LockedIn AI is one of the better known real-time interview copilots. If you are looking at it, the questions worth asking are what a month actually costs, what the time limit really measures, and whether the assist stays out of the screen share.
| OfferPilot AI | LockedIn AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry paid plan | $39/mo, 3 h/day | $49.99/mo, ~$29.99/mo billed quarterly |
| Pay-once option | $249 once, 6 h/day for 6 months | Lifetime, reported ~$1,499 |
| Free plan | 5 min/day, card not required | Limited |
| What the clock measures | Listening time only | Session / subscription |
| Hidden from screen share | Yes, every plan | Yes on supported plans |
| AI included | Yes, three models in parallel | Yes |
| Transcription | On-device (Whisper) | Cloud |
| Platform | Windows 10 / 11 | macOS and Windows |
Metering is where these tools quietly differ
Most copilots bill you for a session or a wall-clock window. Start the tool, spend forty minutes in an interview where the interviewer talks for twenty, and you are charged for forty. OfferPilot meters listening time: a heartbeat only counts a minute when the copilot is actually receiving interviewer audio. Pause it, take a call, think in silence, and the clock is not running. On a 3 hour a day plan that difference is the difference between a plan you can leave open and one you ration.
The AI is included, on every plan
OfferPilot never asks for an API key of your own. Grok, DeepSeek and Gemini all answer each question in parallel, once, and switching between the three answers is a display toggle that re-asks nothing. Gemini is the model we recommend for LeetCode-style problems; it produces cleaner optimal solutions and more reliable complexity analysis than the other two.
Where LockedIn AI is the better buy
LockedIn AI is a more established brand with a longer public track record, runs on macOS as well as Windows, and offers a lifetime option if you genuinely want to pay once and never think about it again. OfferPilot is Windows-only and newer. If you need macOS, this comparison ends here.
Try it against your own round
The free plan gives you 5 minutes of live copilot a day with the capture-safe overlay switched on, no card required, so you can verify the invisibility claim on your own screen share before paying anyone anything. Download OfferPilot AI or read the plans.