Credits & privacy
What uses Foxl credits, and how your audio and notes are handled
Credits & privacy
What's free vs metered
Foxl Notes is built so the door is always open:
- Free, no account needed - opening the app, reading notes, editing, formatting, renaming, exporting, and searching.
- Metered (uses Foxl credits, sign-in required) - recording/transcription and AI features (summaries and the assistant).
The first time you start a recording or use an AI feature, Foxl asks you to sign in. Everything else stays out of your way.
How credits are used
- Transcription is metered by how long you record - roughly by the second of audio.
- AI summaries and assistant are metered by the model you choose and the length of the conversation. Lighter models cost fewer credits; heavier models cost more but can produce richer output.
You can see your balance and plan on the Account page. If credits run out mid-recording, transcription stops and Foxl tells you - captured audio so far is kept.
How your audio is handled
- Audio is streamed for transcription only while you're recording, and only after you've signed in.
- Transcription routes through Foxl's relay, which presigns a short-lived AWS Transcribe session on your behalf. Your audio goes directly to AWS over that session - Foxl never stores your raw audio.
- The transcript and your notes are what's kept - you can edit, export, or delete them at any time.
- Deleting a note removes it from Foxl Notes.
Both transcription and AI features run through Foxl's relay on your account. You don't need to bring your own cloud keys or configure anything - sign in and it works.
Plans
Recording and AI features draw from the same Foxl credit balance used across the app. See Reference -> Credits for how credits and plans work account-wide.