ZenVoiceMonologue alternative
A Monologue alternative that stays on your Mac.
Monologue, from Every, dictates through cloud AI providers and offers local transcription on the Mac. ZenVoice runs everything locally and costs one payment.
Free for 14 days, no card
ZenVoice and Monologue, side by side.
- Where your speech is processed
- ZenVoiceOn your Mac
- MonologueIn the cloud, with local transcription on Mac
- Works with no internet
- ZenVoiceYes
- MonologueOn Mac, with local models
- Account needed
- ZenVoiceNo
- MonologueYes
- Price
- ZenVoice$14.99 once for 2 Macs (launch price, first 100), then $39.99
- MonologueFree for 1,000 words; Pro $15 a month or $144 a year
- Free trial
- ZenVoice14 days, every feature, no card
- MonologueFree plan, 1,000 words
- Refund window
- ZenVoice30 days
- MonologueNot stated
- Platforms
- ZenVoiceMac (Apple silicon or Intel, macOS 15 or later); Windows in the works
- MonologueMac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
- Languages
- ZenVoice99 with Whisper, 25 with Parakeet V3, plus Hinglish
- Monologue100+
Monologue facts are from monologue.to, checked October 2, 2026. “Not stated” means their site doesn’t say. Spot something out of date? Tell us.
Pick ZenVoice if
- Cleanup and formatting on your Mac, not through a cloud provider.
- No account and no subscription.
- Runs on Intel Macs too.
Pick Monologue if
- You want it on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch too.
- You want meeting recording, or an API and MCP for your agents.
Common questions.
Does ZenVoice work with coding agents?
Yes. In Claude Code, Cursor and Codex, ZenVoice writes clean prompts and spells your project's file names the way they are on disk.
Does ZenVoice need an account?
No.
Is ZenVoice on iPhone?
No. It's for the Mac, with Windows in the works.
Try it free. Then pay once.
Pro
Everything ZenVoice does today, on two Macs, with a year of new features.
Upgrade to Lifetime any time for the difference: $25.00 at launch prices.
- 2 Macs
- All 14 models and every language
- Runs offline. Nothing leaves your Mac
- 1 year of new features and new models
- Bug fixes, UI fixes and macOS compatibility forever
Or try it free for 14 days · 30-day refund
Lifetime
RecommendedEvery update we ever ship, including new features and new models.
Every update we ever ship, for one payment.
- 2 Macs
- All 14 models and every language
- Runs offline. Nothing leaves your Mac
- Every new feature and new model, forever
- Bug fixes, UI fixes and macOS compatibility forever
Or try it free for 14 days · 30-day refund