Short answer: Kaleo AI is a young, church-trained platform starting at $24/month for 2 languages (5 hours of streaming), with browser captions but translated audio locked behind its native app. LiveInterpret.AI runs audio and captions together in the phone browser, including on a locked screen, for unlimited listeners from €19 per pack. If Bluetooth hearing-aid streaming through a dedicated app is what you need, Kaleo covers that; for a scan-and-listen experience with no install step, we do.
| LiveInterpret.AI | Kaleo AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | language-minutes: packs €19–€299 (valid 12 months) or subscriptions €49/€99 per month, VAT included | Starter $24/mo (5 h, 2 langs) · Pro $49/mo (10 h, 4 langs) · Unlimited $149/mo (unlimited hours, 150+ langs); custom plans on request |
| Language cap on entry plan | 39 languages available, no per-plan cap on paid | 2 languages on Starter ($24/mo); 150+ only on Unlimited ($149/mo) |
| Cheapest way to try a real service | 30 free real minutes + unlimited free practice mode, no card | not published on their site as of 2026-09-11 — custom plans only, "contact our team" |
| Translated audio | yes — speech-to-speech in the browser, every plan | only through Kaleo's native mobile app; the browser version is captions-only |
| How listeners join on a phone | browser only, via QR code — audio keeps playing with the screen locked | captions via QR/browser; audio requires installing the Kaleo AI app first |
| Listeners | unlimited, never priced | unlimited on every tier (their one clean win here) |
| Extra streaming hours | packs simply hold more minutes; no per-hour surcharge | Starter +$2/h, Pro +$3/h once included hours run out |
| Bluetooth hearing-aid streaming | not offered | yes — the app's App Store listing advertises direct streaming to compatible Bluetooth hearing aids |
| EU hosting / GDPR | EU-hosted, GDPR-first, DPA published, audience pages tracking-free | no GDPR or data-location statement found on withkaleo.com as of 2026-09-11; ask them for a DPA in writing |
| Whitelabel (your name/branding) | logo/colors on all plans, custom domain from Premium €99/mo | not mentioned on their pricing or homepage as of 2026-09-11 |
| Public track record | weekly, live, in a real Prague congregation since June 2026 | iOS app rated 5.0 from 5 ratings as of 2026-09-11 — too few to read as a trend either way |
Kaleo's headline feature is real and specific: its app advertises direct Bluetooth streaming to compatible hearing aids, alongside on-screen captions — a genuine accessibility win we don't offer. Unlimited listeners on every tier, including the $24 Starter plan, is honest and matches how we price. And their 150+ language ceiling on the Unlimited plan is larger than our 39, if you genuinely need that breadth.
Kaleo's own site is explicit: "anyone can scan the QR code and see captions on the web version," but "the mobile app is only required for listening to the translated speech with headphones." That's the opposite of the locked-phone, no-install promise a volunteer-run congregation needs — someone still has to talk a first-time visitor through an app store install before they hear anything. LiveInterpret.AI plays translated audio straight in the browser, screen locked or not. Kaleo's entry plan also caps you at 2 languages for $24/month; a third language means upgrading to the $49 Pro tier. We never cap languages by plan. Their site shows no GDPR, EU-hosting or whitelabel story at any tier we could find — all three are included with us from the entry pack.
A 90-minute service in 2 languages is 180 language-minutes on our metering (90 minutes × 2 languages); four Sundays a month is 720 language-minutes. Our Standard sub (€49/mo, 450 min/mo) falls short of that and needs about 270 overage minutes at €0.11/min (≈€29.70), for ≈€78.70/month total; Premium (€99/mo, 1,000 min/mo) covers the full 720 minutes flat with room to spare, plus whitelabel and a custom domain. Kaleo's Starter plan is priced differently — $24/month buys 2 languages and "5 hours of streaming" with $2/hour overage beyond that, but Kaleo's site doesn't say whether those 5 hours are total event airtime or scale with language count the way our minutes do, so we can't responsibly convert it into the same unit. If it's total airtime, roughly 6 hours of weekly 90-minute services would need about 1 hour of overage ($26/month total); if it scales per language, it runs out much faster. Ask Kaleo to confirm before you budget against it, and model your own weekly minute count against both price cards.
If a Bluetooth-hearing-aid connection through a dedicated app is a requirement for part of your congregation, Kaleo's app is built for exactly that and we aren't. If your priority is getting a first-time visitor from a QR code to translated audio in one tap, with no install step, no per-listener cost and an EU hosting story you can hand to a GDPR-conscious board, run a Thursday soundcheck on ours: practice mode is free and unlimited, and the first 30 real minutes cost nothing.
For captions, no — Kaleo's own site says anyone can scan a QR code and read captions in a browser. For translated audio, yes: their site states plainly that "the mobile app is only required for listening to the translated speech with headphones" (checked 2026-09-11). LiveInterpret.AI plays translated audio directly in the browser on every device, including locked phones, with no app.
It depends on your weekly minute count and how Kaleo's "hours of streaming" are actually measured, which their site doesn't specify. For a weekly 90-minute, 2-language service (720 language-minutes/month on our metering), our Premium sub covers it flat at €99/month; Kaleo's $24 Starter plan includes 2 languages and 5 hours, with $2/hour overage beyond that — whether that's enough depends on whether their hours scale with language count. Model your actual weekly minutes on both — neither of us is the cheapest option on this list outright (per-minute, Glossa and Open Word both undercut us).
Yes — its App Store listing advertises direct Bluetooth streaming to compatible hearing aids alongside captions, a real accessibility feature LiveInterpret.AI does not offer. If that's a requirement for part of your congregation, it's a legitimate reason to choose Kaleo for that use case.
We could not find a GDPR, data-residency, or EU-hosting statement anywhere on withkaleo.com as of 2026-09-11 — that's an absence of a public statement, not proof they lack one, so ask them directly for a DPA in writing before deciding. LiveInterpret.AI publishes a DPA, is EU-hosted, and keeps audience pages tracking-free.
Nothing. Signup to a live event page takes about a minute, practice mode is free forever, and the first 30 real minutes are on us. There is no migration step — your sound desk feed and a QR poster are the whole setup, so you can run one service on both and compare before you move anything.
Author: Ondřej Plevka, CTO by day. He built this after his Prague congregation needed it, and has run it live every week since June 2026. Corrections welcome: prices re-verified monthly, page updated when Kaleo's change.