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How Freshflo compares
Most dictation apps turn speech into text. Here's where Freshflo is different, honestly, including where others can be ahead.
No word limit and no account. Many dictation apps cap the free plan, then charge monthly.
Run fully on your Mac, or bring your own key. Every dictation shows where it was processed.
About 10 MB in Swift, against roughly 400 MB for a typical Electron app.
| Feature | Freshflo | Most dictation apps |
|---|---|---|
| Price and privacy | ||
| Price | Free, unlimited | Word limits, then a monthly subscription |
| Account needed | No | Usually |
| Runs fully on your Mac | Yes, on-device mode | Usually cloud only |
| Shows where each dictation was processed | Yes | Rarely |
| Use your own model or API key | Yes | Rarely |
| Dictation | ||
| Removes fillers, repeats and self-corrections | Yes | Yes |
| Per-app writing style, dictionary, snippets | Yes | Yes |
| About 100 languages | Yes | Yes |
| Lists, email formatting, code words | Yes | Yes |
| Prompt mode for Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code | Yes | Sometimes |
| Live captions showing what will be fixed | Yes | Rarely |
| Indian-English grammar, ₹ with lakh and crore, Hinglish | Yes | Rarely |
| Speak one language, write another | Yes | Rarely |
| Edit your last dictation by voice without selecting it | Yes | Usually paid, needs selected text |
| Keeps failed audio for retry, offline fallback | Yes | Rarely |
| Meetings and teams | ||
| Meeting notes with who said what, no bot | Yes, free | Yes, weekly limit on Free |
| Ask questions across meetings | Yes | Yes |
| Your notes inside Claude and Cursor (MCP) | Yes | Yes |
| Shared dictionary and snippets for a team | Free, through a shared folder | Usually a paid team plan |
| Where others can be ahead today | ||
| Windows | Yes, free (meeting notes in beta) | Available |
| Android | Yes, a voice keyboard | Available |
| iPhone | Coming | Available |
| Accounts with sync across devices | iCloud Drive between Macs | Yes |
| Team admin, SSO, SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA | Not yet | Yes |
| Best accuracy with zero setup | On-device Whisper, or a free Groq key | Built in |
A general comparison with popular dictation apps for Mac, October 2026. Features vary from app to app. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
Who should pick which
Pick Freshflo if you're on a Mac and want unlimited dictation for free, care where your voice goes, speak Indian English or Hinglish, or live in Cursor, Claude and the terminal.
Look elsewhere if you need the same app on your iPhone today, or your company needs SSO and compliance paperwork.
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