Ottex
Mac, iOS
Choose if
You want dictated emails to follow your saved writing instructions.
Look elsewhere if
You need voice dictation on a Windows computer.
ComparisonEvery claim sourced · verified Oct 2026
Superwhisper vs Willow Voice: the honest comparison.
Three tools. Different strengths. Find your fit.
Ottex
Superwhisper
Willow VoiceAll comparisons
FAQ
At a glance
Which one fits your work?
Each tool takes a different approach. Here’s a quick side-by-side to help you choose based on your workflow, platforms, and goals.
Superwhisper
Mac, Windows, iOS, Android
Choose if
You want saved writing instructions applied automatically during dictation.
Look elsewhere if
You need fully local AI cleanup with custom instructions.
Willow Voice
Mac, Windows, iOS
Choose if
You want unlimited everyday dictation without a subscription.
Look elsewhere if
You need custom writing instructions applied automatically after dictation.
The evidence
Pricing
Willow Voice has free dictation and $15/month unlimited Scribe; Superwhisper Pro costs $84.99/year. Ottex Pro costs $168/year, with free app access via local models or your own API key (BYOK); BYOK provider charges remain.
See the evidence — 14 claims across 3 toolsverified Oct 2026Show tableHide table
| Feature | Ottex | Superwhisper | Willow Voice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier | YesSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026Forever free with local models and BYOK providers. | PartialSource: superwhisper.com/docs — checked Oct 2026Up to 2 (no AI processing) | PartialSource: willowvoice.com/pricing — checked Oct 202620 Scribe uses per week |
| Subscription | $14/moSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026$14/mo — unlimited dictation and meeting intelligence, all hosted models included. | $8.49/moSource: superwhisper.com/docs — checked Oct 2026Cloud inference is included, local transcription and optional BYOK are available, and meeting summaries do not require BYOK. | $15/moSource: willowvoice.com/pricing — checked Oct 2026Includes Frontier Pro dictation; annual billing is advertised at $12/user/month without a published annual total. |
| One-time payment | Not applicableSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026Application is free | $249.99 one-timeSource: superwhisper.com/docs — checked Oct 2026The same Pro features are licensed for the product's lifetime, subject to the service terms. | Not applicableSource: willowvoice.com/pricing — checked Oct 2026Application is free |
| Bring your own keyPay the model provider, not the middleman | YesSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026OpenRouter, Google AI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, and compatible providers. | PartialSource: superwhisper.com/docs — checked Oct 2026Pro supports user-supplied provider API keys. | No public claim |
| Education discount | NoSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026Same pricing for everyone. | YesSource: superwhisper.com/docs — checked Oct 2026Verified students, faculty and academic institutions receive 40% off monthly, annual and lifetime website purchases after verification; discounted USD prices are not published. | YesSource: help.willowvoice.com/en — checked Oct 2026Verified students and educators can request 30% off Willow Pro with proof of affiliation; discounted monthly and annual dollar prices and billing applicability are not published. |
The evidence
Platforms
On Windows, choose Superwhisper or Willow Voice; Ottex supports Mac and iOS. Superwhisper also supports Android, which Willow Voice and Ottex do not list.
See the evidence — 5 claims across 3 toolsverified Oct 2026Show tableHide table
| Feature | Ottex | Superwhisper | Willow Voice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Mac, iOSSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026 | Mac, Windows, iOS, AndroidSource: superwhisper.com/changelog — checked Oct 2026 | Mac, Windows, iOSSource: help.willowvoice.com/en — checked Oct 2026Some platforms in beta/waitlist |
| Native app footprintLight on memory, instant to invoke | YesSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026Native Swift app, ~50MB RAM. | No public claim | PartialSource: willowvoice.com/blog — checked Oct 2026The vendor explicitly identifies Windows as native; implementation details for the other applications are unverified. |
The evidence
Meetings & team memory
Superwhisper and Ottex record meetings without bots; Willow Voice meeting recording is unverified. Ottex has an experimental, opt-in macOS camera recording watermark; recording notices in meeting chat or calendar are unverified for all three.
