When does launch pricing end?

When we hit 1,000 paying customers. There's no countdown date. The live count is shown on the pricing page and updates as people join. Whenever it crosses 1,000, founder pricing closes for new sign-ups; anyone already subscribed keeps their rate.

What are the system requirements?

Windows: Windows 10 (build 1909 or later) or Windows 11 on x64. macOS: macOS 13 (Ventura) or later on Apple Silicon or Intel. The Windows driver is Microsoft-attestation-signed for supported Windows builds; the macOS app is Developer ID signed and notarized.

Does it work in a VM or on Boot Camp?

VMs are not recommended. The Windows protection layer depends on direct hardware access that virtualization layers (Hyper-V, VMware, Parallels) abstract or mediate, and VM-detection vectors fire harder. Boot Camp can run the Windows build on supported Intel Macs, but the native macOS build supports both Apple Silicon and Intel.

How do I install it on macOS?

Download Aceloop.dmg on a Mac running macOS 13 or later, open the DMG, drag Aceloop to Applications, then launch it from Applications. macOS may ask for Accessibility, Screen Recording, and Microphone permissions the first time you enable workflows that need them.

Yes: within the surface we defend, and honestly outside it. Inside our surface (browser content scripts, screen-share capture, process enumeration, automated proctor-vendor detection) the four-layer kernel architecture beats every documented detection vector. Outside our surface (a human watching over your shoulder, an interviewer asking you to walk through your reasoning, audio on the call) no software answer exists, and we say so. On data: we don't store your interview problem, your code, or your test output. The kernel driver is signed with our EV cert and goes through Microsoft's WHQL pipeline. Full threat model, data stance, and attestation chain at https://aceloop.ai/security.

Do I need to copy and paste the problem?

No. Press the hotkey and Aceloop reads the problem statement, your code, and the terminal output straight from the platform's process memory at the Windows kernel. No screenshots. No OCR. No clipboard. The bytes are already in RAM, so we just take them. Other tools spin up a screen capture pipeline and feed it to OCR. We bypass the screen entirely.

What makes the security approach different from competitors?

Most tools pick one trick and pray. We stack four independent layers: kernel-level display filtering, process concealment, window enumeration blocking, and detection-query spoofing. The strategy goes past the code. We defend one operating system instead of three, keep distribution tight to limit targeting, and test every release against the newest proctor builds before it goes out.

How do other AI tools get caught?

Three ways, all visible to a browser-side proctor. One: keystroke logging. Their hotkey is a plain keydown event the browser sees. Two: lost window focus. Their overlay paints over the coding platform and the proctor flags the gap. Three: memory scan. Their process name reads straight out of the task list. If a browser tab can see a tool's hotkey, so can CoderPad, HackerRank, and CodeSignal. They run at the same or higher privilege on your machine. Aceloop intercepts hotkeys at the kernel before the browser sees them, strips its overlay from the display pipeline before any capture path, and hides its process from enumeration. It doesn't trigger a single vector on the page that lights up every other tool.

Does Aceloop work against CoderPad Enterprise?

Yes. CoderPad Enterprise is the proctoring stack where competitors most often fail: its content script enumerates window visibility flags, hooks screen-capture differential analysis, and pairs with Amazon Chime for call-side checks. Aceloop's kernel-level display-pipeline strip and process concealment defeat the relevant vectors. The full breakdown of what CoderPad Enterprise actually checks for, and which of our four stealth layers answers each check, is in the dedicated post.

Is Aceloop visible to anti-cheat tools like BattlEye or EasyAntiCheat?

Coding-interview platforms don't ship game-grade anti-cheat. BattlEye and EasyAntiCheat live inside specific games (Fortnite, Apex, Tarkov), not in CoderPad or HackerRank, and they don't run on a candidate's machine during a coding interview. If you happen to be running a BattlEye-protected game in the background, close it before the round to avoid driver-load conflicts. The four stealth layers Aceloop ships use the same kind of kernel construct anti-cheat uses, applied in the opposite direction.

What AI models are used?

Frontier models for the heavy reasoning, fast models for the routing layer. We swap the exact stack as new releases ship. The bar stays fixed: best quality and lowest latency you can get inside a live interview.

Can I customize the prompt or model?

Yes. Settings > Intelligence lets you choose from the available solve models, and Settings > System design lets you edit design guidance. On Windows, Settings > Coding also lets you edit code-style and approach instructions for coding solves, follow-ups, chat and suggestions on Web, VS Code and Word. Start with the current defaults, add preferences such as avoiding atomic types, then select Apply changes. Coding edits are saved on this computer and affect future requests; problem requirements and correctness still take priority. Spoken assistance is separate.

