Wispr Flow alternative with no weekly word limit

Dictation that doesn't count your words

Wispr Flow gives 2,000 words a week on desktop before it asks for a subscription. Here the recognition runs on your own GPU, so there is no allowance to spend — and nothing to upload.

Free, no sign-up Works offline 100 languages

Side by side

	Wispr Flow	Dictator
Free plan	2,000 words a week on desktop, 1,000 on iPhone, unlimited on Android	No word counter at all — local recognition is unlimited on every platform
Where speech is recognised	On the company's servers	On your machine; cloud models are optional and paid
Paid plan	Pro $12/mo billed yearly, $15 monthly	From about $6/mo, only for cloud features
Dictation into any window	Yes	Yes — Ctrl+Alt+C anywhere in Windows
Dictate and translate in one step	No	Yes — Ctrl+Alt+E types the translation instead of the original
Live subtitles over any window	No	Yes, free and unlimited
Offline	No — the connection is required	Yes
Platforms	macOS, Windows, iOS, Android	Windows, macOS, Android

Wispr Flow limits are taken from its pricing page, checked on 11 August 2026.

Beyond dictation

Speak one language, send another

The second shortcut records and puts the translation into the box: you say it in your own language, the other side reads theirs. 198 languages through AI, 45 through offline dictionaries.

Subtitles over films and calls

Live captions float above any window with the translation underneath — free, because your computer does the recognition.

A keyboard for the phone

On Android the keyboard dictates into any app and can translate as it types.

Cleanup in one click

A raw transcript can be summarised, stripped of filler words or turned into business tone — the original stays untouched as a separate version.

When Wispr Flow is the better choice

Wispr Flow polishes text as you speak and adapts to your personal vocabulary across devices, and its iPhone app is genuinely good. If you dictate mostly from an iPhone and want that editing style, it fits better — our iOS build is still in TestFlight, and the desktop is where our strength is.

Frequent questions

How fast is local recognition?

With a GPU the text appears in a fraction of a second after you release the shortcut; on a processor it takes longer but still works.

Does it need an account?

No. The free tier works without sign-up and without a card.

What exactly is paid then?

Only what a server does for you: AI translation, cloud recognition, premium voices and OCR. Everything computed on your machine is free.