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Alternatives to Wispr Flow
Six dictation apps to consider instead of Wispr Flow: what each costs, where it runs and whether it works offline.
Is Wispr Flow right for you?
Wispr Flow is a good choice if you want speech turned into polished writing on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android. It removes fillers, adds punctuation and formats your writing, and its free plan covers 2,000 words a week on desktop. Its dictation runs on Wispr’s own speech models, including Canto; our side-by-side comparison with Wispr Flow covers what’s known about it.
You might want something else if you’d rather keep your exact words, pay less or pay once, or transcribe offline. Each app below covers at least one of those. We make blabe, so it’s listed first, and every claim about another app links to that app’s own pages.
At a glance
The alternatives
1. blabe
We make blabe, so it comes first; judge it by the same facts as the rest. It’s small and light: on a Mac it’s a 3.8 MB download that idles at about 0.007% CPU. On Windows, blabe is a 12.1 MB download: one process, ~22 MB idle. It works in any app on your Mac or Windows PC and transcribes with Microsoft’s MAI-Transcribe 2.
- With AI cleanup off, blabe keeps your words as you said them. It removes “um” and “uh” (you can turn that off). AI cleanup: Aggressive, Standard or Off.
- Transcription by Microsoft’s MAI-Transcribe 2, included in the price, with no provider account or API key.
- $7.99 a month or $69 a year for up to 3 devices in any mix of Mac and Windows, with no meter or monthly allowance (fair use applies).
- It needs the internet, and there is no phone, Linux or Windows 10 app. Compare size, price and privacy
2. Aqua Voice
For text that is cleaned up and formatted for each app, and for editing a selection by voice.
- Runs on Mac, Windows 10 and 11, iPhone (iOS 17 or later) and Android 10 or later, and transcribes with Avalon, Aqua’s own cloud model.
- Free for 1,000 words; Pro is $10 a month or $96 a year. Realtime mode and “send it” are on Max, $30 a month or $288 a year.
- blabe vs Aqua Voice
3. Superwhisper
For control over models and modes, including a free plan that runs on your Mac.
- Free with local Whisper models, and nothing you dictate leaves your device. Pro is $8.49 a month, $84.99 a year or $249.99 once, and adds its S1-Voice cloud model.
- Runs on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android.
- blabe vs Superwhisper
4. FluidVoice
For free, open-source dictation that stays on your Mac.
- Free and open source under GPLv3, with local speech models such as Fluid Speech Mini, Parakeet and Whisper, and on-device cleanup with its Fluid-1 models.
- Needs macOS 15 or later. FluidVoice says its Windows and iPhone apps are in beta.
- blabe vs FluidVoice
5. VoiceInk
For paying once and transcribing on your Mac, with an iPhone and iPad app on the side.
- One-time: $25 for 1 Mac, $39 for 2, $49 for 3, with a 14-day money-back guarantee.
- Parakeet V3 on your Mac, or cloud providers you pay for yourself.
- An iOS companion app for iPhone and iPad, free during its beta.
- blabe vs VoiceInk
6. Spokenly
For a free app with local models or your own keys, including on Linux.
- Free with local models or your own API keys; Pro is $99.99 a year. It runs on Mac, Windows, Linux and iPhone.
- blabe vs Spokenly
Before you pick blabe: it needs the internet, macOS 14+ or Windows 11 (x64), and a subscription after the 2-day trial.
Try blabe free for 2 days.
No card, no email, no sign-up. macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon or Intel, or Windows 11 on an x64 PC.