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Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- Superwhisper
Dictation app that turns what you say into clean text inside any program, working offline or in the cloud.
Since 2023
Free plan · Focus and productivity
- Yakki
A Mac menu bar app that turns your speech into tidy text in any app and transcribes meetings, all processed on your device.
Since 2026
Subscription · Notes and knowledge
- Amical
A dictation app that turns your speech into formatted text in any app on your computer or phone.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Dictly
Turns your speech into formatted text on Mac, iPhone and iPad, processing everything offline on the device.
Since 2025
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Cloudless Voice
Voice dictation that runs on your own device on Mac, Windows and iPhone and tidies filler words and formatting.
Since 2026
Free plan · Focus and productivity
- NovelOS
A local writing studio for novelists with plotting boards, character profiles, world notes and a manuscript editor, bought once.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Aqua Voice
Speech to text that types what you say wherever your cursor is, on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android.
Since 2025
Free plan · Focus and productivity
- Memory Notch
Records meetings and lectures from the Mac notch and transcribes them on your device, saving plain files you keep.
Since 2026
Free trial · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Spokenly
A dictation app for Mac, Windows, Linux and iPhone that types your speech into any app, offline or with cloud models.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- OpenWhispr
Voice dictation and meeting note app that turns speech into text on your device or in the cloud, for people who type a lot.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge
- WhisperBar
A Mac menu bar app that turns rambling speech into clean text and reads you short spoken summaries of copied text.
Since 2026
Subscription · Focus and productivity