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SuperWhisper alternatives, compared
SuperWhisper's free plan will type everything you say, with no cap. Then cleaning it up is on you: its free modes have no AI processing. The apps below differ on price, devices and offline use. AudioPen's free plan does the writing up. Talk it out and get back an email, a list or a note in the style you pick, on your iPad too.
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At a glance
SuperWhisper and five apps people compare it with. The first two columns show what you get without paying, because that's where these apps differ most.
| App | Rewrites on the free plan | Free plan | Runs on | Transcribes offline | Price for a year, one person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SuperWhisperWhat you have now | No AI processing. New users get 3,000 words of Pro features first | Unlimited dictation with local models, up to 2 modes | Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android phones (not iPad or Android tablets) | Yes, with its local models | $84.99 (Pro), or $249.99 for a lifetime licence |
| AudioPen | Yes, in built-in and custom styles, within the free limits | Recordings up to 3 minutes and a limited number of voice typing sessions, no card needed | Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Android, web, Chrome | Yes, a setting you turn on in the iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows apps | $99 (Prime, on the web) |
| Wispr Flow | Cleans up: removes filler words, adds punctuation and formats your text | Slows after 2,000 words a week on a computer and 1,000 on a phone | Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android (not iPad) | No, it needs an internet connection | $144 (Pro, billed yearly) |
| VoiceInk | Free plan not listed (7-day trial). Its AI cleanup can use a provider you connect with your own key, or run on an Apple Silicon Mac with 16 GB of RAM | 7-day trial, or build the open-source code yourself | Mac, plus a separately licensed iPhone and iPad app | Yes, on your Mac | $25 once (Solo, one Mac) |
| Spokenly | With Apple Intelligence or your own AI key. Hosted AI is Pro | Unlimited dictation with local models, no account needed | Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, iPad (not Android) | Yes, with its local models | $99.99 (Pro), or $29 once for Local+ |
| Aqua Voice | Cleans up grammar and filler words. Custom Instructions are Pro | 1,000 words in total | Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android | No, it transcribes in the cloud | $96 (Pro, billed yearly) |
“Transcribes offline” means speech becomes text with no internet. Yearly prices are for one person buying on each company’s website in October 2026; in the iPhone and Android apps, AudioPen Prime is sold at the app stores’ prices.
Why people look elsewhere
With SuperWhisper, the dictation is free and the writing isn’t. Super, Mail and every other mode that rewrites need Pro, at $84.99 a year. In AudioPen, the writing is on the free plan, in every style, custom ones included, with no card. Prime lifts the limits, at $99 for a year on the web.
SuperWhisper can rewrite offline only with S1-mini, a Pro model that’s English only and works in just the Message and Mail modes. Every other AI feature needs the internet. AudioPen’s rewrite runs in the cloud too, and it writes in whatever language you choose. Turn on offline transcription and only text goes up for the rewrite.
Voice typing, in any style
On a Mac, double-tap the hotkey in Notion, talk through two contractor quotes for your kitchen, and tap again. What lands at your cursor is the written version, in a built-in style or one you made. As Louis, who makes AudioPen, puts it: "Not a transcript. A rewrite."
Talk the way you think. Start mid-thought, circle back, change your mind halfway through. AudioPen types your exact words when you want them, or writes it up in a style you pick, right at your cursor.
Want to keep a thought instead of typing it somewhere? Record it as a note. With Prime you can restyle it later or upload a recording you made elsewhere. To turn an old recording into text without an account, try the free audio to text converter.
“ok so kitchen quotes, um, Dan came back at eighty-four hundred, which is more than the first guy, but the tiles are included in his, and he can start on the third, the other one can't start till December, so I think, yeah, I'm leaning Dan, but I need to ask him about the warranty first”
Kitchen quotes Dan: $8,400, tiles included, can start on the 3rd. First quote: lower, but no start until December. Leaning toward Dan. Next step: ask him about the warranty.
Works in any app, on every device: a hotkey on Mac and Windows, the AudioPen keyboard on iPhone and iPad, and a floating bubble on Android.
