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Guides and comparisons
Dictation is one of those things people research before they install anything. These are the pages we would want to read first — comparisons that admit what the other app does better, and guides that cover the specific job rather than the general idea.
Apple Silicon · macOS 15+ · Free plan · 100% on-device
If you are still deciding
Compared with other apps
How Dictro measures up against the other options, including the parts where it loses. Competitor facts are quoted from each vendor's own documentation and carry the date they were read.
- 7 Mac dictation apps comparedA sourced privacy audit of seven Mac dictation apps, every claim quoted from the vendor's own docs.
- Wispr Flow alternativeAn honest local-versus-cloud comparison, including what Wispr Flow does better.
- Superwhisper alternativeTwo on-device apps compared on price, setup and what each one does after it hears you.
- Apple Dictation alternativeWhere the built-in tool stops being enough — and why privacy is not the reason to switch.
- Dictation without a subscriptionWhy most dictation apps bill monthly, and where a free 10,000 words a week runs out.
If you are already dictating
Guides
How to actually use voice input for a particular job.
- Voice typing in any appHow to type with your voice in Mail, Slack, Notion, browsers and terminals with one shortcut.
- Offline dictation on MacHow offline dictation works on Apple Silicon, and how to voice type with Wi-Fi off.
- Dictation for developersCommit messages, PR descriptions and review comments by voice, with vocabulary that learns your identifiers.
- Voice to text for AI codingDictating prompts to Claude Code and Cursor: why longer prompts need fewer rounds.
- Dictation for RSIVoice input when typing hurts, including the limitation a held-key shortcut brings.
The plain facts
About Dictro
What Dictro is, what it costs, and how it works underneath.
- PricingA free plan with 10,000 words a week and no card, or Pro at $10 a month for unlimited dictation.
- Dictation app for MacDictate polished text into any Mac app. On-device speech-to-text for Apple Silicon, with a free plan.
- Dictation app for WindowsThe same on-device dictation on Windows 10 and 11, with the same 10,000 words a week free.
- Private dictationHow on-device dictation works, and why no audio or transcript ever leaves your Mac.
- Free dictation10,000 words a week, the full pipeline, no credit card. Not a trial and not a raw transcript.
- How accurate is DictroOur word error rate method in full, and why there is no single percentage on the page.
- ChangelogWhat changed in each release of the Mac app, newest first.