VivaDicta vs SpeechBee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VivaDicta
Transform spoken words into polished text instantly across all your apps. Utilize powerful AI presets for rewriting, styling, summarizing, and translating, with all processing done on-device for maximum privacy. Enjoy a completely free experience with no subscriptions or ads.
- Voice dictation to text
- Universal keyboard for all apps
- 40+ AI presets for text processing
- On-device transcription for privacy
- Cloud AI integration (optional)
- iCloud sync across iPhone and Mac
- Customizable AI providers and models
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Dictate Anywhere You Type Type 4x faster with your voice. Just speak, and AI turns your words into polished, ready-to-send text. Completely free. WORKS EVERYWHERE YOU TYPE One keyboard for all your apps. Dictate into Messages, WhatsApp, Email, Notion, or anywhere else - no app switching required. Your voice becomes text instantly. Swipe to switch between modes right from the keyboard. AI THAT PROCESSES YOUR SPEECH Raw transcriptions become polished text automatically. AI removes filler words, fixes punctuation, and formats everything perfectly. Use your clipboard or selected text as additional context. RUN AI ON YOUR DEVICE Process your text with AI that runs entirely on your device. VivaDicta recommends Apple Foundation Model on devices that support Apple Intelligence. If yours doesn't, including many devices on iOS 18, you can use other on-device AI models, fully offline. No API key, no internet, nothing leaving your device. KEYBOARD AI PROCESSING Select text or place your cursor, then pick an AI preset - translate, rewrite, summarize, and more. Works in any app, right from the keyboard. COMPLETELY FREE, NO EXCEPTIONS No subscriptions, no paywalls, no limits. On-device AI, custom keyboard, unlimited transcriptions - all free. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your voice can stay on your iPhone: - Transcription can run entirely on your device - AI processing can run on-device with Apple Foundation Model or a downloadable model - No analytics or tracking SDKs - No accounts or sign-ups required - Works in airplane mode Cloud AI is optional and always under your control. AI PRESETS 40+ built-in presets - rewrite, summarize, translate, and more. Create custom presets and mark favorites for quick access. SPEAKER LABELS Speaker-separated transcripts for meetings, interviews, and group chats - clear who said what. VIVA MODES Switch between AI-powered modes, each with its own AI settings. With Soniox, Gladia, or Speechmatics, transcripts can come back already translated. LIVE TRANSLATION Speak in one language and hear it back in another, in real time. Pick source and target, play it through your headphones, and adjust playback speed. 60+ languages, any-to-any. CHAT WITH YOUR NOTES Ask questions about one note, many, or across your entire library. Surface insights, action items, and key points. SMART AI SEARCH Find notes by meaning, not just keywords. Ask "what did I say about the pricing idea?" Fully on-device. REMINDERS AND EVENTS Turn notes into reminders and calendar events in the original language. Review and send approved items to Apple Reminders and Calendar. APPLE WATCH APP Record voice notes from your wrist. Tap and talk - they're transcribed on iPhone in the background. FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE - 16 AI transcription providers (local and cloud) - 20+ AI processing providers, including on-device models - Bring your own AI via any compatible API - Personal dictionary, word replacements, and custom tags - Save transcriptions to Obsidian automatically - Auto export to a folder of your choice KEY FEATURES - System-wide Voice keyboard with AI text processing - On-device Whisper and NVIDIA Parakeet - professional-grade transcription - Records through AirPods and Bluetooth headsets - On-device AI - Apple Foundation Model or a downloadable model you run offline - Live Translation - real-time speech-to-speech across 60+ languages - Chat with AI about one note or many, with Smart AI Search - Reminders and calendar events from your notes - iCloud sync across iPhone, Apple Watch, and Mac - Home screen widgets and Siri Shortcuts integration - Multi-language keyboard: Czech, French, German, Spanish, Russian - 100+ languages with auto-detection - Open source on GitHub PERFECT FOR - Quick messages and emails - Meeting notes and lectures - Voice memos and ideas - Journalists and writers - Developers and students - Anyone who thinks faster than they type Download VivaDicta. Your voice. Your words. Your device. Your privacy.
SpeechBee
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Speak instead of typing. Listen instead of reading. SpeechBee turns what you say into clean text, right where you are writing, and reads any text back to you in a natural voice. Speech recognition and reading voices run on your iPhone and iPad. VOICE TO TEXT • Switch to the SpeechBee keyboard in Messages, Mail, Notes or any app, tap the microphone and talk • Filler words like “um” and “uh” are removed automatically • Say “new paragraph” or “new line” and it formats as you go • Teach it names and terms with your personal Dictionary • Snippets: say “my email” or “booking link” and get the full text TEXT TO SPEECH • Share text with SpeechBee or paste it into the Read tab • Natural local voices, adjustable speed, pause and skip between sentences • Listen to articles, messages and long notes while you walk, commute or rest your eyes PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your audio is never uploaded and never saved as a recording • After a one-time model download, dictation works offline • Text is read aloud on your device, not by a cloud voice service • No ads IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC Your plan unlocks SpeechBee on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Optional private iCloud sync keeps your Dictionary and Snippets in step. Audio and transcripts are never synced. LANGUAGES Dictate in 99 languages and listen in 31. Dictation (99): Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Bashkir, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lingala, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Māori, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Norwegian Nynorsk, Occitan, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Sanskrit, Serbian, Shona, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish, Yoruba Read Aloud (31): Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese PLANS Dictation and Read Aloud require a SpeechBee subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Every plan includes every feature. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://speechbee.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://speechbee.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VivaDicta at none against SpeechBee's 4. VivaDicta also leads on ads (none vs shown). SpeechBee's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. SpeechBee sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per month. VivaDicta asks for nothing beyond the download.
VivaDicta ships an update weekly, SpeechBee daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VivaDicta | SpeechBee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anton Novoselov | Fat Pitch Ltd |
In-app purchases
VivaDicta
No in-app purchases
SpeechBee
- SpeechBee Monthly7 Days trial$9.001 Month
- SpeechBee Annual7 Days trial$79.001 Year
- 7-Day TrialFree
- SpeechBee Lifetime$99.00








