COMPARISONEvery claim sourced · verified Jun 2026

Krisp vs Willow Voice: the honest comparison.

Pick Krisp if calls, noise cancellation, meeting notes, and past-meeting recall matter most. Pick Willow Voice if you want system-wide dictation across Mac, Windows, and iPhone. Ottex is our Mac/iOS option when you want dictation, meetings, files, and finished follow-up work in one place.

Ottex

Mac, iOS · Free tier · $14/mo · PAYG

Ottex is unusually broad for a young Mac/iOS-first tool: it turns dictation and meetings into emails, tickets, CRM updates, notes, and docs, but it is not the pick if you need Windows, Android, web, browser extension, or compliance paperwork.

Choose if

You want one tool for system-wide dictation, meeting recording, and finished written outcomes like follow-up emails, Linear tickets, CRM updates, PRDs, and docs
You want a real free path: unlimited local dictation, file transcription, and meetings on Mac with Whisper/Parakeet, or BYOK instead of a forced subscription
You need multilingual dictation with 100+ languages, auto-detection, mixed-language speech, personal vocabulary, and per-app output rules

Look elsewhere if

You need Windows, Android, Linux, web access, or a browser extension
You need mature team infrastructure such as a shared workspace, API/webhooks, third-party note destinations, or assistant chat over transcripts today.

Krisp

Mac, Windows, Android, Web · Limited free · $16/mo

Krisp is strongest as a noise-cancelling meeting assistant with solid notes, summaries, and compliance signals, but it is not a live dictation tool for writing across apps.

Choose if

You want bot-free meeting recording and transcription on macOS or Windows, with noise cancellation as a core part of the workflow.
You spend a lot of time in calls and want summaries, action items, speaker identification, decisions, and chat across past meetings.
You need team or enterprise controls such as SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, encryption at rest, and SSO/SCIM on Enterprise.

Look elsewhere if

You need system-wide live dictation, hotkey-triggered insertion, voice commands, snippets, or per-app writing rules.
You want a local/offline transcription setup; Krisp’s noise cancellation is on-device, but meeting recordings and notes use cloud services broadly speaking.

Willow Voice

Mac, Windows, iOS · Limited free · $12/mo

Willow Voice looks strong if you want polished, system-wide AI dictation across Mac, Windows, and iPhone, but it is not a file transcription or meeting-notes tool, and its free tier is only about 15 minutes of speech a week.

Choose if

You want system-wide dictation that inserts text into whatever field your cursor is in.
You dictate across Mac, Windows, and iPhone and care about 100+ languages, custom vocabulary, and tone/style cleanup.
You need team dictation controls like a shared dictionary, shared shortcuts, centralized billing, and a 3-seat minimum is fine.

Look elsewhere if

You need meeting recording, summaries, action items, speaker identification, or follow-up drafts.
You need audio/video file transcription, batch processing, timestamps, or speaker labels from uploaded media files.You need a genuinely usable free plan; 2,000

The evidence

What actually differs, claim by claim.

Each section opens with the takeaway. The table underneath is the receipt — every cell carries its source and the date we checked it.

Pricing

Krisp starts with a limited free plan, then $16/mo Pro and $30/seat/mo Business; it wins if you want predictable paid meeting support. Willow Voice lists $15/mo Individual and $12/seat/mo Team, but its free tier is 2,000 words/week, or about 15 minutes of dictation, so it is only a teaser. Ottex has the broadest pricing shape with free local AI, free BYOK, $0.20/hour PAYG, and $14/mo Pro, but only if Mac/iOS coverage

See the evidence — 13 claims across 3 toolsverified Jun 2026

	Ottex	Krisp	Willow Voice
Free tier	YesWhisper & Parakeet run on your Mac. Dictation and meetings, $0.	Partial60 min/day noise cancellation; 2 meetings/day to take notes; 60 min/day transcription; 10 min/day accent conversion	Partial2,000 free words per week
Subscription	$14/mo$14/mo — unlimited dictation and meeting intelligence, all hosted models included.	$16/moPro is priced at $16 monthly or $8/month billed yearly.	$12/moPricing page shows $10/month billed annually; help center says $12 per user/month with 20% off annually.
Pay-as-you-go / one-timeEscape the flat subscription	$0.2/hourHosted models at cost: dictation ~$0.2/h, meetings ~$0.5/h (~$3/mo average).	NoSubscription only	NoSubscription only
Bring your own keyPay the model provider, not the middleman	YesOpenRouter, Google AI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, and compatible providers.	NoNo bring-your-own-model-key support is published.	No public claim
Education discount	NoSame pricing for everyone.	YesStudents, teachers, faculty, and staff can apply for a 50% education discount.	No public claim

Platforms

Krisp has the widest coverage of the three with Mac, Windows, Android, and Web, so it wins when platform reach matters. Willow Voice covers Mac, Windows, and iOS, which is better than Ottex for Windows users and better than Krisp for iPhone dictation. Ottex is Mac and iOS only, so it loses platform breadth even though it combines more workflows on those devices.

