Auto-scroll, paywall ergonomics, and clearer login errors.
Fixes
- Chat now auto-scrolls smoothly while the response streams in — no more pinning yourself to the bottom of the answer manually.
- When the paywall is up, you can now minimize or hide the app from its own title bar — handy for stepping over to the browser to finish Stripe checkout.
- Wrong password / wrong email at sign-in now shows the actual reason instead of a confusing "Session expired" message.
- Account page subscription date is now consistent with the desktop sidebar wording ("Ends on May 15, 2026").
New models, real-time speaker mode, smoother streaming, and stronger stealth defaults — the biggest update since launch.
New models
- GPT-5 is the new standard OpenAI model — faster, sharper than the previous default.
- GPT-5.4 added in the premium tier for the absolute hardest problems.
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 (standard) and Claude Opus 4.7 (premium) unchanged.
- GPT-5 responses tuned for speed — first token in 1-2 seconds.
Real-time speaker mode
- Voice to text in real time — words appear as they're spoken, no latency.
- When you toggle off, the transcript is sent to AI instantly with no extra round-trip.
Stealth & privacy
- App is now invisible to screen-share at all times, regardless of opacity. Open Settings, change opacity, or use the app freely during a screen-share — your interviewer sees nothing.
- App stays hidden from the Windows taskbar even after restoring or signing in.
- Default opacity is now 60%. The transparency hotkey toggles between 60% and 100%.
- Click-through transparency: when stealth mode is engaged, mouse events pass through to the IDE behind so you can read answers without losing focus.
Better answers
- Every model now produces rich markdown by default — bold inline labels, headings, tables, dividers, blockquotes for "things to mention".
- System Design Mode produces cleaner Mermaid diagrams (architecture flowchart, sequence, and data model ER).
- erDiagram parser hardened — automatically fixes common issues like type-length annotations (varchar(255)) that used to break rendering.
Smoother UI
- Streaming responses now refresh at 60fps instead of token-by-token — text flows smoothly instead of popping line by line.
- Window has minimize / maximize / hide buttons in the title bar.
- Window movement (Ctrl + arrow keys) is clamped to your screen — can no longer drift off-display.
v1.0.0
April 26, 2026LAUNCHPublic launch. Interview Helpers is now live for Windows — the stealth desktop overlay built specifically for tech interviews.
Flagship features
- System Design Mode — press Ctrl+Shift+S, then send a screenshot of an architecture question. The AI answers with rendered Mermaid diagrams (flowchart, sequence, ER) inline. No competitor draws diagrams in the answer.
- Speaker Mode (Pro) — Ctrl+Shift+A toggles real-time transcription of your interviewer's voice through the system speaker. Live captions appear above the input. Toggle off and the AI answers in one tight sentence — perfect for verbal warm-ups and behavioral rounds.
- Screenshot AI — Ctrl+1 captures your active screen and sends it instantly. The AI sees the LeetCode problem, the design doc, the code, and walks through the answer.
Stealth & ergonomics
- Always-on-top transparent overlay, hidden from the Windows taskbar so it doesn't show in screen-shares.
- Ctrl+G toggles transparency AND click-through — read the answer while your clicks pass through to the IDE underneath.
- Ctrl+Shift+U panic-button to instantly hide the overlay if your interviewer asks for full-screen share.
- Ctrl+Arrow keys move the window 50 px in any direction; clamped to the screen so it can't go off-display.
- Custom hotkeys — every action is rebindable in Settings → General → Hotkeys.
AI models
- Standard tier: GPT-5 and Claude Sonnet 4.6.
- Premium tier: GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus 4.7 — for the hardest problems.
- GPT-5 tuned for speed — first token in 1-2 seconds.
- Real-time voice-to-text powers the live speaker transcription with zero perceived latency.
Pricing & trial
- Monthly $39 or annual $375 ($31.25/mo equivalent — save $93/year).
- 10 free messages on signup, no credit card.
- Subscription managed via Stripe. Cancel any time from your account or the Stripe billing portal.
Privacy & security
- Screenshots and audio are not logged by default — sent to the AI provider, then discarded.
- Stealth overlay hidden from the Windows taskbar.
- Per-user daily / weekly / monthly token caps and abuse rate limits to keep your trial-pool fair.