On-device voice-to-text for Mac and Windows. $29.99 once instead of $144 a year, forever. Your audio never leaves your computer. 14-day free trial.
No account. No card. Download and go.
On-device. One price. Works in any app.
Every figure verified June 2026 from each vendor.
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| Push to Transcribe | Wispr Flow | SuperWhisper | Willow | Dragon (Nuance) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.99 one time | $144/yr ($12/mo annual, $15/mo monthly) | $249.99 lifetime, or $84.99/yr ($8.49/mo) | $144/yr ($12/mo annual, $15/mo monthly) | $699.99 one time (Professional desktop); Anywhere $149.99/yr |
| One-time vs subscription | One-time. Yours forever. | Subscription only. No one-time | Subscription or one-time lifetime | Subscription only. No one-time | One-time (desktop) or subscription (Anywhere) |
| On-device vs cloud | 100% on-device. No cloud mode exists. | Cloud | On-device by default, optional cloud AI models | Cloud | Desktop on-device (Windows); Anywhere is cloud |
| Platforms | Mac and Windows | Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android | Mac, Windows, iOS | Mac, iOS (Windows coming) | Windows only (no Mac since 2018); iOS/Android via Anywhere |
| Privacy | No account, no telemetry, no internet required | Account required, cloud processing | Local by default; cloud optional | Account required, cloud (SOC 2, HIPAA) | Desktop local; Anywhere on Microsoft Azure |
| Industry terms | 13 dictionary packs (2,519 curated terms) + learns your edits | Custom dictionary (cloud) | Custom vocabulary / prompts, no prebuilt packs | Custom dictionary (cloud) | Strong medical/legal editions, but Windows-only and premium-priced |
Prices verified June 2026 from each vendor. Wispr Flow processes speech in the cloud behind an account. Push to Transcribe has no cloud mode at all.
Cloud dictation means your audio leaves your machine. Wispr Flow, Willow, Otter, and Dragon Anywhere all process speech on someone else's servers, behind an account login.
Push to Transcribe has no cloud mode to turn off. There is no server, no account, no telemetry. The audio never leaves your computer because there is nowhere for it to go. That matters when you dictate medical notes, legal drafts, client work, or anything you would not paste into a stranger's website.
Wispr Flow runs in the cloud by design. Push to Transcribe is private by architecture, not by a setting you have to remember.
A subscription never stops. Wispr Flow and Willow are $144 a year, every year. SuperWhisper is $249.99 for a lifetime license or $84.99 a year. Dragon Professional is $699.99.
Push to Transcribe is $29.99, one time. Three years in, that is $30 against $432 for Wispr, $432 for Willow, and $249.99 for SuperWhisper. You buy it once and you own it. No renewal, no price hike, no "your trial has ended".
Not a stripped-down trial. The whole app.
Hotkey, middle-click, floating pill, menu bar, and notch. Use the one that fits how you work.
2,519 specialized terms across legal, medical, and technical packs, so names and jargon land right.
Auto-correction adapts to the fixes you make, so it gets sharper the more you use it.
Every transcription saved on your machine with search and audio playback. Nothing in a cloud.
Yes. Push to Transcribe is $29.99 one time, with no subscription. Wispr Flow is $15 a month ($144 a year). Both run on Mac and Windows. Push to Transcribe runs fully on your device.
Yes. Wispr Flow processes your speech in the cloud behind an account. Push to Transcribe has no cloud mode, no account, and no telemetry. The audio never leaves your computer.
Yes. After a one-time model download, it works with no internet connection. The audio never leaves your computer.
Yes. Push to Transcribe needs no account, no email, and no login. You download it and start dictating. Nothing is sent to a server.
Built-in dictation (Voice Access on Windows, Apple Dictation on Mac) is a fine starting point for occasional use. Push to Transcribe is for when you dictate enough that it has to be good. It runs Whisper, including the studio-grade Large model, plus 13 industry term-packs, so it gets technical and name-heavy text right where the basic built-ins stumble. You hold one key and talk in any app, then release. The same license works on Mac and Windows, and everything stays on your device with no account. It is $29.99, once. Wispr Flow is a separate subscription on top of the built-in, at $144 a year.
No account. No card. Download and go.
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