What is Reasoning Mode?

Reasoning Mode gives the model a deeper, agent-style orchestration pass: it plans, checks, and refines before the answer streams back. Switch it on in Settings when the round stops being routine; expect a few extra seconds of latency in exchange for stronger answers on the hardest problems.

Study Mode turns the system design graph you use in the interview into a practice surface. Click any node, edge, or assumption to drill into the tradeoff, the scaling math, the failure mode, and the wording a strong candidate would use to defend it.

Can I prepare with Aceloop for a coding round?

Yes. The demos at https://aceloop.ai/demo and the Solve/Debug/Optimize workflows run against practice problems exactly the same way they run against live interview problems. Open a LeetCode or HackerRank problem, hit Alt+Enter, work through the iteration. Most buyers spend the first week using Aceloop as a prep tool before they ever take it into a real round. For a structured 8-week prep arc, see the FAANG interview prep guide.

How do I switch between monthly and yearly?

Open Manage Billing from the Subscription tab to update your card or cancel. To move between monthly and yearly, cancel the current plan (you keep access through the end of the period you've already paid for) and start the other from the pricing page. Yearly locks in the 75% saving vs paying month to month.

What happens if my subscription lapses?

On a failed billing attempt Stripe enters its smart-retry window (3 attempts over ~14 days). If all three fail, the subscription cancels and the license becomes inactive. The desktop app stops accepting hotkeys until you reactivate. Reactivation is one click in the Subscription tab; pick monthly or yearly, the license re-binds to your current device. We don't punish lapsed customers; payment retry is just how Stripe handles a card decline.

Why does the product feel low-profile compared with bigger brands?

Because the loud tools in this category get targeted first. The bigger the marketing footprint, the faster proctoring vendors fingerprint the binary, the build, and the install pattern. We grow through referrals, keep the rollout tight, and treat a quiet brand as a piece of the protection stack.

Using AI assistance during a coding interview is a question of platform terms of service and the company's interview policy, not criminal law. There's no statute that addresses an AI overlay on a candidate's machine. Most coding-interview platforms ban it in their terms; some companies explicitly allow AI in specific rounds in 2026. Whether to use it is the candidate's decision and the candidate's risk. We build the tool; the ethics are yours.

Are you ex-FAANG engineers?

We don't say. The brand-quiet posture extends to founder background: naming current or former employers attaches the binary to a person, which attaches it to a fingerprint, which attaches it to the proctoring industry's targeting list. The product judgment is in the product: the four kernel layers, the memory-read input path, the live key-event viewer anyone can run before they buy. Pedigree is not the question; what the binary does in your interview is.

Yes. Live since 2026 with Stripe checkout, an EV-cert-signed kernel driver, and continuous releases tracked at https://aceloop.ai/changelog. The brand stays low-profile by design (loud stealth tools get fingerprinted faster), so there isn't a marketing footprint to validate it the way you'd validate a typical SaaS. Concrete signals: the in-browser key-event viewer runs today, the kernel driver's cert chain + per-release SHA256 is publishable, and the Free tier ships three full problems with no credit card so you can verify the binary works against your actual coding platform before paying. Verify the binary independently before installing. Don't trust adjectives; trust mechanics.

Are there Aceloop reviews?

Yes. Reviews from users are published on the homepage alongside the running average rating, and they name the companies where those users report passing rounds. The unfiltered conversation lives in the Discord, where you can ask candidates who ran Aceloop on their own loops, and external mentions we've found are aggregated at https://aceloop.ai/coverage.

What does Reddit say about Aceloop?

Reddit threads in r/cscareerquestions, r/leetcode, and r/csMajors discuss AI interview tools regularly. Our name surfaces in comparison threads (vs Interview Coder, Cluely, LockedIn AI). The consistent pattern in those threads is competitors getting caught on CoderPad Enterprise, Apple loops, and Amazon Chime; Aceloop doesn't appear in those "got caught" reports. We don't astroturf, sponsor, or moderate Reddit discussion. The https://aceloop.ai/coverage page aggregates external mentions we've found if you want a starting set.

