ZenVoiceCompare
Your Voice
Your Choice
Where your words go. What you pay. How you work.
See how ZenVoice, Wispr Flow, Superwhisper and Speakmac compare.
On Your Mac
Your audio stays with you
Speech recognition and Kanso formatting run on your Mac. Dictate without a connection.
Our Privacy Approach →17 Models
A model for the way you speak
Choose your speech engine and formatter. Download the models you want to use.
Explore the Models →Open Results
See the evidence yourself
Public speech and formatting datasets, measured results, and the method behind them.
Read the Benchmarks →The Details, Side by Side
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| At a glance | ZenVoice | Wispr Flow | Superwhisper | Speakmac |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Privacy and Access | ||||
| Where your speech is processed | On your Mac | In the cloud | On your Mac or in the cloud | On your Mac |
| Works with no internet | Yes | No | With local models | Yes |
| Account needed | No | Yes | Not stated | No |
| Plans and Platforms | ||||
| Price | Pro $19; Lifetime $59 once (launch price, first 100) | Free plan; Pro $15/month or $144/year | Free plan; Pro $8.49/month, with yearly and lifetime options | $29 once for 1 Mac; $39 for 2 |
| Free trial | 14 days, every feature, no card | Free plan, 2,000 words/week on desktop | Free plan with unlimited Whisper models | 30 free transcriptions per Mac |
| Refund window | 30 days | Not stated | 30 days on eligible first purchases | 14 days for unresolved technical issues |
| Platforms | Mac (Windows in the works) | Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android | Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android | Mac; Windows beta linked on its site |
| Models and Workflow | ||||
| Own writing model, with a published benchmark | Kanso · public dataset and results | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Numbers, times and money written by fixed rules | Yes | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tone that follows the app | Yes | Yes | App-aware modes | Not stated |
| Choice of on-device models | 17 speech and formatting models | Not stated | Yes | Yes |
| Project file names spelled right for agents | Yes | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Review before the text lands | Yes | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Hinglish | With Whisper Turbo | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Keeps the audio if a dictation fails | Recovery Inbox | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Transcribes audio files | Yes | Not stated | Yes | Yes |
ZenVoiceCompetitors as each describes itself on its own site, checked October 28, 2026: Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, Speakmac. “Not stated” means their site doesn’t say.
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