Tally vs Castmagic
Castmagic and Tally sit in the same broad category — AI that works on your episodes — but they point in different directions. Castmagic takes a finished episode and turns it into written content for publishing. Tally works before and during the episode, and across everything you've already published.
One thing to be clear about up front: Tally is building post-session outputs, but they aren't shipped today. If turning last week's episode into publish-ready content is the whole job, a tool built for that is the better pick right now. What Tally ships today is below.
At a glance
| Capability | Castmagic | Tally |
|---|---|---|
| AI show notes and social content from finished episodes | ✓ | — |
| Per-episode transcription | ✓ | ✓ |
| Whole-archive search (semantic + keyword) | — | ✓ |
| Topic index with timestamps across episodes | — | ✓ |
| Guest prep briefs | — | ✓ |
| Live on-screen assistance while recording | — | ✓ |
| Producer/second-screen view | — | ✓ |
| Recording or audio editing | — | — |
Capabilities as of August 2026 — their product evolves; check their site.
Your archive becomes searchable
Tally imports your show from its RSS feed and transcribes every episode with speaker labels. Hybrid semantic and keyword search covers the whole catalog, and topic pages collect every episode that ever mentioned a subject — timestamped, one click into the transcript at that moment.
An interactive topic cloud and knowledge graph show what the show has covered across its whole run. Cmd+K search reaches everything, and a media library holds the video, images, and PDFs around your show, with visual search across video frames.
Prep before the episode
For each upcoming episode, Tally builds a prep brief: web research on your guest, a run-of-show, and questions to work from.
A copilot during the episode
The desktop app transcribes the session in real time and puts context cards on your screen while you record — silent text, nothing in your audio. A producer view, a stage display, and guest rooms round out the live setup.
What Tally doesn't do
Tally doesn't record, edit audio, or host and publish your show — that's permanent, not a roadmap gap. Post-session outputs like show notes are in progress but not shipped, so don't pick Tally for those today.
Using both
Nothing stops you running both: a content tool on each new episode, and Tally on the archive, the prep, and the sessions themselves.
Start with the archive
Tally is in invite-only beta while we onboard early shows. Join the waitlist and we'll reach out as invite waves go out.