Audiopen vs Superwhisper vs Whisper API vs Wispr Flow
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Audiopen
Turns rambling voice memos into clean prose, one-time payment
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Superwhisper
Local voice-to-text dictation for macOS
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Whisper API
OpenAI's open-source speech-to-text
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Wispr Flow
Voice-first text input with AI cleanup
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.7 / 10 | 7.3 / 10 | 8.3 / 10 | 7.3 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Subscription | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | — | — | — | 2,000 words per week on Mac/Windows; 1,000 words/week on iPhone; 14-day Pro trial with no credit card required |
| Paid from | — | — | — | $12/month billed annually ($144/year) or $15/month billed monthly |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
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| Founded | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
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| Verdict | Audiopen does one job — turn a rambling voice note into readable text — and does it without much fuss. Speak for up to 15 minutes, pick a style (blog post, email, meeting notes), and it hands back both a polished rewrite... |
Superwhisper is a strong voice-to-text dictation app for Mac and iOS built on local Whisper models, letting you dictate into any app system-wide. Its standout traits are on-device processing (good for privacy and offline... |
Whisper is OpenAI's automatic speech-recognition model, available both as open-source weights and as a hosted API. It delivers excellent multilingual transcription and translation accuracy across noisy real-world audio,... |
Wispr Flow is a voice-dictation tool that converts speech into clean, auto-formatted text in any application, with strong accuracy, command-aware editing and cross-platform coverage (Mac, Windows, iOS, Android). For peop... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.