Herald Meld - AI Daily Brief

Wake up to your day, read aloud. Your AI narrator delivers calendar, weather, news, todos & a daily quotepersonalized and ready before your coffee is poured.

HeraldMeld is the AI-powered voice-first daily briefing. While you make coffee, an AI narrator reads your calendar, weather, top news, todos, and an inspiring quote — personalized to your topics, tuned to your morning schedule.

DAILY VOICE BRIEFING

• Multi-segment narrative: greeting, weather, calendar, todos, news, quote, closing
• 6 OpenAI TTS voices (alloy, echo, fable, onyx, nova, shimmer)
• 5-minute morning briefing or 2-minute lite version
• Schedule per day-of-week
• Resume + speed control (1x / 1.25x / 1.5x / 2x)
• Audio stored encrypted in your account

15 NEWS TOPICS

• World, US, business, tech, sports, science, health, entertainment, finance, politics, culture, climate, education, travel, lifestyle
• Toggle + priority per topic
• AI-summarized headlines with source citations
• Refresh on demand or per briefing time

REAL WEATHER

• OpenWeatherMap-powered current + 5-day forecast
• Location preferences (home, work, multiple)
• Severe weather alerts

CALENDAR + TASKS

• Today + tomorrow events read aloud
• Task management: CRUD, priority, due dates, categories
• Completion toggle from briefing

AI BRIEFING COACH

• Chat-based assistant aware of your briefing history
• "Move my morning briefing to 6:30am" — done
• "Summarize last 3 briefings" — done

PREFERENCES

• Briefing time + voice + template order
• Per-segment include/exclude
• Greeting personalization

GAMIFICATION

• 20 achievements + XP + streaks
• Daily-listen streak

PRIVACY & SECURITY

• Email + 6-digit OTP, Google Sign-In, or Apple Sign-In
• Audio encrypted in Cloudflare R2, deletable any time
• We never sell your data

SUBSCRIPTION PLANS

Free:

• 1 daily briefing
• 5 topics
• Standard voices (3)
• 7-day audio history

Premium ($4.99/month or $39.99/year):

• Unlimited briefings + scheduling
• All 15 topics, all 6 voices
• 5-day weather forecast
• Unlimited audio history
• AI Briefing Coach unlimited
• Priority support
• 7-day free trial

vs Alexa Flash Briefings (no AI personalization), Apple News (no audio), NPR One (no calendar/todos), Headway (book summaries only). HeraldMeld is the only voice-first daily AI briefing.

Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.

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SUBSCRIPTION TERMS HeraldMeld Premium is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage and cancel your subscription anytime in your iTunes Account Settings.

Available plans:

• Monthly: $4.99 per month
• Annual: $29.99 per year