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7 Best Voice-to-text Dictation Apps for MacOS

Apps that can make you 10x more productive

Prakash Joshi Pax
6 min readMar 4, 2025
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In recent times, we are seeing a huge popularity for voice-to-text applications. And why wouldn’t we?

Because they save us so much time.

Whether you are vibe coding or replying emails or just writing, taking notes, or doing any tasks that involve typing, they can make you up to 10x faster.

With the increase in popularity, this space has been a little crowded. And choosing a good app can be a hassle.

In this article, we are trying to list some of the best voice to text dictation apps for macOS that you can choose from.

The list involves apps that do local transcription, cloud transcription, or both. The pricing is different for each one, some offering lifetime while others have a monthly subscription.

Some offer simple dictation features while some allow you to make much more customization.

I believe this article will help you find out the best dictation app suited for your needs.

MacWhisper

MacWhisper is one of the most mature of all applications. It has been around for almost two years now.

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Prakash Joshi Pax
Prakash Joshi Pax

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