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superwhisper
Local-first AI dictation for macOS and iOS.
NOT REALLY
why this verdict
Keep paying — OpenAI has not replaced it
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the voice & audio job, so this one still earns its $8/mo.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Cloud dictation tools with better formatting models. OpenAI, January 1, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers not the job editorial call
- Parts of it. The job still needs the tool to get finished.
- Is there a free way to do it? paid only
- 2 replacements listed, all paid.
- What the call is worth $96/yr
- $8/mo at the entry paid tier — $96 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked missing: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- OpenAI
- Since
- January 1, 2025
- List price
- $8/mo
- Per year
- $96
The backstory
superwhisper runs Whisper on your own machine, so nothing leaves the device and it works on a plane. For people typing anything confidential, local processing is not a preference but a hard requirement, and that is a lane cloud competitors cannot enter.