Best Dictation & Transcription Apps for Mac
Type with your voice, transcribe recordings, or take meeting notes on your Mac. Browse 11 audio and voice tools, including MacWhisper, Wispr Flow, and Orca One, plus audio controls such as FineTune. Check each app's features, pricing, and local or cloud processing options.
Audio & Voice · Free · USD/month for Unlimited; 3,000 text units/week free. $6.99
Lightweight AI dictation for Mac that sounds like you
Audio & Voice · Free
Free Mac app that plays Spotify, Apple Music and Now Playing as a record: the needle drops, the surface crackles, the music gets the warmth.
Audio & Voice · $49 · one-time (Free trial: the first 10 recordings and 3 chord MIDI exports)
Record anything your Mac plays, with its key, tempo and chords.
Audio & Voice · $5 · one-time (Free trial for 7 days)
TuningMac is a menu bar app that gives your Mac a real system-wide equalizer, plus the audio controls macOS has always been missing.
Audio & Voice · Free & open source
On-device speech to text for your Mac
Audio & Voice · $29.99 · one-time (Free trial; $29.99 launch price, $59.99 regular one-time price.)
Private AI dictation and meeting notes for Mac, running on your device.
Audio & Voice · Free · Pro, one-time $59
Drag in audio or video and get an accurate, speaker-labelled transcript — running OpenAI's Whisper models entirely on your Mac.
Audio & Voice · Free · Pro $12
Speak instead of type — Flow turns rambling speech into clean, formatted text in any app, learns your vocabulary, and doubles as an AI meeting notetaker.
Audio & Voice · Free & open source
A free, open-source SoundSource alternative — per-app volume, multi-device output, and a 10-band EQ, all from the menu bar.
Audio & Voice · Free & open source
Word-synced lyrics for whatever's playing on your Mac: on the desktop, in the menu bar, by the notch or in a full window.
Audio & Voice · $14.99 · one-time (Lifetime in-app purchase after a seven-day full trial; no subscription.)
Boost Mac bass and pause compatible browser music for dictation, with native controls and 21 visual skins.