See the evidence — 5 claims across 3 toolsverified Jun 2026

	Ottex	Krisp	Willow Voice
Platforms	Mac, iOS	Mac, Windows, Android, Web	Mac, Windows, iOSSome platforms in beta/waitlist
Native app footprintLight on memory, instant to invoke	YesNative Swift app, ~50MB RAM.	No public claim	PartialMac download appears native; Windows download URL references Electron builds.

Meetings & team memory

Krisp wins meeting capture among Krisp, Willow Voice, and Ottex for broad call use because it supports bot-free meeting recording, 2 meetings/day on Free, unlimited meetings on Pro, speaker identification, and chat across past meetings. Willow Voice does not do meetings at all, so it is the wrong pick for recording, summaries, action items, or speaker labels. Ottex also supports meetings and file transcription, but a

See the evidence — 18 claims across 3 toolsverified Jun 2026

	Ottex	Krisp	Willow Voice
Meeting recordingThe call is captured at all	YesWith speaker separation.	YesKrisp can record and transcribe online and in-person meetings.	NoNot supported.
Bot-free captureNo "recording bot" joins your call	YesSystem-audio capture, no bot joins the call.	YesThe desktop app can record and transcribe meetings without adding a bot to the call.	NoNot supported.
Speaker separation	Yes	YesKrisp supports speaker identification for meeting transcripts.	NoNot supported.
Calendar detection	YesCalendar-based meeting detection.	YesKrisp detects meetings from the desktop app and prompts to record or transcribe.	NoNot supported.
Cross-meeting search	Yes	YesKrisp AI Chat can answer questions across Krisp meetings.	NoNot supported.
Shared team memory	PartialPublic share links, not a full team workspace.	PartialMeeting notes can be shared, but no persistent team memory model is publicly described.	NoNot supported.

From meeting to finished work

Krisp gives meeting summaries, action items, decisions, speaker identification, and chat across past meetings, so it beats Willow Voice for meeting intelligence. Willow Voice is a dictation product, not a meeting-notes or follow-up system. Ottex is the surprise if finished work matters because it turns meetings and dictation into follow-up emails, Linear tickets, CRM updates, PRDs, and docs, but it is younger and Mac

See the evidence — 9 claims across 3 toolsverified Jun 2026

	Ottex	Krisp	Willow Voice
Decisions, owners, action itemsLeave the meeting with next steps clear	YesDecisions with owners extracted.	YesKrisp AI Chat can highlight decisions from meeting content.	NoNot supported.
Follow-up email draftedThe outcome is sent, not summarized	YesDrafted from templates or your own.	No public claim	NoNot supported.
CRM update / ticket draft	YesStructured for the target app.	No public claim	NoNot supported.
Your rough notes steer the result	YesRough notes and instructions steer the result.	No public claim	NoNot supported.

Dictation & transcription AI

Willow Voice wins the Krisp-versus-Willow dictation decision because it offers system-wide dictation, 100+ languages, custom vocabulary, and tone/style cleanup across Mac, Windows, and iOS. Krisp is not a live dictation tool, even though it has 60 min/day transcription on Free and 1,200 min/month on Pro. Ottex matches the 100+ language strength and adds local models, BYOK, personal vocabulary, mixed-language speech,

See the evidence — 12 claims across 3 toolsverified Jun 2026

	Ottex	Krisp	Willow Voice
Engines	Cloud: Whisper, Gemini 3 Flash, Voxtral. Local: Whisper, Parakeet v3.Hosted routing, BYOK, or fully local.	No public claim	cloud-based AI modelsVendor describes the recognition stack as cloud-based AI models without naming providers.
Local / on-device optionAudio never leaves the machine	YesWhisper and Parakeet v3 run fully on-device.	NoLive system-wide dictation is not a supported feature.	PartialHelp center lists offline dictation on Individual Pro, while privacy docs say cloud models are used for the main experience.
Model selection per task	YesChoose the model per task and per provider.	NoNo user-selectable speech recognition model is published for live dictation.	No public claim
Languages & mixed speechWork that crosses languages mid-sentence	Yes100+ languages · Mid-sentence language switching.	No public claim	Yes100+ languages · App Store listing says users can switch languages on the fly.
Per-app output rules	YesPer-app output rules: exact in AI chats, polished in email.	NoNot supported	PartialApp Store listing says style matching adapts tone by context; TechCrunch reports styles across app categories.

