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blabe vs Wispr Flow
Wispr Flow turns speech into polished writing on Mac, Windows and phones. blabe types your exact words, not a rewrite, wherever your cursor is on your Mac.
The short version
Wispr Flow suits you if you dictate prose all day, on more than a Mac. It removes fillers, adds punctuation and formats the result, and it runs on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android. Its free plan covers 2,000 words a week on desktop.
blabe suits you if you want your words kept as you said them, in any app on your Mac: hold one key, speak and let go. It runs on Microsoft’s MAI-Transcribe 2, benchmarked 5–10× faster than OpenAI’s, ElevenLabs’ and Google’s transcription models . It is a Mac-only menu bar app, and transcription is included in the price.
Side by side
| Feature | blabe | Wispr Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year, transcription included within a fair-use monthly limit. 2-day free trial, no card. | Free for 2,000 words a week on desktop. Pro is $15 a month or $144 a year. |
| Rewrites your words by default | No. It removes “um” and “uh” (you can turn that off) and never rewrites with a language model. | Yes. It removes fillers, adds punctuation and formats your writing. |
| Transcription model | Microsoft’s MAI-Transcribe 2, through blabe’s transcription service. | Wispr’s own speech models, in the cloud. |
| Account or key needed | No provider account or API key. You activate a paid plan with a license key. The trial needs no card, email or signup: install blabe and click Start Free Trial. | Yes. You sign in during setup. |
| Works offline | No. It needs the internet to transcribe. | No. An internet connection is required for transcription. |
Which one to choose
When to choose Wispr Flow
- You dictate on Windows, iPhone or Android as well as a Mac.
- You want speech turned into clean writing for you: fillers removed, punctuation added and text formatted.
- You want to start on a free plan, which covers 2,000 words a week on desktop.
When to choose blabe
- You want the words you said, not a rewrite. blabe removes “um” and “uh” (you can turn that off) and never rewrites with a language model.
- You want one key that works in any app with a text cursor: email, chat, documents, notes and AI assistants.
- You want a lower yearly price. blabe is $49.99 a year with transcription included within a fair-use monthly limit, against $144 a year for Wispr Flow Pro.
- You want a quiet tool. The microphone is on only while you hold the key, and no recording is saved on your Mac.
Before you pick blabe. blabe needs the internet and macOS 14 or later. After the 2-day trial it is a subscription: $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year for up to 3 Macs, with transcription included within a fair-use monthly limit. When your trial or subscription ends, new dictation stops until you subscribe. What you've already dictated isn't affected. There is no Windows, Linux or phone app.
Try blabe free for 2 days.
No card. No email, no signup. macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon or Intel.