Comparison

Diction vs Bot Watch

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Diction

This app provides a voice-to-text keyboard that works across all applications. It offers features like tap-to-fix for editing, customizability, and on-device processing for privacy. An optional subscription unlocks advanced cloud models and AI companions for enhanced text generation and editing.

Highlights
  • Speech to text in any app
  • Tap-to-fix smart editing
  • Customizable keyboard layout
  • On-device offline dictation
  • Private voice input
  • Transcription history and search
Features
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Speech to text keyboard for iPhone. Tap the mic, talk, and watch your words appear in any app. Free to start, private by design, 99 languages. Dictate messages, emails, and notes. Works in any app you type in: Notion, WhatsApp, Slack, and everywhere else. No switching, no copy-pasting. Smart QWERTY keyboard. Autocorrect fixes typos as you type and splits run-together words. Word suggestions appear above the keys. Correct a suggestion back once and Diction stops offering it. Tap-to-fix. Select a word and smart alternatives appear. Spelling fixes, grammar corrections, better phrasing. One tap to accept. Save to My Words. Teach Diction your names and jargon for better accuracy over time. Transcription history with search. Copy, retry, and review past dictations. Failed transcriptions retry automatically so nothing gets lost. The Diction app has zero analytics, zero tracking, and zero data collection. AES-256-GCM encryption. X25519 key exchange. Diction One (paid subscription): highest-accuracy cloud speech models and Writing Tools. Turn natural speech into polished text, edit or rewrite by voice, translate on the fly. Select text and dictate what to change. Free trial included. On-device mode: runs locally on your iPhone with no internet needed. Audio never leaves your device. Self-hosted: run your own speech recognition server. Your network, your data, your models. Pairing is a scan: your server prints a QR code, you point the app at it, and keys rotate themselves after that. Writing Tools works there too, free, because it is your hardware. Open-source server on GitHub. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Bot Watch

This app provides an unofficial companion for managing Bot status and performing quick tasks directly from your Apple Watch and iPhone. It allows for one-tap approvals, dictating short instructions, and viewing bot states without needing a computer.

Highlights
  • View Bot status (idle, running, waiting)
  • One-tap approvals/rejections
  • Dictate short instructions
  • Watch complications and Control Center integration
  • Live Activity and Dynamic Island on iPhone
  • Ask a Bot from iPhone toolbar
Features
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Bot Watch is an unofficial iPhone and Apple Watch companion for Bot status, one-tap approvals, and short tasks. This is not an xAI product and is not the official Grok Bot app. You do not need a computer. Install Bot Watch on iPhone. Tap Start using Bot Watch or Try the demo. Bots and approvals load on this iPhone. If an Apple Watch is already paired with that iPhone, Bot Watch appears on the wrist. You do not scan the Watch. You do not type a Watch code. What you can do on the Watch: - See which Bots are idle, running, or waiting - Approve, reject, or park a request without opening a full draft - Dictate a short instruction - Complications, Smart Stack, and Control Center when something is waiting On iPhone: Live Activity and Dynamic Island for the latest pending card. Ask a Bot from the toolbar. Full threads stay on iPhone. The Watch stores summaries only. Reviewers: tap Try the demo on iPhone. Demo Bots load immediately. No password. No Local Network or camera prompt on that path.

Screenshots

Diction4 screens
Bot Watch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bot Watch at none against Diction's 2. Bot Watch also leads on update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). Diction's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Diction sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Bot Watch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Diction against 5.0 for Bot Watch. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Diction has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diction ships an update fortnightly, Bot Watch daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Diction versus Bot Watch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDictionBot Watch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (21 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings21 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOndrej MachalaJonathan Bailey

Customer experience

Diction

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bot Watch

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Diction

Subscriptions2
  • Diction Cloud$5.991 Month
  • Diction Cloud$59.991 Year
None

Bot Watch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Diction free?
Diction is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bot Watch free?
Bot Watch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Diction or Bot Watch?
Bot Watch is rated higher. Diction averages 4.9 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Bot Watch averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Diction or Bot Watch have ads?
Neither Diction nor Bot Watch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Diction or Bot Watch?
Diction ships an update fortnightly, and Bot Watch daily. Most recently, Diction was updated on October 31, 2026 and Bot Watch on November 6, 2026.

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