LockedIn AI alternative: hidden on the free plan, 14 days at a time

LockedIn AI describes itself as "an AI interview assistant that listens to your interview, analyzes questions, and provides real-time answers, code solutions, and live coaching automatically" (lockedinai.com, seen 2026-10-03). It has modes for live, mock and coding interviews, professional meetings, timed online assessments and audio-only phone interviews.

You can pick the AI from six families, and its home page lists more than 50 languages. Duo lets a trusted friend join your session as a remote helper who sees your screen and hears the interview. The desktop app runs on Windows 10 and 11 and macOS 13 or newer; there is a web app, an iOS app with Android in development, and a VS Code extension.

It suits someone who wants many modes in one product, a choice of model, or a second person helping during the call.

Every price on its pricing page carried a "limited time" 50% discount, with the list price struck out at double (US view, seen 2026-10-03):

• Free: unlimited 5-minute sessions, up to 60 minutes a day, with a 1-minute pause between them. No Stealth Mode.
• Unlimited General: $54.99 a month, or $39.99 a month billed every 3 months. No Stealth Mode and no Duo.
• Unlimited Professional: $119.99 a month, or $79.99 a month billed every 3 months. Stealth Mode and Duo included.
• Credits: $69.99 a month for 400 Copilot minutes, or $49.99 a month billed every 3 months for 20 hours. One credit is 2 minutes, and credits never expire.
• Lifetime Pro: $999.50 once, against a list price of $1,999.

Its support page sums it up: Stealth Mode and Duo are on "every paid plan except General". Paid sessions stop at 120 minutes, or 60 for a mock, on unlimited plans too. Students, veterans, first responders and people who were laid off can get 10% off one invoice.

At ClapAssist there is no plan without hiding: Free, Practice, Sprint and Job Hunt are all left out of screen shares.

LockedIn AI is open about its limits on its support page (seen 2026-10-03). Teams in a browser "is a known gap", where the app can be visible. "The web version of LockedIn AI hides nothing at all", and there is no Stealth Mode on mobile. On the desktop, it shows a blank name and icon in Task Manager and Activity Monitor.

ClapAssist takes a different line on the last point: it shows as ClapAssist in Activity Monitor, and it warns you when a known exam app is open instead of hiding from it. The window itself is left out of screen shares by Mac and Windows. Check it on the meeting app you will use, browser or desktop, with the screen share check.

Its terms say paid subscriptions renew automatically, and that you should cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. The support page adds that cancelling is done in the web app and is not available in the desktop app. Its refund policy, last updated 17 September 2026, says no refunds once a monthly or quarterly subscription has started; an annual plan can get a partial refund if cancelled within 7 days.

On data, its privacy policy says call audio is turned into text by third-party providers such as AssemblyAI, and resumes are turned into vector embeddings. It names Google Analytics, Stripe, GitHub, AssemblyAI, Microsoft Azure OpenAI, ElevenLabs and Pinecone. No audio or video file is kept, but every session stays in Session History with a transcript, a summary and a report, and documents stay after you cancel.

ClapAssist keeps no call audio and no screenshots. It saves your resume, notes, a short written recap and the interview transcript to your account; you can switch transcripts off in Settings and delete any of it anytime.

• More free time each day. Up to 60 minutes daily, though not hidden. ClapAssist gives 10 hidden minutes once.
• A friend on the call. Duo. ClapAssist is you alone.
• Model choice. Six model families to pick from. ClapAssist runs one model we pick.
• A phone app and a lifetime plan. ClapAssist is Mac and Windows only, and sells weeks and months.

1. Cancel in the LockedIn AI web app, not the desktop app, at least 24 hours before your plan renews.
2. Your Session History and documents stay with them after you cancel. Delete what you do not want kept.
3. Download ClapAssist and sign up with the 6-digit code from your email. The free 10 minutes are hidden from screen share, so you can test the hiding before paying.
4. Upload your resume and the job description, and add notes on the projects you want to talk about.
5. Press Cmd+Enter or Ctrl+Enter for an answer, from the call or from a coding question on screen. Cmd+\ or Ctrl+\ hides the window.

If you used LockedIn for mock rounds, our free AI mock interview runs in the browser with no account.

Pick LockedIn AI if you want to choose the model, use a phone, or bring a helper.

LockedIn AI lets you pick from six model families, has an iOS app (Android is in development), a "Duo" mode where a second person assists you, and a lifetime licence. ClapAssist has none of those: one model, desktop only, you alone.

Pick ClapAssist if the job is a live interview and you want to pay only for the days you interview.

If what you need is to stay hidden from screen share during a Zoom, Meet or Teams interview, on the free plan and then from $39.99 for 14 days, that is exactly what ClapAssist is for.

One honest note: ClapAssist is built for video interviews. It is not a way around locked-down coding test sites like HackerRank or CoderPad, which watch focus and keystrokes. It warns you when an exam app is open instead of hiding from it. Read is ClapAssist safe for the full limits.