Wispr Flow or VoiceInk
Until now the choice between Wispr Flow and VoiceInk came down to two questions you had to answer from four different pages: where does my voice go, and do I pay every month or once. We have put both answers into one table with shepetal next to them, and every line on the other two apps links its source and the day we checked it.
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Side by side
| shepetal | Wispr Flow | VoiceInk | |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-device or cloud | On your Mac, and your voice stays there. | In the cloud. Its privacy page: “Transcription always happens in the cloud.” wisprflow.aias of | On your Mac. Its site: “Your voice data never leaves your Mac.” Its Cloud Enhancement, for the transcribed text, is optional. tryvoiceink.comas of |
| Offline | Works 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 | Not on its pages. |
| Platforms | Mac, with macOS 14 or later. | Dictation on Mac, Windows, iOS and Android. wisprflow.aias of | Mac with Apple Silicon and macOS 14.4 or later, and an iOS version. tryvoiceink.comtryvoiceink.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 | Solo: $25, 1 macOS device. Personal: $39, 2 macOS devices. Extended: $49, 3 macOS devices. One-time purchase, lifetime access. tryvoiceink.comas of |
| Languages | 25 European languages on a Mac with Apple silicon, and English on an Intel Mac. | 100+ languages. wisprflow.aias of | Not on its pages. |
| Meetings | Not 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 app | Works 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 site: “write anywhere, in any application”. tryvoiceink.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 your voice goes
Wispr Flow transcribes in the cloud, and VoiceInk transcribes on your Mac and sends only the transcribed text when you switch on its optional Cloud Enhancement. wisprflow.aitryvoiceink.comas of
How you pay
Wispr Flow is a subscription with a free plan, and VoiceInk is a one-time purchase per number of Macs. VoiceInk runs on a Mac with Apple Silicon and macOS 14.4 or later, and Wispr Flow also runs on Windows, iOS and Android. wisprflow.aitryvoiceink.comas of
Where shepetal fits
shepetal processes every dictation on your Mac and you choose between paying once and paying by the month. It runs on macOS 14 or later, on Apple silicon and on an Intel Mac too.
Which to pick
Pick Wispr Flow if
- You want the same app on Windows, iOS and Android.
Pick VoiceInk if
- You want local dictation on two or three Macs with one purchase.
Pick shepetal if
- You want every dictation processed on your Mac, which is the only way shepetal works.
- You want to choose between paying once and paying by the month.$23.99 once. Yours forever.$0.99 a month.
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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 .
- VoiceInk, On-device or cloud: On your Mac. Its site: “Your voice data never leaves your Mac.” Its Cloud Enhancement, for the transcribed text, is optional. https://tryvoiceink.com, checked .
- VoiceInk, Platforms: Mac with Apple Silicon and macOS 14.4 or later, and an iOS version. https://tryvoiceink.com/pricing, https://tryvoiceink.com, checked .
- VoiceInk, Price: Solo: $25, 1 macOS device. Personal: $39, 2 macOS devices. Extended: $49, 3 macOS devices. One-time purchase, lifetime access. https://tryvoiceink.com/pricing, checked .
- VoiceInk, In any app: Yes. Its site: “write anywhere, in any application”. https://tryvoiceink.com, checked .
- Wispr Flow transcribes in the cloud, and VoiceInk transcribes on your Mac and sends only the transcribed text when you switch on its optional Cloud Enhancement. https://wisprflow.ai/privacy, https://tryvoiceink.com, checked .
- Wispr Flow is a subscription with a free plan, and VoiceInk is a one-time purchase per number of Macs. VoiceInk runs on a Mac with Apple Silicon and macOS 14.4 or later, and Wispr Flow also runs on Windows, iOS and Android. https://wisprflow.ai/pricing, https://tryvoiceink.com/pricing, checked .
30 days free
$23.99
once. Yours forever.
$0.99
a month.
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