# Hovor: Voice to Text — Dictation that just works

> Dictation that just works (iPhone/iPad app by Kyrylo Holovchenko.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hovor-voice-to-text/id6760344624 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Kyrylo Holovchenko](https://appshunter.io/developer/1877663141)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 41 MB
- Languages: American English, Ukrainian
- Released: 2026-04-30
- Data updated: 2026-07-22
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hovor-voice-to-text/id6760344624/reviews.md

## What is Hovor?

Speak instead of typing. Hovor turns your voice into clean, formatted text in seconds — in any app on iPhone and iPad.

— THE HOVOR KEYBOARD
Dictate in Messages, Notes, Gmail, Slack, Telegram, ChatGPT, Safari — anywhere the system keyboard works. No app-switching: tap Start Hovor, speak, watch the text land in the field. Ukrainian and English layouts ready at the same time — switch UK ⇄ EN right inside the keyboard.

— THE KEYBOARD LEARNS WITH YOU
As you type with the Hovor keyboard, the app silently captures your vocabulary — names, slang, brands, technical terms — and surfaces them under "Learned from keyboard" with a language tag (UK/EN). Your recognition model starts catching your words without any setup.

— SMART REPLACEMENTS WITH FUZZY MATCHING
Build your own rules: "open ai → OpenAI", "btw → by the way", "color|colour|kolor → color". Hovor catches near-misses too — Sensitivity slider from "Stricter" to "Wider". Fix typos, enforce canonical spelling, preserve brand casing. Flip on "Exact match only" for any rule to pin names and precise terms so they never trigger on near-misses. Your voice always comes out the way you want it.

— PICK THE MODEL THAT FITS YOUR TASK
• Hovor Cloud — fastest, Pro-included
• Parakeet — on-device, audio never leaves the phone (NVIDIA, ~4 GB RAM)
• Whisper — on-device, iPhone 13 Pro and newer
• BYOK — connect your own OpenAI, Anthropic, Deepgram, ElevenLabs or any OpenAI-compatible URL key and pay the provider directly

If BYOK fails, automatic fallback to Hovor — you never lose a dictation.

— WORKFLOWS: STT × TONE × TRANSLATE
Save pipelines per task: "Email professional", "Slack casual", "Coding". Long-press the Hovor pill — override the tone for one dictation only.

— MEETINGS WITH SPEAKER LABELS
Record any meeting and Hovor automatically detects and labels each speaker. Read a clean per-speaker transcript, rename people, and copy the whole conversation or just one person's lines — all stored on-device.

— VOICE FINGERPRINT
Enroll your voice once and Hovor ignores everyone else — useful in shared or noisy rooms. Fully on-device and opt-in.

— LIVE ACTIVITY & DYNAMIC ISLAND
Watch your live word count on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and stop a session without opening the app.

— SNIPPETS, DICTIONARY, HISTORY
Reusable phrases — signature, address, PIN, canned reply — one voice command in any field. Private data is marked "local-only" and never leaves the device. Every dictation is saved on-device with search, edit, and export.

— SILENCE & NOISE FILTER
Voice Activity Filter trims silence and background noise before transcription. Tune sensitivity if quiet or whispered speech is being cut.

— STATS & GAMIFICATION
Words per minute, best WPM, day streaks, weekly challenges, activity heatmap. Watch your speed grow over time.

— PRIVACY BY DEFAULT
Audio is processed and immediately discarded on our servers. Nothing retained. BYOK keys live only in this device's iOS Keychain — never synced to iCloud, never sent to Hovor. On-device mode keeps audio fully off the network.

— ONE ACCOUNT, UP TO 5 DEVICES
Pro syncs dictionary, snippets, workflows, stats, and the keyboard vocabulary across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Windows.

— PRICING
Free: 2,000 words/week, 20 replacements, 20 snippets, 3 workflows, 30+ languages
Pro: $11.99/mo or $89.99/yr — unlimited server dictation, translate, full sync
One-time (lifetime):
• BYOK Unlock — bring your own AI provider keys
• Local Unlock — unlimited offline dictation
• Local + BYOK Bundle — both at a lower price

Family Sharing supported for every one-time purchase.

Hovor — for everyone who speaks faster than they type. Try it once and you won't go back to the keyboard.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hovor Pro Monthly | $11.99 | per month |
| Hovor Pro Yearly | $89.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| BYOK Unlock | $24.99 | one-time |
| Local Unlock | $49.99 | one-time |
| Local + BYOK Bundle | $69.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.5.0 — 2026-07-21

• Meetings: record any conversation and Hovor automatically labels each speaker. Copy the whole transcript or just one person's lines, and rename or manage meetings from the list.
• Dictionary: new per-entry "Exact match only" toggle — switch off fuzzy matching for names and precise terms so they never fire on near-misses.
• Voice Fingerprint: enroll your voice so Hovor ignores everyone else, with more reliable enrollment and detection.
• Quick Access: a new Settings screen shows how to put dictation on the Action Button and start it from Shortcuts or Siri.
• Faster fuzzy matching on large dictionaries, smoother multi-speaker detection, and an iOS 26 stability fix.

### 2.4.3 — 2026-07-09

• More accurate offline dictation: cleaner text at the edges of long recordings, smarter language fallback, and correct brand names
• New return-to-app picker: choose which app Hovor switches back to after dictating
• Keyboard fixes: command keys no longer steal adjacent letter taps, and the key layout stays stable

### 2.4.2 — 2026-07-07

Fixed an issue that could prevent on-device 30-second dictation from starting on some devices. The on-device model size shown now matches the actual download size.

### 2.4.1 — 2026-07-04

Faster local model downloads with live progress and automatic retry. On-device translation now runs locally instead of silently falling back to the server. Fixed word-usage counter after weekly reset, plus macOS paste stability improvements.

### 2.4.0 — 2026-07-01

• Meetings: record any conversation and Hovor automatically labels each speaker. Copy the whole transcript or just one person's lines, and rename or manage meetings from the list.
• Dictionary: new per-entry "Exact match only" toggle — switch off fuzzy matching for names and precise terms so they never fire on near-misses.
• Voice Fingerprint: enroll your voice so Hovor ignores everyone else, with more reliable enrollment and detection.
• Faster fuzzy matching on large dictionaries, smoother multi-speaker detection, and an iOS 26 stability fix.

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