Dictator
About the app →
MacWhisper does one thing well: turns files into text on your own machine. Dictator does that on Windows too — and then types for you, captions your calls and translates what it hears.
| MacWhisper | Dictator | |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | macOS only | Windows, macOS, Android |
| Price | Free version; Pro €59 one-time on Gumroad, or $6.99/mo — $99.99 lifetime in the App Store | Free; cloud extras from about $6/mo |
| What it is for | Transcribing files and meetings | Files plus dictation into any window and live subtitles |
| Dictation by shortcut | Limited | Yes — Ctrl+Alt+C anywhere in the system |
| Dictate with translation | No | Yes — the window receives the translated text |
| Translation of the transcript | Basic | 198 languages through AI, 45 offline |
| Photo and screen translation | No | Yes |
| Runs locally | Yes | Yes |
MacWhisper prices checked on 11 August 2026.
On a Mac, for pure file transcription, MacWhisper is focused and pleasant: batch processing, subtitle formats, a one-time price and no account. If your work is «drop in a file, get the text» and you live on macOS, it does exactly that with less around it.
Both run local Whisper-class models, so on clean speech the result is comparable; model size is a setting in either.
Yes — the transcript is broken by time and speaker and can be saved as text or subtitles.
No, the free tier works without sign-up.
Including the one that is not a Mac.
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