No. Real product, ships continuously (see https://aceloop.ai/changelog), runs through Stripe, and licenses bind to a hashed hardware ID rather than your real name. All sales are final (see https://aceloop.ai/refund-policy). The Free tier exists specifically so you can run three full problems against your real coding platform before you ever pay. The "scam" pattern in this category usually involves fake stealth checks, no working binary, or refusing to let you test before purchase. If you're skeptical, run our key-event viewer against any AI tool first, exhaust the Free tier on your actual platform, and verify the kernel driver's signature chain against the published SHA256 documented in https://aceloop.ai/security.

How long has Aceloop been around?

Public launch was May 2026: the kernel-level overlay, the in-browser key-event viewer, and the four-stealth-layers architecture all shipped together. Engineering on the Windows kernel driver predates the public launch by an internal R&D cycle (months, not years, but real). The blog launched alongside the product surface. Track shipped releases in https://aceloop.ai/changelog. Every kernel update, detection-vector patch, and site-architecture change since launch is logged with date, scope, and commit hash where applicable.

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Aceloop solves, debugs, and optimizes your code in real time, and explains each step as you go. It sees the problem, never your screen.

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Them 03:24

Each customer has an API key with its own rate limit, and traffic comes in through three regions. How would you keep a key under its global limit?

Give each region its own token bucket and sync usage through a shared counter every few hundred milliseconds, so a key can overshoot by at most one sync window.

Ask first: is a small overshoot okay, or must the limit be exact?
Each region spends a lease of the key's budget; leases move toward the busy region.

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Aceloop is now an agent.

It follows the interview and acts on it: it hears the question, finds the word you're reaching for, reads the problem off the screen share, writes the design into your notes, traces your code, and catches a slip before the interviewer does.

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engineers run Aceloop

10,000

LLM calls answered

companies in passed-round reports

Users report passed rounds and offers at

See Aceloop at work

One quiet copilot for every part of the round.

Read the prompt, reason through the approach, write the solution, and handle the follow-up without breaking your flow.

Design mode

System design is a first-class citizen.

Aceloop reads the whiteboard prompt, opens with clarifying questions, and draws the architecture, with the tradeoffs behind every box.

Clarifying questions before architecture
Tradeoffs explained behind every box

Whiteboard context · private session

aceloop design mode · Excalidraw

aceloop Alt + Enter · Solve

Alt + Enter · Solve

Quiet, keyboard-first, and one hotkey away.

Aceloop reads the problem from process memory and streams back the approach, code, and complexity. No screenshots, no OCR.

Problem and code stay in local context
Hints, approach, code, and complexity in one response

Watch the full demos →

aceloop · problem-aware completion

Ghost overlay

It finishes your thought, not just your line.

Inline completions as you type, with the full problem and your existing code already in context.

Full context · inline

aceloop · continuous reviewer

Error Lens

It re-reads what you already wrote.

A fast pass over every line that has settled, then a deeper one when you pause. Bugs arrive as cards naming the line and the fix, never the same one twice.

Fast pass · deep pass

aceloop · debug follow-up

Alt + D · Debug

Bug spotted. Fix shipped inline.

Aceloop names the failing line, explains the root cause, and produces a unified diff you can apply.

Context-preserving follow-up

aceloop · optimization follow-up

Alt + O · Optimize

Brute force in. Optimal out.

It finds the bottleneck, walks through the better strategy, and drops the new complexity.

Optimization follow-up

Alt + L · Live voice

It hears the question and drafts the answer.

Aceloop transcribes the interviewer's turn and drafts what to say back, with the tradeoffs and the complexity already worked out. You say it in your own words.

Interviewer audio and your mic on separate channels
Behavioral and system-design rounds, not just code
A one-line hint when you blank on a word mid-answer

Live transcript · say-this draft

aceloop live voice · behavioral round

New in the latest release

It now reads the call, runs your code, and helps while you talk.

aceloop · screen share

Reads the screen share

It reads the problem off the call.

No coding pad? When the interviewer only shares the problem on screen, even as a picture, Aceloop reads it from the call, and Alt + Enter solves it.

aceloop · run an example

Run an example

It traces your code and finds the bug.

It walks your code through an example from the problem, step by step, and checks the result. When the output is wrong it says why, and one key fixes it.

aceloop · while you talk

Help while you talk

It finds the word you're reaching for.

Blank on a term mid-answer and a one-line hint appears under your words. It also says what the interviewer's nudge points at, flags a changed requirement, remembers what you promised to come back to, and has questions ready for the end.

aceloop · live checks

Live checks

It catches the slip before they do.

Say "twelve times four is fifty-two" and a quiet note under your words shows 48, before the interviewer does the math.

