# Blue Smart Dictation Keyboard — user reviews > 17 indexed App Store user reviews of Blue Smart Dictation Keyboard by Effortless Trading Inc., rated 4.77/5 from 35 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/blue-smart-dictation-keyboard/id6751820049/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/blue-smart-dictation-keyboard/id6751820049.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 8 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (4 of 17) ### 5/5 — Very productive *2026-05-14* This app is so nice. I used to have Wisper, but this one is actually much nicer because it autocorrects what you want to say. It doesn't dictate what you just said, it autocorrects what you want to say ### 5/5 — Next gen in communication *2026-05-14* Continuously improving and beating expectations ### 5/5 — I love this app *2026-02-21* This app is so useful and it’s improving week over week. ### 5/5 — Its going to be a miracle app *2026-01-23* Its a huge help for those who have limited motor skills and for those as well who want to utilize their time while driving. It is being improved day after day and I hope it would be rock solid and extremely useful app. I have given it 5 stars because I am able to do what I could not without this app even its not there yet where it should have been! Waleed ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Keeps your microphone on in the background even when you aren’t typing, major privacy issue *2026-05-21* This app makes your keep the microphone on even when you don’t have the keyboard open. My understanding is that this is how they get around apples restrictions which don’t let you use microphones in the keyboard directly, but this is a major privacy concern as the microphone is just continuously running even when you aren’t typing. **Developer response:** Hey, thanks for downloading our app and giving it a try! This is actually a configurable setting, so you could choose to have the mic close right after each dictation by tapping on the settings button on the top left-hand of your keyboard → dictation → disable dictation session immediately (rather than keeping the five-minute default). The reason we do this is for your convenience so you don't have to keep swiping back to our app to open the microphone for back-to-back dictations. In fact, our power users actually prefer to extend the default from five minutes to either one hour or twelve hours so they don't have to keep swiping back. Also, the audio from the microphone being on in the background never leaves your device and is discarded immediately. I do think this review is a bit unfair though, because we have it as a setting and the only reason we need to do it is because of Apple's restrictions on what third-party keyboards can do relative to what their own keyboard is allowed to do. ### 2/5 — Autocorrect Typing *2026-06-02* When typing, the autocorrect spelling is extremely terrible. The voice dictation was good, but it’s not feasible 100% and deleted the app because the typing experience was so bad ### 4/5 — Great but swipe *2026-06-02* The dictation on this is amazing. The only slide downside is having to do the swiping feature to actually use dictation. It’s a minor convenience at best definitely still worth using Blue dictation over regular iPhone dictation though ### 5/5 — Best dictation keyboard I’ve tried so far *2026-06-08* I can ramble, rephrasing and backtracking as I go, make grammatical errors, and give instructions without skipping a beat (like talking to a secretary) and it comes out perfectly written but without modifying the tone/core terms etc. 99% accurate to how I would have cleaned it up myself. Haven’t found any other app that strikes this balance between raw transcription and polishing it to the point of not sounding like me. ### 5/5 — This product is a godsend for me. *2026-06-06* Make sure when you start monetizing it that you keep it affordable ### 5/5 — Amazing dictation, much better than Wispr *2026-06-06* I thought it would be hard to beat other dictation apps like Wispr, but Blue is just awesome ### 5/5 — Love it! *2026-06-04* Great product! I used Wispr Flow previously on my phone but I didn’t stick with it but I’m having a different experience with Blue. Really easy to use and works smoothly. ### 5/5 — Essential part of my productivity stack *2026-06-03* I've been using Blue for a couple months and it's become an essential part of my day-to-day. It's hard to remember what life was like pre-Blue. Highly recommend to anyone who's looking to be more efficient and productive ### 5/5 — Great solution *2026-05-30* Best solution for iOS ### 5/5 — Very well thought out! *2026-05-28* I use dictation all day every day. I've been using dictation for years, and I've tried them all. This one is clearly very well thought out as it does some key things that the others don't, which I really appreciate (swipe keyboard, text replacement s, and quick verbal edits). ## Most praised reviews (3 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Outstanding App that Saves me time *2026-05-21* Outstanding App that Saves me time. . Today I conquered 30 emails and texts while dictating and walking. What freedom! The app has changed my life CEO is very reaponsive and always pushing new iterations- a true, committed entreoreneur. ### 5/5 — Very well thought out! *2026-05-17* I use dictation all day every day. I've been using dictation for years, and I've tried them all. This one is clearly very well thought out as it does some key things that the others don't, which I really appreciate (swipe keyboard, text replacement s, and quick verbal edits). ### 5/5 — Super useful app *2026-05-16* I was skeptical about using voice dictation over a regular keyboard, but after just one day of getting used to it, I’m hooked. This app is incredibly useful and well-made. If you want to speed up your typing and give your thumbs a break, it's a must-try. Absolutely worth it. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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