homepage (22 Oct 2026) | LockedIn |
| Online assessments | OA Copilot in the same app; shares the interview minute pool | Online assessment support included in its unlimited plan | Even |
| Coding-round tooling | Screenshot-based OA Copilot; no editor plugin | VSCode and Cursor integration | LockedIn |
| Human helper | None — AI only | LockedIn Duo lets a trusted friend join and send guidance | LockedIn |
| Session cap | Limited by the pass length or your minute balance | Unlimited sessions on the unlimited plan, up to 2 hours per interview | LockedIn |
| Cancelling | Nothing to cancel; the pass simply expires | Manage the subscription through Stripe | AceRound |
LockedIn AI pricing and features checked at lockedinai.com/pricing and lockedinai.com on 22 October 2026. AceRound prices are US list prices; checkout shows your local currency where we support it.
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LockedIn’s unlimited plan removes the minute counting entirely. If you have four or more live rounds a week for a whole quarter, a subscription can be the simpler buy.
LockedIn advertises 42+ languages. AceRound covers 11 — the ones most interviews are actually run in — and up to four of them can be active in one session.
LockedIn ships an editor integration. AceRound’s coding help comes from a screenshot of the problem instead, which works in any assessment environment but is a different workflow.
LockedIn Duo lets a friend watch the session and send suggestions. AceRound has no remote-helper feature.
One-time payments only. A pass bought early can be started later, and credit packs never expire.
Every pass unlocks the interview copilot, mock interviews and the OA Copilot for its whole duration.
Minutes are shared between live interviews and the OA Copilot. The Starter pack is limited to two purchases per account.
Refunds: request one within 7 days of purchase and we refund in full if the minutes or pass access are unused, or if a technical problem on our side stopped you from using it. Full terms on the Refund Policy page.
Keep the subscription until the new setup has survived a real mock; the free minutes exist for exactly this.
Create an account and run a mock interview. You get 30 minutes and one mock interview without a card, which is enough to see whether the answers sound like something you would actually say.
The overlay and the screen-capture exclusion only exist in the desktop client. Join a test call with your usual meeting app and share your screen once, so the share mode is not the first thing you learn during a real interview.
A pass can be bought ahead of time and started later, so the 30 or 90 days begin on the day you activate it, not the day you pay.
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