TypeWhisper App vs SayWire

Private speech-to-text for iPhone and iPad. TypeWhisper turns your voice into text with on-device AI models or optional cloud providers. Dictate in the app, transcribe existing audio and video files, or use the TypeWhisper keyboard to enter text in other apps. DICTATE YOUR WAY • Transcribe with WhisperKit, Apple Speech, Parakeet, or optional cloud engines including Gemini and Soniox • See a live transcription preview while speaking with WhisperKit, Apple Speech, Live Local, and selected cloud engines. Parakeet transcribes after you stop. • Use profiles for languages, models, translation targets, and whisper mode • Translate dictated text on-device with Apple Translate VOICE KEYBOARD • Dictate into text fields across iOS • Switch profiles directly from the keyboard • Expand reusable snippets with date, time, and clipboard placeholders • Type with English, German, Spanish, French, and Italian layouts ORGANIZE AND REFINE • Search your transcription history • Review incoming recordings in an Inbox and browse history by device • Review original and processed text • Read transcripts and results aloud with voices installed on your device • Improve names and specialist terms with a personal dictionary • Transcribe audio and video files TYPEWHISPER PREMIUM • Ask questions about a transcript with your selected writing service • Transcribe and write with your paired Mac’s models and text-processing workflows • Separate speakers on device, name them, and correct their turns • Save optional local voice profiles to suggest names in later recordings • Improve fresh transcripts and teach TypeWhisper trusted corrections • Turn recordings into reviewable email drafts with a subject and body • Sync History and Inbox, dictionary entries, and snippets between signed-in TypeWhisper installations on iPhone and iPad through iCloud or a chosen cloud folder Transcript questions use your selected writing service: on-device, Mac, or cloud. The chat shows where text is sent and is not saved. Mac features require TypeWhisper for Mac 1.8 or later on the same local network and access to Premium features on both devices. The connection is encrypted. Models selected on the Mac may use cloud providers configured there. Speaker detection runs after transcription and can make mistakes with similar voices or overlapping speech. You can correct assignments in the transcript. Voice profiles stay on the device that created them. IPHONE, IPAD, AND APPLE WATCH • Transfer recordings from Apple Watch to iPhone for processing and playback PRIVACY FIRST • Use on-device models to keep transcription local • No advertising or third-party tracking • Synced dictionary and snippet content stays in the cloud location you choose and does not pass through the TypeWhisper entitlement service Core local dictation, dictionary, and snippet features remain available without an account or subscription. Some models and cloud providers require an internet connection, model downloads, or your own provider credentials. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

SayWire turns your Apple Watch, iPhone and iPad into a keyboard for your Mac. Speak, and the text lands on your Mac's clipboard, or straight into the app you're using, in about a second. PERFECT FOR • Prompting Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or your terminal without sitting down • Capturing an idea while you walk, cook or pace • Anyone who thinks faster than they type HOW IT WORKS 1. Install the free SayWire app on your Mac from saywire.pages.dev 2. Scan the pairing code with your iPhone or iPad. Your Apple Watch pairs automatically through your iPhone. 3. Tap Dictate on your Watch, iPhone or iPad, or say "Send with SayWire" to Siri. Done. FAST AND PRIVATE • Local Wi‑Fi first: text goes straight from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac and never leaves your network • When you're away, it travels end-to-end encrypted through our small relay. Only your devices can read it. • No account needed, no analytics, no tracking. Speech recognition is Apple's, on your device. EVERY DICTATION IS KEPT • Everything you say is saved in Notes first, so nothing is lost when your Mac is asleep or closed • Folders, color tags, pins, search and editing, with the original dictation always kept • Syncs through your private iCloud; export as Markdown any time • Notes work on their own, even without a Mac MADE FOR APPLE WATCH • One-tap Dictate button, complication, Smart Stack and Control Center control • Action button on Apple Watch Ultra, Double Tap while the app is open • Press ⌃⌥⌘D on your Mac to start dictation on your Watch ON IPAD • Dictate with your recent dictations beside you, and Notes with folders and tags in a sidebar • Portrait or landscape, at full width FOR POWER USERS • Optional auto-paste into the active Mac app • Raycast extension and a local API on your Mac • Works alongside clipboard managers FEEDBACK • Suggest features, report bugs, vote on ideas and join the beta on the in-app feedback board (Settings > Feedback). Optional and free. PRICING Free download with a free 14-day trial of everything. After that, sending to your Mac is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Notes stay free forever. The Mac app is free. Requires a Mac running macOS 15 or later with the free SayWire for Mac app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://saywire.pages.dev/privacy