Adobe Podcast vs NowMax

Adobe Podcast is a browser-based set of tools for recording, transcribing, editing, and sharing audio. In Studio, users can record participants in their browsers, with each person’s audio saved continuously and kept on a separate track. Studio can also import multitrack audio and video, and lets users edit by deleting words from a transcript. Enhance Speech reduces noise and artifacts, adjusts pitch and volume, and normalizes audio. Studio works only in Google Chrome on desktop; Enhance Speech supports recent Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Firefox on desktop and mobile. The free plan allows audio files up to 30 minutes and 500 MB, with one hour of use per day and two Studio project downloads daily, each up to 30 minutes. Firefly Pro costs $19.99 a month and adds Premium access, video enhancement, bulk uploads, unlimited Studio downloads, and original speaker-separated recordings. A 30-day free trial of Premium features is available.

NowMax is a video calling app for remote interviews with experts, aimed at podcasters, content creators, journalists, and marketers. A host creates an interview and shares a link for guests to join from their devices. During the conversation, the host can remotely adjust guests’ audio and video settings without interrupting the interview. NowMax records audio and video locally on each participant’s device to reduce the effect of connection problems on recording quality. It advertises uncompressed 48 kHz WAV audio and video up to 4K at a constant frame rate. Separate audio and video tracks are exported in WAV and AVC/HEVC formats for editing tools including Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and Microsoft Clipchamp. The service describes live recording status indicators and says recordings have no audio/video drift issues. Recording runs in a browser; listed platforms are Android, iOS, web, and Windows. Pricing is on request. The privacy policy says recordings are stored for as long as the interviewer requires them, and that internet traffic is protected by SSL encryption.