§ The result
2 points separate Verve AI and LockedIn AI.
Within the Live interview cohort, Verve AI edges LockedIn AI by 2 points under rubric js-v1.0, 29 to 27. Verve AI leads 5 of the 7 criteria, including Application Honesty, while LockedIn AI leads 2, including User Control & Transparency. Verve AI takes the heaviest weighted swing, Application Honesty at 20% (LockedIn AI 12, Verve AI 32), which is 56% of the weighted advantage Verve AI holds; the widest raw gap is a different criterion, User Control & Transparency, LockedIn AI 40 to Verve AI 18.
Vendor profile
LockedIn AI
LockedIn AI is a real-time interview copilot that listens to a job seeker's live interview, coding round or online assessment and displays AI-generated answers, code and coaching on their screen, alongside free resume, cover-letter and job-tracking tools.
Vendor profile
Verve AI
Verve AI is a desktop and browser "interview copilot" that transcribes a live interview in real time and feeds the candidate suggested answers on a screen hidden from the interviewer, bundled with mock interviews, an AI resume and cover-letter builder, and an agent that auto-applies to jobs across 30+ job boards.
§ The record
LockedIn AI and Verve AI are both filed under Live interview assistance. They also share 1 secondary category: Resume AI.
| Record | LockedIn AI | Verve AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | High | High |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2024 | 2024 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 32% of the movement so far
Application Honesty
LockedIn AI 12 · Verve AI 32
4.0 weighted points to Verve AI
15% weight · 59% of the movement so far
User Control & Transparency
LockedIn AI 40 · Verve AI 18
3.3 weighted points to LockedIn AI
20% weight · 75% of the movement so far
Data & Credential Safety
LockedIn AI 48 · Verve AI 38
2.0 weighted points to LockedIn AI
10% weight · 87% of the movement so far
Pricing & Cancellation Fairness
LockedIn AI 33 · Verve AI 48
1.5 weighted points to Verve AI
15% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Employer & ATS Legitimacy
LockedIn AI 10 · Verve AI 15
0.8 weighted points to Verve AI
12% weight · 97% of the movement so far
Effectiveness Evidence
LockedIn AI 10 · Verve AI 15
0.6 weighted points to Verve AI
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Support & Accountability
LockedIn AI 40 · Verve AI 44
0.3 weighted points to Verve AI
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -1.9 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 12.5 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -2 beside that -1.9.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is LockedIn AI minus Verve AI.
| Category | Weight | LockedIn AI | Verve AI | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Honesty | 20% | 12 | 32 | -20 | -4.0 |
| Data & Credential Safety | 20% | 48 | 38 | +10 | +2.0 |
| User Control & Transparency | 15% | 40 | 18 | +22 | +3.3 |
| Employer & ATS Legitimacy | 15% | 10 | 15 | -5 | -0.8 |
| Effectiveness Evidence | 12% | 10 | 15 | -5 | -0.6 |
| Pricing & Cancellation Fairness | 10% | 33 | 48 | -15 | -1.5 |
| Support & Accountability | 8% | 40 | 44 | -4 | -0.3 |
| Total | 100% | 27 (F) | 29 (F) | -2 | -1.9 |
§ Evidence
Cited sources and documented absences, criterion by criterion.
An absence is a finding, not a blank: the reviewer looked for a named artefact and recorded that it is not located. Where a source sits is a fact about hosting only.
| Criterion | Weight | LockedIn AI | Verve AI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Application Honesty | 20% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data & Credential Safety | 20% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 2 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| User Control & Transparency | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Employer & ATS Legitimacy | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Effectiveness Evidence | 12% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Pricing & Cancellation Fairness | 10% | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Support & Accountability | 8% | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 26 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 30 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
LockedIn AI has 30 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 26 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; Verve AI has 37 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 30 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for LockedIn AI sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 67 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 30 for LockedIn AI, across 3 distinct source domains, and 37 for Verve AI, across 4 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- js-v1.0
- LockedIn AI last reviewed
- September 4, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Verve AI last reviewed
- September 4, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next
The full profiles
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