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Alternatives to WhisperBar
WhisperBar: A Mac menu bar app that turns rambling speech into clean text and reads you short spoken summaries of copied text. Here are 22 other products that do a similar job. Of these, 18 have a free plan, 1 sells for a one-off price.
- Badgeify
Puts app icons with unread badges from Messages, Mail, Slack and others in the Mac menu bar, handy if you hide the Dock.
Since 2025
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Chime
Mac app that blocks your screen with a reminder before each meeting and lets you join in one click.
Since 2025
Free trial · Scheduling and booking
- 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
- Voicy
Type by speaking in email, documents and chat apps on your computer or phone, with punctuation added for you.
Subscription · Focus and productivity
- Brink
A screen-edge notch for Mac and Windows that shows your Notion pages and tasks on hover and captures new ones by hotkey.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- BrowBro
When you click a link on your Mac, a small picker lets you choose which browser or Chrome profile opens it.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Dictámelo
Hold a shortcut and speak, and your words are typed into any app on Mac or Windows, using offline models or a cloud option.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Diction
An iPhone keyboard that turns your speech into tidy text in any app, using models on the phone, your own server or their cloud.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Gist
Condenses long articles, PDFs and videos into short summaries with counter-arguments, aimed at readers with ADHD.
Since 2026
Subscription · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- horita
A Mac menu bar app that counts down to your next meeting and opens its Zoom, Meet or Teams call in one click.
Free · Focus and productivity
- MeetingBar
Mac menu bar app that lists your next calendar meetings and joins Zoom, Meet or Teams calls in one click.
Since 2020
Free · Scheduling and booking
- OpenTypeless
Desktop dictation app: speak in any program and it types the words, with optional AI cleanup for emails, chat and documents.
Free · Focus and productivity
- OpenVoiceFlow
Push to talk dictation for Mac that transcribes speech on your computer and types the text into any app.
Free · 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
- Out Loud
Desktop app and Chrome extension that reads web pages, PDFs and ebooks aloud on your own computer with no internet needed.
Since 2026
Free · Video and audio · 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
- Voicely
Offline voice typing, call recording with speaker labels and audio file transcription on a Mac, ready to paste into AI coding tools.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Wordmate
Free voice typing for Mac that turns speech into text in any app, using local models so audio stays on your computer.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Arlo
A Mac app that reads your mail, calendar and files each morning and writes a short note on what needs you that day.
Since 2026
Free plan · Focus and productivity
- Franz
Puts WhatsApp, Slack, Signal, email and other messengers into one desktop app with workspaces.
Since 2017
Free plan · Focus and productivity
- Hotline
Rings a full alarm on iPhone for the notifications you pick by app, person or keyword, even on Silent or in Focus.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- NeatMail
Finds the promises in your Gmail or Outlook inbox, labels them, and drafts the follow-up email when one is due.
Since 2026
Subscription · Focus and productivity