How does sayit's monthly minute allowance actually work?

sayit's monthly allowance isn't a limit on how many times you can record — it's a limit on the total seconds of audio that get analyzed across a calendar month, summed across every take. Record ten short lines or one long passage; what matters for your allowance is the total processed-audio time, not the number of takes.

30-second version: Every account gets a monthly seconds budget that resets at the start of each calendar month. Free accounts get 30 minutes a month. Paid tiers raise that substantially — Pro to 10 hours, Max to 25 — and both are checked server-side before an analysis runs, so you get a clear message at the cap rather than a take that silently fails. Nothing rolls over; the counter is per calendar month, not a rolling window.

What exactly gets counted against my allowance?

The duration of the audio actually analyzed — every take that goes through the scoring pipeline, added up across the month. A 20-second read-aloud take costs 20 seconds of your allowance; ten of those cost about three and a half minutes total. It's genuinely usage-based, not take-based, which means a habit of short daily drills and a habit of occasional long passages both draw down the same pool, just at different rates.

How much do I actually get on each plan?

Only the free tier has a genuinely small allowance by design — both paid tiers are built for daily practice rather than occasional use, and Max specifically targets intensive daily practice or tutoring, where 10 hours a month can run out for a heavy user. Current prices for Pro and Max are on the pricing page.

What happens when I hit the cap?

Analysis stops until the allowance resets or you upgrade — sayit checks the cap server-side before running the expensive part of the pipeline, so you get a clear "you've used your monthly allowance" response rather than a take that quietly fails partway through, or one that runs and charges you for compute you can't use. This check happens at the very start of the request, before any model runs, so hitting the cap doesn't waste your remaining seconds on a take that won't be scored.

Does the allowance roll over if I don't use it?

No — it resets at the start of each calendar month regardless of how much you used the month before. There's no banking unused minutes for a bigger month later; the allowance is designed as a steady monthly budget for regular practice, not a stockpile.

Is there any account that's genuinely unlimited?

Only the local, auth-off account used in sayit's own development and self-hosted testing — every real account, free or paid, is metered. That's a deliberate design choice, not an oversight: even paid tiers have a finite monthly cap (10 hours for Pro, 25 for Max) rather than "unlimited," which keeps the economics of running the underlying models sustainable while still being generous enough for real daily practice.

How do I check how much I have left?

Your account's usage and remaining allowance are visible in the app itself, so you can see where you stand before you start a long session rather than finding out mid-take. If you're consistently running close to the cap on a free account, that's usually the clearest sign it's time to look at Pro or Max.

Try it

Open sayit and check your current usage against your plan's allowance before a practice session — if you're a guest or on the free tier and want more monthly time, pricing has the current Pro and Max numbers.