dictation is your main job, you want it on your iPhone too, and you're happy for your voice to be processed in the cloud.
meetings matter as much as dictation, you want transcription on your own computer, or you use Linux.
| blurt. | Wispr Flow | |
|---|---|---|
| Dictation in any app | The category leaderEdge | |
| Meeting notes without a bot | The core of the productEdge | New Notetaker (Aug 2026) |
| Where your voice is processed | Your computer by defaultEdge | Wispr's cloud |
| Works offline | Edge | |
| Platforms | Mac, Windows, Linux | Mac, Windows, iOS |
| Phone | Not yet | iOS keyboardEdge |
| Search and ask across meetings | With sourcesEdge | Newer |
| Paid plan | $12/mo · $10 yearlyEdge | $15/mo · $12 yearly |
If you write code on Linux and want to dictate prompts, messages and commit notes, Blurt is currently the polished option: hold your Blurt key, talk, and clean text lands at your cursor, transcribed on your own machine.
Wispr has spent years on nothing but dictation, and it shows, from its iOS keyboard to its app-aware formatting. Blurt's dictation is fast and clean, with filler words removed and a personal dictionary, and it works offline. If dictation is 90% of what you need and you're not on Linux, Wispr is hard to beat.
Wispr launched its Notetaker in August 2026, so it's still young. Blurt's meeting features are the core of the product, including the consent helper and calendar auto-start, and your meetings and dictation share one searchable archive.
Cloud processing is part of why Wispr's formatting is so good. It also means an internet connection is required and your voice leaves your device. With Blurt, dictation and meetings work offline, and nothing is ever used to train models.
| Blurt | Wispr Flow | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Unlimited local dictation and meeting notes | Dictation with weekly limits |
| Individual | $12/mo · $120/yr | $15/mo · $144/yr |
| Pay once | Blurt Local, $99 | — |
| Linux | Included | — |
Wispr Flow prices from wisprflow.ai/pricing, checked September 26, 2026.
If you only want one subscription, choose by what fills your day: typing by voice points to Wispr Flow; meetings, privacy or Linux point to Blurt.
It's excellent at what it does.
Dictation muscle memory transfers in a day.
Copy your custom words from Wispr into Blurt's Dictionary, so names and jargon come out right from the first sentence.
Blurt uses fn on Mac by default. Set it to the same key you used in Wispr and nothing changes for your fingers.
Connect your calendar and let Blurt record your next call, with no bot, on your own computer.