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spellsafe vs Typeless
Checked October 15, 2026
Typeless is a cross-platform AI dictation app that formats and edits your words as you speak, with the processing done in the cloud. spellsafe keeps that work on your Mac.
At a glance
| spellsafe | Typeless | |
|---|---|---|
| Where speech is recognised | On your Mac (NVIDIA Parakeet on the Neural Engine) | In the cloud (its privacy policy: on its cloud servers, and it may send audio to providers including Microsoft and Google) |
| Works offline | Yes, after a one-time model download | Not mentioned on its site |
| AI cleanup and rewrite | On your Mac (Qwen3, runs locally) | In the cloud (formatting and voice editing of selected text) |
| Platforms | Mac with Apple silicon, macOS 14 or later | Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android |
| Languages | English | 100+ languages, detected automatically |
| Price | $9/year | Pro $144/year |
Where Typeless is stronger
- Runs on Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Android.
- 100+ languages, detected automatically, including mixed-language speech.
- Speak a command to shorten, rephrase or reply to selected text.
Where spellsafe is stronger
- Your audio never leaves your Mac. Typeless says it discards audio after transcribing and that its AI providers keep nothing, but your voice still has to be sent to them.
- Works offline.
- AI cleanup and “rewrite that” run on a local model.
- $9 a year, compared with $144 a year for Typeless Pro.
Which should you pick?
Pick Typeless if you need one dictation app across every platform, or in many languages. Pick spellsafe if you'd rather your voice was never sent anywhere.
Try spellsafe
spellsafe is a menu bar app for Macs with Apple silicon. Download it, grant microphone and Accessibility access, and press ⌃⌥D to start talking.
About this comparison. We make spellsafe, so we're not neutral. We checked Typeless's details on its own site on October 15, 2026, and prices and features change. Spotted a mistake? Email hello@spellsafe.ai and we'll fix it.
Sources: Typeless pricing, Typeless privacy policy, Typeless. Typeless is a trademark of its owner; spellsafe isn't affiliated with it.