Mac voice apps, side by side
How Glide compares
Glide is a voice-first assistant for Mac with free dictation built in. These pages put it next to the apps people most often weigh it against, with each competitor's facts taken from its own website and dated, including where they do better.
Two kinds of app
Dictation apps such as Wispr Flow, Superwhisper and Willow turn your voice into text wherever you type. Lemon turns speech into prompts and messages for AI tools. Glide does more than type: hold Fn to dictate, or hold Control and Option to ask the assistant about what is on your screen, hear the answer out loud and hand it tasks.