Boomy vs Horch

A side-by-side look at pricing, capabilities, pros, cons, and our editorial scores.

	Boomy Audio	Horch Audio
Tagline	Generative AI music maker that lets anyone produce a song in under a minute and push it to Spotify.	Privacy-first, on-device meeting assistant for macOS
Category	Audio	Audio
Pricing	Freemium· Free: $0.00 · Recommended: $14.99 · Pro: $39.99	Paid· One-time purchase: €49 once
Model	Proprietary (undisclosed)	Whisper (local) for transcription; optional Ollama / MLX local LLMs for summarization
Editorial score	7.9 / 10	—
Use cases	ai-music-generationsong-creationstreaming-distributionbackground-musicbeats-and-instrumentals	Confidential client meeting transcriptionAutomatic action-item extractionPer-contact relationship historyPre-meeting briefings from prior callsLocal Whisper transcription without cloud uploadFeeding meeting context into Claude or Cursor via MCPPersonal second-brain in MarkdownLegal, medical, or NDA-bound conversation notes
Pros	Produces a full song in under a minute with zero music theory Built-in distribution to Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok and other DSPs Pays a share of streaming royalties back to the creator Friendly browser editor with re-roll and basic arrangement controls	Fully on-device by default — audio and transcripts never leave the Mac unless the user opts in One-time €49 purchase instead of a recurring per-seat SaaS bill Records at OS level so no bot appears in the meeting and any app (Zoom, Meet, Teams, in-person) works Notes stored as plain Markdown in ~/Meetings — portable, greppable, Obsidian-friendly Auto-generates action items, topic summaries, and per-person profiles from spoken content MCP server exposes meeting history to Claude, Cursor, and other agent clients Local Whisper transcription plus optional Ollama/MLX means you pick the summarizer
Cons	No public API and no stems/MIDI export Closed, undisclosed model with limited creative control vs Suno or Udio Spotify has previously purged large batches of Boomy uploads over stream-farming Output quality lags behind newer text-to-music models for vocals	macOS only — no Windows, Linux, iOS, or web client Local Whisper and summarization need a reasonably modern Apple Silicon Mac to feel fast No cloud sync or team workspace, so sharing across a team requires bring-your-own storage Small independent product without the integrations catalog of Fireflies, Otter, or Fathom OS-level capture depends on macOS screen/audio permissions, which some corporate MDM setups block
Website	boomy.com	horch.app

Pick Boomy if

✅ Produces a full song in under a minute with zero music theory
✅ Built-in distribution to Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok and other DSPs
✅ Pays a share of streaming royalties back to the creator
✅ Friendly browser editor with re-roll and basic arrangement controls

Pick Horch if

✅ Fully on-device by default — audio and transcripts never leave the Mac unless the user opts in
✅ One-time €49 purchase instead of a recurring per-seat SaaS bill
✅ Records at OS level so no bot appears in the meeting and any app (Zoom, Meet, Teams, in-person) works
✅ Notes stored as plain Markdown in ~/Meetings — portable, greppable, Obsidian-friendly

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