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Wispr Flow or Aqua Voice

Until now you read two pricing pages and two privacy pages and still had to put the answers next to each other in your head. We have done that for you here, with shepetal in the table too, and every line on Wispr Flow and Aqua Voice links the page it comes from and the day we checked it.

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shepetalWispr FlowAqua Voice
On-device or cloudOn your Mac, and your voice stays there.In the cloud. Its privacy page: “Transcription always happens in the cloud.” wisprflow.aias of In the cloud. Its Mac page says Aqua processes audio in the cloud. aquavoice.comas of
OfflineWorks offline.You go online once, to download speech recognition.No offline transcription. Its privacy page says each dictation is sent to its servers and transcribed there. wisprflow.aias of No. Its Mac page: “there is no offline mode.” aquavoice.comas of
PlatformsMac, with macOS 14 or later.Dictation on Mac, Windows, iOS and Android. wisprflow.aias of Mac, Windows, iOS and Android. aquavoice.comas of
Price$23.99 once. Yours forever.$0.99 a month.You can try it free for 30 days.Free: $0/mo, with 2,000 words a week on desktop. Pro: $15/user/mo billed monthly, or $12/user/mo billed annually. Growth and Enterprise plans for teams. wisprflow.aias of Free: 1,000 free words. Pro: $8 / month billed annually, or $10 / month month-to-month. Max and Business plans too. aquavoice.comas of
Languages25 European languages on a Mac with Apple silicon, and English on an Intel Mac.100+ languages. wisprflow.aias of 49 languages. aquavoice.comas of
MeetingsNot in shepetal yet.Yes. Its Notetaker, for meetings and voice memos, runs on Mac and Windows. wisprflow.aias of Not on its pages.
In any appWorks in every app.When an app blocks paste, your words wait for you on the clipboard.Yes. Its pricing page: “Speech-to-text in any app.” wisprflow.aias of Yes. Its Mac page: “if you can place a cursor in it, you can dictate into it.” aquavoice.comas of

Every line on another app here comes from its own pages, and each one links the page and the day we checked it. shepetal is independent of these apps and of the companies that make them.

Where they are alike

Wispr Flow and Aqua Voice both transcribe your voice in the cloud and both put your words into the app you are working in, on Mac, Windows, iOS and Android. wisprflow.aiwisprflow.aiaquavoice.comaquavoice.comas of

Where they differ

Wispr Flow lists 100+ languages and a Notetaker for meetings, and Aqua Voice lists 49 languages. Both have a free plan to start with, and the table has each price the way its own pricing page shows it. wisprflow.aiaquavoice.comaquavoice.comas of

Where shepetal fits

shepetal processes every dictation on your Mac, so it is the one to look at when you want your voice to stay with you. You go online once to download speech recognition and after that it works on a plane, on a train or anywhere else with no signal.

Which to pick

Pick Wispr Flow if

  • You speak a language outside the 49 on Aqua Voice’s list, or you want meeting notes in the same app. aquavoice.comas of

Pick Aqua Voice if

  • You want one subscription for your Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android. aquavoice.comas of

Pick shepetal if

  • You want your voice to stay on your Mac the whole time.100% private. Your data is yours.
  • You dictate where you have no internet.Works offline.
  • You want to pay once and keep it.$23.99 once. Yours forever.

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Sources

  • Wispr Flow, On-device or cloud: In the cloud. Its privacy page: “Transcription always happens in the cloud.” https://wisprflow.ai/privacy, checked .
  • Wispr Flow, Offline: No offline transcription. Its privacy page says each dictation is sent to its servers and transcribed there. https://wisprflow.ai/privacy, checked .
  • Wispr Flow, Platforms: Dictation on Mac, Windows, iOS and Android. https://wisprflow.ai/pricing, checked .
  • Wispr Flow, Price: Free: $0/mo, with 2,000 words a week on desktop. Pro: $15/user/mo billed monthly, or $12/user/mo billed annually. Growth and Enterprise plans for teams. https://wisprflow.ai/pricing, checked .
  • Wispr Flow, Languages: 100+ languages. https://wisprflow.ai/pricing, checked .
  • Wispr Flow, Meetings: Yes. Its Notetaker, for meetings and voice memos, runs on Mac and Windows. https://wisprflow.ai/pricing, checked .
  • Wispr Flow, In any app: Yes. Its pricing page: “Speech-to-text in any app.” https://wisprflow.ai/pricing, checked .
  • Aqua Voice, On-device or cloud: In the cloud. Its Mac page says Aqua processes audio in the cloud. https://aquavoice.com/mac, checked .
  • Aqua Voice, Offline: No. Its Mac page: “there is no offline mode.” https://aquavoice.com/mac, checked .
  • Aqua Voice, Platforms: Mac, Windows, iOS and Android. https://aquavoice.com/pricing, checked .
  • Aqua Voice, Price: Free: 1,000 free words. Pro: $8 / month billed annually, or $10 / month month-to-month. Max and Business plans too. https://aquavoice.com/pricing, checked .
  • Aqua Voice, Languages: 49 languages. https://aquavoice.com/mac, checked .
  • Aqua Voice, In any app: Yes. Its Mac page: “if you can place a cursor in it, you can dictate into it.” https://aquavoice.com/mac, checked .

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