Cost

What a year actually costs at your volume.

Personal or team — switch tabs. Subscriptions are flat; usage-based pricing depends on how much you speak and meet.

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and sit in 4 h of meetings a weekhours you'd want captured and turned into follow-ups

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Fill the gaps with:

Dictation appadded to meetings-only toolsMeetings appadded to dictation-only tools

KrispPro$96/yr$96 + $0Pro is priced at $16 monthly or $8/month billed yearly. · Unlimited noise cancellation; unlimited meetings to take notes; 1200 min/month transcription; 60 min/day accent conversion

OttexOttex Provider — PAYG$135/yrHosted models at cost: dictation ~$0.2/h, meetings ~$0.5/h (~$3/mo average).

OttexPro$168/yr$14/mo — unlimited dictation and meeting intelligence, all hosted models included.

KrispBusiness$180/yr$180 + $0Business is priced at $30 per user monthly or $15/user/month billed yearly. · Unlimited noise cancellation; unlimited meetings to take notes; unlimited transcription; 60 min/day accent conversion

Willow VoiceTeam$283/yr$115 + $168Pricing page shows $10/month billed annually; help center says $12 per user/month with 20% off annually. · Unlimited words; minimum 3 seats

Willow VoiceIndividual$312/yr$144 + $168Pricing page shows $12/month billed annually; help center says $15/month with 20% off annual billing. · Unlimited words to dictate; up to 8 minutes of recording per session

Estimates, not quotes. Striped bar segments are the cost of the second app you picked above to cover the gap — rankings use that combined total. PAYG and BYOK usage are estimated at provider at-cost rates ($0.2/h dictation, $0.5/h meetings) — bring-your-own-key plans still pay the model provider per use. One-time licenses are amortized over 2 years. Subscriptions use published pricing, checked Jun 2026.

FAQ

Questions people actually ask.

Krisp vs Willow Voice: which should I pick?

Pick Krisp if your main work is calls: noise cancellation, bot-free meeting recording, summaries, action items, speaker identification, and chat across past meetings. Pick Willow Voice if you want system-wide dictation across Mac, Windows, and iPhone in 100+ languages.

Is Willow Voice free?

Willow Voice has a free tier, but it is capped at 2,000 words per week, which is about 15 minutes of speech at 130 words per minute. Treat it as a trial, not a real weekly dictation setup.

Is Krisp free?

Krisp has a limited free plan with 60 min/day noise cancellation, 2 meetings/day for notes, 60 min/day transcription, and 10 min/day accent conversion. That is much more practical than Willow Voice's 2,000 words/week free tier if meetings and call audio are your use case.

How much does Krisp cost compared with Willow Voice?

Krisp Pro is $16/mo and Business is $30/seat/mo, while Willow Voice Individual is $15/mo and Team is $12/seat/mo with a 3-seat minimum. Willow is cheaper for team dictation seats, but Krisp is buying meeting capture, transcription minutes, and noise cancellation rather than live writing.

Is Krisp safe?

Krisp is the stronger privacy and compliance pick between these two when teams need formal controls, with SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, encryption at rest, and SSO/SCIM on Enterprise. Its noise cancellation is on-device, but meeting recordings and notes use cloud services broadly speaking.

Is it worth switching from Krisp to Willow Voice?

Switch from Krisp to Willow Voice only if you are trying to write by voice across apps and no longer need meeting recording, summaries, speaker identification, or follow-up notes. Stay with Krisp if your value comes from calls, because Willow Voice does not replace those meeting workflows.

Does Krisp or Willow Voice work on Windows and Android?

Both Krisp and Willow Voice work on Windows, but only Krisp lists Android and Web support. Willow Voice adds iOS, so it is stronger for iPhone dictation but weaker for Android users.

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