Wispr Flow alternative for Mac
Glide vs Wispr Flow
Both let you hold Fn and talk instead of type, in any app on your Mac. Here is how they differ on price, privacy and what else they can do.
Wispr Flow facts checked October 18, 2026 on Wispr Flow's own website. Plans and features change, so check theirs before you decide.
The short answer
Choose Glide if you dictate on a Mac and want it free with no word limit, with your speech turned into text on your Mac instead of in the cloud, and an assistant in the same app that can see your screen and answer out loud.
Choose Wispr Flow if you also dictate on Windows, iPhone or Android, need more than 25 languages, or your company requires SOC 2, ISO 27001 or HIPAA paperwork.
Side by side
| Glide | Wispr Flow | |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Mac (macOS 14 or later) | Mac (macOS 12 or later), Windows, iPhone, Android |
| Free dictation | Free and unlimited on every plan | 2,000 words a week on desktop, 1,000 on mobile |
| Paid plans | Dictation is never a paid feature | Pro $15 a month ($12 billed yearly), Growth $23 a month ($18 yearly), Enterprise custom |
| Where your speech is processed | Dictation: on your Mac. Assistant: sent to AI providers to answer, and not stored on Glide’s servers | In the cloud, on Wispr’s own speech model |
| Start dictating | Hold Fn | Hold Fn, or Fn + Space for hands-free |
| Languages | 25 European languages | 100+ |
| Cleanup | Removes filler words, fixes punctuation and casing, tidies grammar on Macs with Apple Intelligence | Removes filler words, adds punctuation and formatting, writing styles per app type (English only) |
| Personal dictionary and snippets | Not yet | Yes |
| Meeting notes | No | Yes, Notetaker |
| Assistant that sees your screen and answers out loud | Yes | No |
| Points at things on screen, step by step | Yes | No |
| Does tasks in other apps | Yes: Calendar, Notes, Reminders and 12 connected apps, and it asks before anything is sent | No |
Where Glide is different
- No word count. Dictation is free and unlimited on every Glide plan. Wispr Flow’s free plan stops at 2,000 words a week on a Mac, and unlimited dictation starts at $12 a month billed yearly.
- Your voice stays on your Mac. Glide turns speech into text with a speech model that runs on your Mac. Wispr Flow says its transcription always happens in the cloud.
- More than dictation. Hold Control and Option, ask about what is on your screen, and Glide answers out loud and points at what it means. Hand it a task and it finishes it in the background.
Where Wispr Flow is stronger
- It goes where you type: Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android on one account. Glide is Mac only.
- More languages: 100+, against Glide’s 25 European languages.
- Writing extras: a personal dictionary that learns names and jargon, text snippets, per-app writing styles and a meeting notetaker.
- Compliance: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and HIPAA with a signed agreement, which many company IT teams ask for.
Switching from Wispr Flow
Glide uses the same gesture, so there is nothing new to learn: hold Fn, speak, let go, and the text lands where your cursor is. Two things to know:
- If macOS has Fn set to show emoji or start Apple’s dictation, set Press fn key to to Do Nothing in Keyboard settings. Glide shows you where.
- On first launch Glide downloads its speech model, about 460 MB, so dictation can run on your Mac.