Superwhisper Alternatives You Should be Using in 2025
Try these voice-to-text apps to make your life easier
Superwhisper is a pioneer in the voice-to-text & dictation space. While it was early in the space, its no longer the best option. There are tons of other application that are better and offer a better value than superwhisper.
I am a big fan of Voice-typing. It has completely replaced how I work on the computer, from writing emails to blog articles to using ChatGPT. Everything I do is with the help of voice typing.
I lay hands on the keyboard only when I need to make correction on the top of what these tools have already written.
The voice-to-text market is crowded with many excellent apps that offer nearly identical features. Choosing the right one can be difficult. As a frequent user and extensive tester of voice-to-text tools, I hope this article will be helpful for you.
In this article, I will talk about 5 of the best voice-to-text alternative apps that you can switch to and use instead of Superwhisper.
VoiceInk
Voicelnk is the best alternative to Superwhisper. With almost all identical features and a one-time price, there is nothing that beats Voicelnk as the best alternative for superwhisper.
Just like superwhisper it lets you use the local ASR models for 100% privacy & offline usage. Along with the local models, you can also configure cloud models from different providers by bringing your own API keys.
You can transcribe pre-recorded audio files like meeting, youtube videos, lectures, etc. So its not just for dictation.
The local transcription is just one small part of the speech-to-text tools, though.
The real magic is in the post-processing.
You can use AI models to format your transcription in anyway you like. This is the benefit of VoiceInk over other tools like Wispr Flow, Aqua Voice, etc. that we talk further down.
On the top of that, VoiceInk is open source. This means full transparency and trust that the app doesn’t do anything wrong while handling your data.
VoiceInk is a one-time payment of $25. And it’s an insane value for what you are getting.
Aqua Voice
Aqua Voice is another application in the voice-to-text space that outshines Superwhisper. While Superwhisper and Voicelnk are almost similar, Aqua Voice is different.
The advantages will depend upon your own use cases and what you value.
First, Aqua Voice is cross‑platform compatible. You can use it on both Mac and Windows. Since all the processing happens on the cloud, it does not put much pressure on your system. Even if you have a really old device, it will work flawlessly.
One thing that I like about Aqua Voice, other than all the other voice-to-text tools like Superwhisper, VoiceInk, or even Wispr flow, is the ability to see text as you speak. If this is something you are looking for, Aqua Voice is the only one capable of doing it at the moment.
With other applications, you have to wait until you stop the recording for the text to appear at the cursor position. But with Aqua Voice, you can see the text in real time on a small recorder window.
For people coming from Dragon Dictation or who are used to seeing live text appearing, Aqua Voice is a no-brainer.
Aqua Voice is a subscription-based application. It gives you 1,000 free words to try it out, and after that, it’s $8/month subscription.
Wispr Flow
Wispr Flow recently raised $30 million in funding. We can see how it is being used. Wispr Flow has the best marketing team among all the voice-to-text tools, and they have the best social media presence as well.
Also, Wispr flow is the most polished product out of all the voice-to-text tools.
It works out of the box. You don’t need to spend your time configuring the app like you would with SuperWhisper or VoiceInk. The best part about Wispr Flow is that it’s cross‑platform compatible, available on Mac, Windows, and iPhone.
On iOS devices, the experience is not as good because of the restriction with Apple API, but other than that, it works flawlessly.
The one thing Wispr Flow falls short of compared to VoiceInk and SuperWhisper is that you can’t do custom prompting to get personalized outputs.
Wispr Flow offers a generous free tier that allows you to use up to 2,000 words per week. If you want more, you need a subscription which costs $15/month.
Willow Voice
Willow Voice is another tool similar to Wispr Flow and Aqua Voice. It falls more in line with Wispr Flow rather than Aqua Voice because Aqua Voice has that one feature that makes it outstanding among its competitors: the ability to see the text as you type.
If this is important, you should definitely choose to Aqua Voice. If not, this might be something you may want to take a look into.
WillowVoice is available for macOS only.
Willow Voice also has the same pricing as Wispr Flow, $15/month subscription.
SpeechPulse
SpeechPulse is another application you should check out. It is better than some of these applications in some aspects and worse in other. So it definitely depends upon what your priorities are.
Just like Superwhisper and VoiceInk, SpeechPulse also does local dictation. So all your data stays locally.
It is a cross‑platform app available for Windows and macOS.
Because its cross-platform and is not built using the native stack, UI/UX is not the best. But it offers some features that no other apps offers.
It gives you dragon dictation like experience with the real-time processing feature. Another really cool feature I like is the auto-input which lets you dictate without pressing any keys.
It’s a one-time purchase of $159 for the Windows & macOS bundle.
Whispering
Whispering is a free and open source alternative to Superwhisper. The best part about Whispering is that it is cross-platform compatible and works across Window, macOS & even linux(which is not supported by other apps)
While cross-compatibility, and open-source is a good plus point, its not on par with Superwhisper in terms of features, ease-of-use and user experience.
If you are looking for a free superwhisper alternative, whispering is something to look out for.
Conclusion
Superwhisper was one of the first pioneer in the Voice-to-text dictation space. But it is no longer the best. There are better alternatives.
If you want something that works out of the box, I recommend to use AquaVoice or wispr flow.
But if you want more customization option, better privacy, and better value for your money, VoiceInk is the best superwhisper alternative. It is a one-time purchase of $25 and is an incredible value for your money.
Happy voice-typing.
