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Wispr Flow or Willow

Until now you compared Wispr Flow and Willow by switching between their pricing pages, and the plans look alike at first. We have put them into one table with shepetal next to them, and every line on Wispr Flow and Willow links the page it comes from and the day we checked it.

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shepetalWispr FlowWillow
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 privacy policy: “Willow uses cloud infrastructure to provide fast and accurate voice dictation.” willowvoice.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 Yes, in its offline mode. Its site: “Dictate without an internet connection, powered entirely by your device.” willowvoice.comas of
PlatformsMac, with macOS 14 or later.Dictation on Mac, Windows, iOS and Android. wisprflow.aias of Mac, Windows and iPhone, with Android marked “Coming soon”. willowvoice.comwillowvoice.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 plan. Pro: $15 user/mo, or $12 user/mo with annual billing (“Save 20%”). Business and Enterprise plans for teams. willowvoice.comas of
Languages25 European languages on a Mac with Apple silicon, and English on an Intel Mac.100+ languages. wisprflow.aias of 100+ languages. willowvoice.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 site: “Speak into any app”. willowvoice.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

Both transcribe in the cloud, both list 100+ languages and both put your words into any app on your Mac. Both have a free plan, a Pro plan per user and plans for teams. wisprflow.aiwisprflow.aiwillowvoice.comwillowvoice.comwillowvoice.comas of

Where they differ

Willow lists an offline mode that runs on your device, and Wispr Flow says transcription happens in the cloud every time. Wispr Flow runs on Android today, and Willow marks Android as coming soon. willowvoice.comwillowvoice.comwisprflow.aiwisprflow.aias of

Where shepetal fits

shepetal processes every dictation on your Mac, the whole time and with no mode to switch on, and your recordings and history stay in your user folder. You pay once or by the month, and you can try it free for 30 days first.

Which to pick

Pick Wispr Flow if

  • You also dictate on Android and want the same app there.

Pick Willow if

  • You want a cloud app with an offline mode for the times you have no signal.

Pick shepetal if

  • You want every dictation processed on your Mac, which is the only way shepetal works.
  • You want to pay once and keep it.$23.99 once. Yours forever.
  • You want to pay by the month.$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 .

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