Superwhisper vs Wispr Flow
Both do the same job well: you speak, text appears in whatever app you are using. The real decision is where the recognition happens — on your machine or on somebody’s server — and everything else follows from that.
The short answer
Choose Superwhisper if you want the audio never to leave your own machine. It runs the model locally, so there is no server to trust and no network to depend on, and you can pick and swap the model yourself. On current Apple Silicon with a small model it is genuinely fast.
Choose Wispr Flow if you want it to be consistently quick without thinking about it. The recognition runs on their servers, so an older or busier machine transcribes as fast as a new idle one, and your own hardware is not the thing doing the work.
The trade is real in both directions and neither side is obviously right. Local costs you speed on modest hardware and battery on a laptop. Cloud costs you the guarantee that the audio stayed with you. Anyone who tells you one of these is simply better is selling one of them.
Side by side
| Superwhisper | Wispr Flow | |
|---|---|---|
| Where the work happens | On your machine, or in their cloud | On their servers |
| Audio leaves your machine | Only with a cloud model | Yes |
| Works offline | Yes | No |
| Speed on older hardware | Depends on the chip | Consistent |
| Power drawn while dictating | On your machine when it runs a local model | On their servers, not your machine |
| Choose your own model | Yes | No |
| Price in Germany | ≈ €9 / month · ≈ €7 on the annual plan · ≈ €257 lifetime$8.49/mo, $84.99/yr ($7.08/mo), or $249.99 once | ≈ €15 / month · ≈ €12 on the annual plan$15/mo, $12/mo billed annually ($144/yr) |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows and iOS — no Linux | Windows, macOS, iOS and Android |
| Linux support | Not supported | Not supported |
Each price is what a buyer in Germany pays: the vendor’s list price plus VAT, converted at the ECB reference rate of 1.1593 USD/EUR on 2026-08-17. The list price sits under it as the evidence. The rest of the table is our reading of the two products, not either vendor’s claim about itself. Prices change; the comparison hub names the source and the month each figure was last checked.
The question that decides it
Neither runs on Linux, and that is the honest thing this page has to say about it. If the answer matters to you, the choice is between your own hardware and somebody else’s — not between these two.
If neither fits: a third shape
Full disclosure — we make VibeVoice, so weigh this accordingly. Notice what both rows at the bottom of that table say. Superwhisper has no Linux client and Wispr Flow does not support Linux either, so this entire comparison is unavailable to anyone on a Linux desktop.
- Native clients for Windows, macOS and Linux
- Cloud recognition, so a five-year-old laptop keeps up with a new one
- Audio deleted as soon as the transcript exists or the attempt fails, never used for training
- €3 a month, with 30 minutes free to try it
It is not for you if local-only processing is the requirement. We are cloud, like Wispr Flow, and if the audio must never leave your machine then Superwhisper is the correct choice and we would rather you bought it.
Common questions
Is local transcription more accurate than cloud?+
Not inherently — accuracy comes from the model, not from where it runs. What local costs you is speed on modest hardware, because a large model needs a fast chip. What cloud costs you is that the audio leaves your machine. Pick the constraint you care about.
Does Superwhisper work on Windows?+
Yes — superwhisper.com offers a Windows build alongside the Mac app and an iOS companion. Wispr Flow covers Windows, macOS, iOS and Android. Neither supports Linux.
Which is better for battery life?+
We have not measured it, so here is the mechanism instead. Superwhisper runs its model on your own machine, so the work is there and so is the heat it makes. With Wispr Flow the recognition runs on their servers and your machine sends audio. How that lands on your battery depends on your hardware and on how much of the day you dictate.
Is cloud dictation a privacy problem?+
It depends entirely on what the provider does with the audio, which is a question worth asking each of them directly — how long it is kept, whether it trains models, and where the servers are. Local processing sidesteps the question rather than answering it, which for some work is exactly what you want.
Can I switch models with Wispr Flow?+
No. Superwhisper lets you choose and swap the underlying model; Wispr Flow does not expose that. If tuning the model matters to you, that is a point for Superwhisper.
Last updated . Competitor figures checked August 2026: prices, platforms, and each vendor’s own description of when its text is finished, which is their account rather than our measurement. All of it changes, so check theirs before buying.