Comparisons and guides
Compare Mac dictation apps
We make one of these, so we have tried to write the comparisons we wished existed when we were deciding what to build: prices sourced and dated, the places competitors are genuinely better said plainly, and the free options listed rather than hidden.
Comparison
Voz vs Wispr Flow
$15 a month and cloud transcription, against $2.99 once and on-device. Including where Flow genuinely wins.
Comparison
Voz vs VoiceInk
Both local, both open source, both paid once. VoiceInk needs Apple Silicon on macOS 14.4; Voz is $2.99 and still runs on Intel.
Comparison
Voz vs Superwhisper
Both run Whisper locally. One costs $249 for a lifetime licence and has forty settings; the other costs $2.99 and has none.
Comparison
Voz vs MacWhisper
Constantly compared, rarely competitors: one transcribes files you already have, the other types while you speak.
Reference
Every Mac dictation app price
A neutral, dated table of the whole category — free to $249 — including the ones cheaper than us.
Guide
Dictation without a subscription
Which Mac dictation apps you can buy outright, and why on-device processing is what makes that possible.
Guide
Is Wispr Flow private?
A sourced answer from their own documentation: what leaves your device, what Privacy Mode changes, and when it matters.
Guide
Offline dictation on a Mac
How on-device speech to text works, which apps do it, and how to verify that yours really is not uploading anything.
Guide
Why Mac dictation keeps stopping
The 30-second silence cut-off, the workarounds, and what removes it.
Guide
Does Mac dictation send audio to Apple?
Usually not, sometimes yes, and Apple doesn't document which.
Guide
Dictating in Cursor
Speaking prompts instead of typing them, in the AI editor.
Guide
Meeting notes that stay local
Records the call on your own Mac — no bot joins, nothing is uploaded.
Guide
Transcribing a file you already have
Drop in a recording and read it, without an upload or a per-minute bill.
Guide
Dictating in Google Docs
Any browser, not just Chrome — and the audio stays on your Mac.
Guide
Dictating email
Gmail, Apple Mail or Outlook, plus why dictated email needs editing.
Guide
Dictating in Microsoft Word
No Microsoft 365 subscription, and it still works offline.
Guide
Dictating into ChatGPT
Long prompts spoken, not typed — and the audio never reaches OpenAI.
Guide
Dictating in Slack
Threads, DMs and search, without a bot or a workspace admin.
Guide
Dictating in Notion
First drafts and meeting notes, straight into the page.
Guide
Dictating in Claude Code
Voice input in any terminal, for agentic coding sessions.
Guide
Dictating in Obsidian
A local-first way to get words into a local-first notes app.
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