See the evidence — 12 claims across 3 toolsverified Oct 2026Show tableHide table
| Feature | Ottex | Superwhisper | Willow Voice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting recordingThe call is captured at all | YesSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026With speaker separation. | YesSource: superwhisper.com/docs — checked Oct 2026Desktop Pro modes capture live meetings through system-audio recording. | No public claim |
| Bot-free captureNo "recording bot" joins your call | YesSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026System-audio capture, no bot joins the call. | YesSource: superwhisper.com/meeting-transcription — checked Oct 2026Meeting audio is recorded from the user's device without a bot joining the call. | No public claim |
| Camera recording watermarkShow recording in your camera video | PartialExperimental macOS virtual camera adds an Ottex icon to video; install/enable the extension, select it and turn video on. Guide covers Meet in Chrome and Zoom desktop; effects may obscure it. | No public claim | No public claim |
| Participant noticesRecording notices in chat or calendar | No public claim | No public claim | No public claim |
| Speaker separation | YesSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026 | PartialSource: superwhisper.com/docs — checked Oct 2026Pro separates speakers into editable labels, with labels omitted from standard AI summaries. | No public claim |
| Calendar detection | YesSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026Calendar-based meeting detection. | No public claim | PartialSource: willowvoice.com/privacy-policy — checked Oct 2026The privacy policy describes optional read-only Google Calendar linking for meeting notifications and session association, but platform and rollout details are unverified. |
| Cross-meeting search | YesSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026 | PartialSource: superwhisper.com/docs — checked Oct 2026The macOS CLI searches across stored transcriptions, including captured meeting transcripts. | No public claim |
| Shared team memory | PartialSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026Public share links, not a full team workspace. | No public claim | No public claim |
The evidence
From meeting to finished work
Superwhisper produces meeting minutes, while Willow Voice meeting summaries are unverified. Ottex summarizes meetings and drafts follow-up emails, CRM updates and tickets when you need deliverables from the discussion.
See the evidence — 7 claims across 3 toolsverified Oct 2026Show tableHide table
| Feature | Ottex | Superwhisper | Willow Voice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting template libraryTurn a transcript into a structured document | YesSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026Choose a ready-made document template to extract relevant information from a meeting transcript into a structured document, such as a product review or client-call report. | No public claim | No public claim |
| Transcript chat prompt libraryReady-made prompts for AI chat about meetings | YesSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026Use ready-made reusable prompts in AI chat to ask questions, analyze discussions and extract information from meeting transcripts. | No public claim | No public claim |
| Decisions, owners, action itemsLeave the meeting with next steps clear | YesSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026Decisions with owners extracted. | YesSource: superwhisper.com/docs — checked Oct 2026Meeting Mode organizes action items alongside attendees and discussion points. | No public claim |
| Follow-up email draftedThe outcome is sent, not summarized | YesSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026Drafted from templates or your own. | No public claim | No public claim |
| CRM update / ticket draft | YesSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026Structured for the target app. | No public claim | No public claim |
| Your rough notes steer the result | YesSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026Rough notes and instructions steer the result. | No public claim | No public claim |
The evidence
Dictation & transcription AI
Superwhisper Pro, Willow Voice and Ottex format dictation and support dictionaries and voice snippets. Superwhisper Custom modes and Ottex automatically apply saved writing rules; Willow Voice offers tone presets.
See the evidence — 31 claims across 3 toolsverified Oct 2026Show tableHide table
| Feature | Ottex | Superwhisper | Willow Voice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engines | Cloud: Whisper, Gemini 3 Flash, Voxtral. Local: Whisper, Parakeet v3.Source: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026Hosted routing, BYOK, or fully local. | Whisper, Nvidia Parakeet, Cohere Transcribe, Superwhisper S1-Voice, Deepgram Nova, ElevenLabs ScribeSource: superwhisper.com/docs — checked Oct 2026The model library includes local and cloud recognition engines. | Frontier Mini, Frontier ProSource: willowvoice.com/pricing — checked Oct 2026These are the published dictation model names; underlying recognition providers are unspecified. |
| Local / on-device optionAudio never leaves the machine | YesSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026Whisper and Parakeet v3 run fully on-device. | YesSource: superwhisper.com/docs — checked Oct 2026Whisper, Parakeet and Cohere recognition models run on-device, subject to hardware support. | PartialSource: willowvoice.com/blog — checked Oct 2026Optional offline dictation is documented for Mac and iOS; Windows offline support is unverified. |
| Model selection per task | YesSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026Choose the model per task and per provider. | YesSource: superwhisper.com/docs — checked Oct 2026Each mode has selectable voice and optional language models. | No public claim |