No screenshots or OCRProcess-memory contextKeyboard-first controlsContinuous reviewDebug and optimize follow-upsReduced-motion controls

Ring 0 protection

They Hide With a Flag. We Hide From the GPU.

Reads your problem from process memory. Strips its overlay from the display pipeline before any capture path. Platform depth, not a flag.

Feature	Aceloop	Competition
What the proctor can see
Invisible to Fair Screen	✓ Yes	✕ No
Click-through Undetectability	✓ Yes	✕ No
No Screenshot Needed	✓ Yes	✕ No
Invisible to Screen Share	✓ Yes	✓ Yes
Supports Audio	✓ Yes	✓ Yes
What the machine can see
Invisible to Task Manager	✓ Yes	✕ No
Doesn't Get Flagged on Anti-cheat	✓ Yes	✕ No
Undetectable by Browser	✓ Yes	◐ Partial
Hasn't Been Caught	✓ Yes	✕ No
How it holds up in a live round
Survives 45-min Live Round	✓ Yes	✕ No
Sub-second Hotkey Response	✓ Yes	◐ Partial
Continuous Debugging	✓ Yes	✕ No
Continuous Optimizing	✓ Yes	✕ No

Test it yourself

Don't trust us. Try detecting us.

Sixty seconds, your browser, any competitor's free trial. Watch their solve hotkey land in the viewer. Then run the same test against us.

Open a keyboard event viewer

Prints every keydown the browser sees. A neutral, open-source tool. W3C key event viewer (opens in a new tab)

Or open ours, purpose-built

The same event stream as the W3C tool, with the exact solve-hotkey chords AI interview tools fire flagged for you.

Launch any AI interview tool

InterviewCoder, UltraCode, LockedIn. Pick any free trial and leave it running.

Press its solve hotkey

It lands in the viewer the instant you press it: every keystroke the page can read. A real proctor sees the same events.

Run the test

Daily compatibility checks

Undetectable, Tested Daily, on every Interview App

Real-world checks against the newest proctor builds, every day.

CodeSignal

UndetectableLast updated 14hrs ago

HackerRank

UndetectableLast updated 18hrs ago

CoderPad

UndetectableLast updated 15hrs ago

Zoom

UndetectableLast updated 21hrs ago

Microsoft Teams

UndetectableLast updated 18hrs ago

Google Meet

UndetectableLast updated 12hrs ago

Amazon Chime

UndetectableLast updated 9hrs ago

Lark

UndetectableLast updated 22hrs ago

8 platform recordsLatest checks: 9-22 hours agoCoverage refreshed daily

Keyboard-first follow-ups

Follow-ups, built into your hotkeys.

Every action carries the current problem and prior solution forward, without breaking your flow. Move any of them to the key you like.

SolveFull solution from scratch: hints, approach, code, and complexity from process-memory context.Alt + Enter
DebugFinds the root cause, provides corrected code, and explains what went wrong.Alt + D
OptimizeAnalyzes the bottleneck, produces the better strategy, and updates time and space complexity.Alt + O
ModifyAdapts the existing solution when the interviewer changes requirements. The chat offers it; one key takes it.Alt + 1
ExplainTurns the current solution into a concise, interviewer-ready walkthrough.Go deeper
Run an example NEWTraces your code step by step on an example from the problem and checks the result.Your key
ListenHears the interviewer and you, and suggests what to say while you talk.Alt + L
Edge Cases ROADMAPIdentifies boundary cases, checks handling, and provides fixes where needed.
Test ROADMAPGenerates basic, boundary, and adversarial test cases with expected outputs.

18 actions, every one rebindableSettings › Keyboard (Alt + .)Keys and clicks never reach the page

Problem-aware context

New problems and follow-ups take different paths.

Aceloop knows whether you are starting fresh or building on an existing solution, then routes the prompt with the right context.

New problem

Select New and every submission begins with clean context from the current platform.

Bound today: Alt+Enter, Alt+D, and Alt+O

Follow-up

Select an existing problem and Debug or Optimize appends to the same thread with the full prior solution.

Stack multiple follow-ups on one problem

More capabilities

Eight ways to stay in the same working surface.

