Dicta vs superwhisper

The short version

superwhisper is a genuinely capable Mac dictation app, and to its credit it offers real offline transcription on Apple Silicon. The difference is what happens after transcription: superwhisper’s AI formatting and rewriting features are built around cloud AI models (its own hosted models, or your own OpenAI/Anthropic-style API key for Pro users). Dicta runs the rewrite step on-device too, using Apple’s on-device Foundation Models or a local Qwen3-4B model, so nothing leaves your Mac at any stage of the pipeline.

Fact table

	Dicta	superwhisper
Speech-to-text	On-device	Can run on-device on Apple Silicon
AI rewrite / formatting	On-device (Apple Foundation Models or local Qwen3-4B)	Cloud AI models, or your own cloud API key
Works with no internet connection	Yes, the full pipeline	Transcription only; AI formatting needs a connection
Account required	No account needed to use the app	Account for cloud/Pro features
Word or usage limits	None, any tier	Free tier is limited; unlimited on paid cloud tiers

Sources

Feature and pricing details for superwhisper are drawn from superwhisper.com as published at the time this page was written, and are re-checked when we update this comparison. If something above is out of date, tell us at [email protected] and we’ll fix it.

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