| Languages & mixed speechWork that crosses languages mid-sentence | YesSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026100+ languages · Mid-sentence language switching. | PartialSource: superwhisper.com/docs — checked Oct 2026100+ languages · Mixed-language dictation uses Automatic detection and may need vocabulary hints or instructions to preserve the input languages. | YesSource: help.willowvoice.com/en — checked Oct 2026Automatic detection supports switching languages during dictation. |
| Automatic formatting | YesSource: ottex.ai/docs — checked Oct 2026Dictation automatically fixes punctuation, groups ideas into paragraphs and formats enumerations as lists. Formatting toggles and profile rules customize output. | PartialSource: superwhisper.com/docs — checked Oct 2026Pro AI modes add punctuation, paragraphs and lists, while custom modes can define additional formatting rules. | YesSource: help.willowvoice.com/en — checked Oct 2026Automatically adds punctuation, paragraph breaks and lists, with optional spoken formatting commands. |
| Custom dictionary | YesSource: ottex.ai/docs — checked Oct 2026Add or delete names and specialist terms with preferred spellings; entries provide recognition context during transcription. | YesSource: superwhisper.com/docs — checked Oct 2026Editable vocabulary supplies recognition hints for names, acronyms and specialist terms. | YesSource: help.willowvoice.com/en — checked Oct 2026Users can add, edit and delete dictionary terms for recognition during dictation. |
| Voice snippetsSay a saved phrase to insert a link or text | YesSource: ottex.ai/docs — checked Oct 2026Save a voice trigger and expansion text; saying the trigger while dictating inserts the saved URL or text in place. | YesSource: superwhisper.com/docs — checked Oct 2026Saved replacements expand spoken phrases such as a work-email trigger into the configured text. | YesSource: help.willowvoice.com/en — checked Oct 2026Saying a saved shortcut phrase followed by “shortcut” inserts its stored text. |
| Custom voice instructionsFree-form rules applied after dictation | YesSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026Saved profile instructions automatically process dictation before insertion; rules can include writing examples, personal phrasing and email signatures. | PartialSource: superwhisper.com/docs — checked Oct 2026Pro Custom modes automatically apply saved user-written instructions to every dictation in that mode; S1-mini cannot run Custom modes. | No public claim |
| Tone presetsChoose a predefined writing style | YesSelect built-in Messaging or Email profiles for casual or professional dictation; assigning apps or websites enables automatic profile activation. | PartialSource: superwhisper.com/blog — checked Oct 2026Pro tone controls offer casual through formal settings, including five documented S1-mini preferences. | YesSource: help.willowvoice.com/en — checked Oct 2026Selectable presets include Default, Casual Friendly, Excited and Hypercasual for supported writing contexts. |
| Text transforms / AI ShortcutsApply an AI action to existing text | YesSource: ottex.ai/docs — checked Oct 2026Select or copy existing text, open Omnibar and run an AI Shortcut to rewrite, translate, summarize or apply a custom prompt; the result is copied/pasted. | PartialSource: superwhisper.com/docs — checked Oct 2026Pro Super Mode formats selected text through spoken commands, and Custom modes process selected or copied text with user-defined instructions. | YesSource: help.willowvoice.com/en — checked Oct 2026Scribe rewrites selected text in place using spoken instructions for tone, translation, shortening and restructuring. |
| Per-app output rules | YesSource: ottex.ai — checked Oct 2026Per-app output rules: exact in AI chats, polished in email. | YesSource: superwhisper.com/docs — checked Oct 2026Modes can activate automatically for selected applications and websites. | YesSource: help.willowvoice.com/en — checked Oct 2026Users choose presets for messaging, work messaging, email and note-taking contexts that apply automatically. |
Questions people actually ask.
Superwhisper vs Willow Voice: which should I choose?
Choose Willow Voice for unlimited free dictation; choose Superwhisper Pro for saved instructions automatically applied to dictation or Android support. Ottex also applies saved rules and writing examples on Mac and iOS, but lacks Windows support.
Is Superwhisper or Willow Voice free?
Willow Voice offers unlimited free dictation and 20 Scribe uses/week; Superwhisper has limited free access without AI processing and a separate free file tool capped at 10 minutes per file. Ottex offers free app access with local models or your own API key; providers can charge for API usage.
How much do Superwhisper and Willow Voice cost?
Superwhisper Pro costs $8.49/month or $84.99/year, with a $249.99 lifetime license; Willow Voice Pro costs $15/month, while an annual price is unverified. Ottex Pro costs $14/month or $168/year; local models and BYOK offer free app access, with provider charges for BYOK.
Is Superwhisper or Willow Voice safe for private dictation?
Choose local processing for privacy: Superwhisper and Ottex run recognition on-device, while Willow Voice offers offline dictation on Mac and iOS. Cloud audio destinations and retention are unverified for all three; Superwhisper fully local cleanup is limited to English Message/Mail modes.
Is it worth switching from Superwhisper to Willow Voice?
Stay with Superwhisper for automatic saved writing rules; switch to Willow Voice for unlimited free dictation, though automatic custom rules are unverified. Ottex supports automatic rules too; all three can transform existing text, which is a separate workflow.
Does Superwhisper or Willow Voice work on Windows or Android?
Superwhisper supports Windows and Android; Willow Voice supports Windows but does not list Android. Ottex supports Mac and iOS, with neither Windows nor Android support.
Does Superwhisper or Willow Voice work offline?
Yes: Superwhisper offers on-device recognition, and Willow Voice documents offline dictation on Mac and iOS, with Windows offline support unverified. Ottex runs Whisper and Parakeet v3 on-device; Superwhisper fully local cleanup is limited to English Message/Mail modes.