Alt + CChat: Ask follow-ups in plain English. Keep working the same problem without leaving the screen.
One clickGo deeper: Answers come from the right model for the job on their own. When a round needs more, Go deeper redoes the answer on the strongest model.
Alt + EnterSpoken problems: Listens to the interviewer and solves problems they speak out loud: it offers the task, and Alt + Enter takes it.
AutomaticCode and design mode: Derived from the platform you are on, so a coding pad and a whiteboard each get the right treatment without you switching.
Alt + .Keyboard-Driven: Every feature has a hotkey, and you can move or remove any of them. Press Alt+. in-app for the full reference.
Alt + HHide the overlay: Drops the overlay out of sight instantly. Press again to bring it back exactly where it was.
Alt + LLive voice: Toggles listening. Aceloop transcribes the interviewer and drafts what to say back.
18Interview languages: It hears the interview and answers in its language, and you can read everything in yours.

Local context · keyboard controlled

21 companies in passed-round reports

After the round, this is what they say.

Outcome reports from users: what worked in the round, in their words.

“Two phone screens and an onsite with the overlay running. The part that mattered was Debug on my own half-broken solution while I talked through the failing case. It found the off-by-one before the interviewer did.”

DKDaniel K. · L4 offer · Google

“I type fast and panic faster. Having the approach and complexity laid out before I said anything out loud meant I stopped narrating garbage. Passed the OA and both coding rounds.”

PSPriya S. · SWE II offer · Amazon

“Optimize turned my brute-force into the heap solution and explained why in words I could actually repeat. That's the difference between using AI and learning from it mid-round.”

SMSofia M. · SWE offer · Microsoft

“Used the free three problems on a CodeSignal practice set, paid the same day. The ghost completions inside the editor are the feature: no second window, nothing to paste.”

MTMarcus T. · Senior offer · Meta

“$449.99 a year felt steep until I priced a blown onsite. It paid for itself in one loop.”

JWJae W. · New-grad offer · Nvidia

“Latency is the thing nobody talks about. First token in about two seconds means you're reading the approach while the interviewer is still finishing the question.”

ARAhmed R. · Backend offer · Uber

Self-reported by users; names shortened for privacy.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about the product and billing.

Does it work in my language?

Yes. Aceloop hears and answers interviews in 18 languages, and you can read its answers and notes in your own. Pick both in Settings.

How do paid plans activate?

Paid plans are activated with a license key from your dashboard. After checkout, open the desktop app, paste the key into Settings, and the app will bind it to your current device.

What's the refund policy?

All sales are final. Aceloop ships as a digital good delivered on purchase, and the Free tier lets you run three full problems on your real coding platform before you put a card down. Both monthly and yearly subscriptions can be cancelled any time from your dashboard; access continues to the end of the billing period.

Is Aceloop worth $149.99 a month?

The round is the prize, and a blown round costs the offer. $149.99 for a month of unlimited solves is a rounding error against a single FAANG paycheck, and it covers every interview you take that month. Running a full loop? Plus Yearly at $449.99 drops it to about $37.50 a month.

What does "launch pricing" mean?

We call our prices founder pricing: locked in for the first 1,000 paying customers. Once we hit 1,000, prices rise for new sign-ups. We'd rather grow with engineers who pay than gate users behind the eventual price.

Will my price go up if I lock in now?

No. Your founder rate holds as long as your subscription stays active, through every renewal. If you cancel and resubscribe later, the then-current price applies.

Can I use it on multiple computers?

Your paid license is bound to one device at a time. If you move machines, you can reset the binding from the Subscription tab in your dashboard and activate again on the new device.

Which platforms does it support?

Windows 10/11 on x64 and macOS 13 (Ventura) or later on Apple Silicon or Intel. Inside the interview Aceloop reads problems from any code surface on screen: LeetCode, HackerRank, CoderPad, CodeSignal, and custom browser tools.

Will it work on a corporate-issued laptop?

Usually no. Corporate laptops typically run endpoint-management agents that block new privileged desktop software without IT approval. Most candidates use a personal machine for the round.

Has anyone been caught using Aceloop?

Not in our testing and not in any public report we've found. Public forums document several competitors getting caught: Interview Coder on CoderPad Enterprise and Apple loops, Cluely on screen-share rounds. Aceloop's name does not appear in those threads.

Can I trust Aceloop with my data?

We don't store your interview problem, your code, or your test output. The model call is stateless on our side. We hold a hashed hardware ID for your license, your checkout email, and Stripe billing records. Nothing else.

How fast is the response time?

First token typically arrives in under 2 seconds; full response in 4-8 seconds depending on problem complexity. Kernel memory read of the problem and code is single-digit milliseconds. No screenshot, no OCR, no clipboard handoff.

Is this legal?

Using AI assistance during a coding interview is a question of platform terms of service and the company's interview policy, not criminal law. Whether to use it is the candidate's decision and the candidate's risk. We build the tool; the ethics are yours.

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