Descript wasted a week of my time. Gamma fixed the exact annoyance.

I scored both by how little I had to think about them.

What Gamma does best: spits out a deck from a one-line prompt the webplayer looks better than PowerPoint

What Descript does best: lets you edit audio by editing the transcript overdub fixes a single word without re-recording

The catch on Gamma: you fight it on exact layouts And Descript? big projects get sluggish on a weak machine

If I had to keep one, it's Gamma — spits out a deck from a one-line prompt. But Descript earns its spot the moment lets you edit audio by editing the transcript. Neither is dead weight; they just aren't the same tool.