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SuperWhisper vs AudioPen
Both let you talk instead of type, into any app. SuperWhisper lets you build and tune your own modes. AudioPen arrives with styles ready to use, so a rambling thought lands as clean writing from your first recording, on every device.
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The verdict
SuperWhisper is built for control. It runs local Whisper models on Apple Silicon for fully offline transcription, lets you pick between AI providers, and lets you build custom modes that decide how each recording is processed. For developers and power users who enjoy configuring their tools, it goes deep.
AudioPen is built for getting to finished writing without setup. It voice types into any app on Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, and Android, and it can type what you say in a style you choose, even when you ramble. Styles come built in, and you can make your own from a sentence or a sample of your writing. It also keeps a notes library you can open from any browser, and offers an offline transcription option for voice typing.
Choose SuperWhisper if you want to tune the transcription pipeline yourself. Choose AudioPen if you want polished writing out of the box, on every device you use.
Where each one wins
If you want deep, hands-on control over how your dictation is processed, SuperWhisper is a great choice.
If you want to speak naturally and get finished writing back without configuring anything, AudioPen is the clear choice.
Voice typing, in any style
SuperWhisper can shape your dictation once you have built a mode for it. AudioPen has styles built in, so a loose, spoken thought lands at your cursor already written the way you need it.
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.
“okay so this PR, um, basically the image resizing was on the main thread, which is why uploads froze the whole page, so I, I moved it into a web worker, and there's a fallback, for older browsers, that just does it the old way on the main thread”
• Problem: image resizing ran on the main thread and froze the page during uploads • Fix: move resizing into a web worker • Fallback: older browsers keep the previous main-thread resizing
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.
Rewrite level
Set how much AudioPen edits, then pick a style and a length. Keep your exact words, or polish it until it sounds like you.
Rewrite level
Retains structure where possible, rewritten in your chosen style
Output length
Some compression, but not too much.
Writing style
Ask AudioPen to write like your favorite author. Or give it a sample of your own writing, and it will match your voice. If you can describe a style, AudioPen can write in it.
I found the export button bug. With more than 500 rows, the CSV export times out after 30 seconds and returns a blank file. It only happens on Safari; Chrome is fine. The likely cause is building the whole file in memory before download. I'll stream rows in batches of 100 and add a 500 row test. Jordan can review tomorrow, ahead of Thursday's release.
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Feature by feature
| Feature | SuperWhisper | AudioPen |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Power users who want to configure their dictation | Speaking naturally and getting finished writing |
| Type with your voice in any app | Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad | Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Android |
| Types in a style you choose, even when you ramble | After you build a mode | Built-in and custom styles, no setup |
| Offline transcription | Local models on Apple Silicon | Optional on Mac, Windows, iOS |
| Choose between AI models | Mac, Windows, iOS | |
| Notes library you can open in any browser | ||
| Upload audio files | Desktop, Pro plan | Web, Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad |
| Speak one language, write in another | Translation on Pro | |
| Web app | ||
| Android | ||
| Free tier | Local small models, 3 custom modes | Yes, with limits |
| Paid pricing | Pro from $8.49/mo, or $249.99 lifetime | Prime from $33 for 3 months |
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.
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.
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.
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’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.
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.
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 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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