spellsafespellsafe vs Wispr Flow
Checked October 14, 2026
Wispr Flow is a polished, cross-platform dictation app that does its transcription in the cloud. spellsafe does the same job on your Mac, without sending your voice anywhere.
At a glance
| spellsafe | Wispr Flow | |
|---|---|---|
| Where speech is recognised | On your Mac (NVIDIA Parakeet on the Neural Engine) | In the cloud (Wispr's privacy page: “Transcription always happens in the cloud”) |
| Works offline | Yes, after a one-time model download | No |
| AI cleanup and rewrite | On your Mac (Qwen3, runs locally) | In the cloud |
| Platforms | Mac with Apple silicon, macOS 14 or later | Mac, Windows, iOS, Android |
| Languages | English | Many languages |
| Price | Not announced yet | Free up to 2,000 words a week on desktop; Pro $15/month, or $12/month billed yearly |
Where Wispr Flow is stronger
- Runs on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, so you can dictate the same way everywhere.
- Supports many languages, where spellsafe is English only today.
- Doesn't need a large model download or an Apple silicon Mac.
Where spellsafe is stronger
- Your audio and text never leave your Mac. Wispr says audio is deleted after transcription unless you turn on cloud storage, but it still has to be sent to be transcribed.
- Works on a plane, on a train, or on a locked-down network.
- No weekly word limit.
Which should you pick?
Pick Wispr Flow if you need dictation on Windows or your phone, or in languages other than English. Pick spellsafe if you work on a Mac and want dictation that never sends what you say to a server.
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.
Download for MacAbout this comparison. We make spellsafe, so we're not neutral. We checked Wispr Flow's details on its own site on October 14, 2026, and prices and features change. Wispr's pricing page also shows a second set of Growth prices, and doesn't say which languages are supported, so we've left those out. Spotted a mistake? Email hello@spellsafe.ai and we'll fix it.
Sources: Wispr Flow pricing, Wispr Flow privacy. Wispr Flow is a trademark of its owner; spellsafe isn't affiliated with it.