Starlog
Starlog vs Pocket

The microphone is already in your pocket.

Pocket sells a recorder you stick to the back of your phone, charge and remember to bring. Starlog is the app on the phone you already carry, and on every other phone in the room.

Three things you never have to do.

Buy

Nothing to buy

Starlog runs on the phone and computer you have. Start with 30 days free, no card.

Pocket: US$99 to US$139 for the device when checked (list price US$199), before any plan.
Charge

Nothing extra to charge

Your phone is charged anyway. There is no second battery to keep alive before a meeting.

Pocket: its own battery, about 4 days of use, then back on the charger.
Forget

Nothing to forget

You never leave for a meeting without your phone. When something important is said, you can record it.

Pocket: the Pocket app cannot record without its device. Left it at home? No recording.
Only on Starlog

Every phone in the room makes the notes better.

One recorder hears the room from one spot. With Starlog, everyone who joins records on their own phone, and Starlog merges them into one transcript that knows who said what. The quiet voice at the far end of the table is close to someone's phone.

Side by side

Only where they differ.

Both record conversations and turn them into summaries and tasks. This is what is different. Pocket's facts as its own website shows them, checked on 7 October 2026.

Starlog
Pocket
A device to buy
StarlogNone. The phone you have.
PocketUS$99 to US$139, list price US$199.
Another battery to charge
StarlogNo.
PocketYes, about every 4 days of use.
Records when you forgot the device
StarlogThere is no device to forget.
PocketNo: the app cannot record without it.
Several phones in one meeting
StarlogYes, merged into one better transcript.
PocketOne device, one recording.
Who said what, free
StarlogSpeaker names on every plan, Free included.
PocketSpeaker names on Pro only.
History on the free plan
StarlogTranscripts and summaries kept for good.
PocketSummaries kept 30 days.
Teams and companies
StarlogBuilt in: a team space from €10 per person a month (excluding VAT), one place per company.
PocketEnterprise, priced on request.
Where your data lives
StarlogServers in Germany, in the EU. Made by a Swiss company.
PocketUS-based cloud hosting.
Meetings only the people in them can read
StarlogSecure meetings (Plus and up), encrypted with keys only the people in the meeting hold.
PocketEncrypted in transit and at rest.
The first year

Speaker names and every summary kept.

Starlog Plus, yearly

€100

12 hours of recording a month, speaker names and everything kept, no device. Or stay on Free: 1 hour a month with names and history, €0.

Pocket Pro, yearly, plus the device

US$339 to US$379

The device (US$99 to US$139 when checked) and Pro at US$239.88 a year, the plan with speaker names and summaries kept for good. Prices in US dollars.

Your phone is already ready.

Starlog opens in small groups. Join the waiting list, and start with 30 days free when it is your turn.

Questions

Before you choose

Do I need anything besides my phone?

No. Starlog runs on the phone you already have, in the browser or installed as an app, and on a computer for calls. A second phone in the room joins the same meeting by scanning a code, no account needed.

Does Starlog record with the screen off?

Not yet on every phone. On Android, the web app keeps recording through calls and app switches, and its Black screen button keeps it recording while the screen looks off. Apps for iPhone and Android that record with the screen off are on the way.

Is my audio used to train AI?

Never anyone else's. Recordings in your own private space help improve Starlog's own transcription unless you turn it off in Settings; company and team meetings are never used. See privacy.

Can I try Starlog today?

Starlog opens in small groups. Join the waiting list and we write when it is your turn. Every account starts with 30 days free.

Checked on 7 October 2026. Sources: heypocket.com, home page (device, specifications, FAQ, privacy); heypocket.com, pricing (Free, Pro, Enterprise). Pocket is a trademark of its owner. Starlog is not affiliated with Pocket or Open Vision Engineering, Inc. Spotted something out of date? Write to admin@starlog.pro.