Four more to look at
Here’s what each app is built around, and what you give up or gain if you move to it from SuperWhisper. For the full feature list next to AudioPen’s, read SuperWhisper vs AudioPen, or see all three with Wispr Flow.
Cloud dictation that removes filler words and formats your text as it types, with Transforms, in beta, to rewrite selected text with a prompt.
Coming from SuperWhisper: it only transcribes in the cloud, and on a computer the free plan stops at 5,000 words a week.
Open-source dictation for the Mac, local by default, with custom modes and AI cleanup through a provider you connect.
Coming from SuperWhisper: your Windows PC and Android phone drop out (neither is listed on its site as of October 2026), and a cloud provider you connect for AI cleanup bills you separately from the licence.
Free local dictation, Linux included, plus a Pro plan for hosted cloud models and AI.
Coming from SuperWhisper: your Android phone drops out, your history stays on each device, and syncing your settings between devices costs $29 once (Local+).
Cloud dictation on its own speech model, Avalon, with an Edit Mode that rewrites selected text when you say what to change. Its Android app arrived on October 6, 2026.
Coming from SuperWhisper: you trade local models for the cloud, so it needs a connection, and the 1,000 free words don't reset.
Where AudioPen works
Voice type into any app on Mac and Windows, use the AudioPen keyboard on iPhone and iPad, tap the floating bubble on Android, or open your notes in the web app.
One Prime account covers all of them. Your notes sync across every device, so whatever you capture on one is waiting on the next.
Testimonials
Read what real users have to say about AudioPen.
I used to manually summarize my transcribed brainstorming sessions. Took hours. AudioPen automates everything to the point where I am almost done with my article after talking about a topic for 10min. Magic.
No product has fundamentally changed the way I work over the last 12 months more than Audiopen. Home Screen on iPhone.
I can now create 95% of my blog posts and have minimal editing. In my tone of voice. This saves so much time
I’ve been using AudioPen to talk through my ideas, have them summarized and then use the summarization as a draft for blog posts. 13 out of 10. Highly recommend for the “blank page” problem.
This is probably the best product I’ve come across in the past 18 months. So useful and it just keeps getting better.
Simple, but effective. The best tool to convert rambling into structured text, while keeping what you rambled intact.
I freakin love AudioPen.ai. If you are not using it yet, get on it.
Most helpful AI tool = audiopen. Been using it daily to do things like: turn voicenotes into action items, content ideas (magic for this), summarize calls, giving feedback. The UI is also so clean that it’s an absolute joy to use.
You speak to it as thoughts come in. It stitches a fine narrative from the rant. Writers can edit a ‘wrong’ page, not a ‘blank’ page. AudioPen gets you to 90% and then you do the rest.
OH MY GOSH. I just learned about AudioPen today, and it’s already a GAME CHANGER. If you write, create, or do any serious thinking, this tool is for you.
This is one tool that has dramatically changed the way I think. It has allowed me to get the thoughts out of my head and down on paper.
I can’t say enough good things about the AudioPen app. It’s been my go-to app for getting ideas down without having to type. Not only does it arrange even the most inarticulate nonsense into readable sentences, it’s the best dictation app I’ve ever used.
I’ve been writing online for over 10 years and tried virtually every writing app, productivity, note-taking, and idea-capture system out there. Nothing comes close to the amount of time AudioPen saves me.
This is by far the greatest and most useful tool I have ever had! I have severe ADHD and it’s able to translate my rambling into a well written and concise note. I feel more organized and less anxious!
Best buy in 2023: AudioPen from @louispereira. Hats off.
Switched from Superwhisper to Audiopen Mac App within 20 minutes of using the Mac App.
Tried it out, and paid for the prime version because it is SO good and simple to use. The product has made it so much easier to track my various thoughts throughout my day.
I am a natural speaker. My ideas flow faster when I speak. I record my voice notes and with my accent, it is perfect all the time.
AudioPen is able to clear my spoken thoughts into text in Estonian, one of the most complicated languages in the world! Shut Up And Take My Money!
Already not sure what I did before I had AudioPen. If you often have thoughts you want to capture in writing, check it out. Cost is super reasonable too.
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