Comparison

Diction vs AI Token Limits

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

AI Token Limits

Features
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Know what remains before an AI coding limit interrupts your work. AI Token Limits shows provider-returned usage windows, remaining percentages and reset times in one focused mobile dashboard. Connect in the system browser and check your limits directly on your phone, without a desktop companion or an AI-usage backend. Pro widgets put your latest usage and reset times on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Updates depend on iOS background refresh. USAGE AT A GLANCE ▸ See Claude, Codex, Cursor, Grok, Muse and GitHub Copilot usage in one place ▸ View clearly labelled remaining percentages and exact reset times ▸ Refresh each provider independently ▸ See when each provider last updated successfully ▸ Track used-quota trends over 24 hours, 7 days and 30 days locally ▸ Choose remaining or used percentages and relative or exact reset times ▸ Disconnect a provider and remove its credentials locally COST AND USAGE VALUES ▸ Cursor: personal on-demand spend when returned ▸ Grok: on-demand spend and included usage value, shown separately ▸ GitHub Copilot: estimated AI-credit usage value from explicit credits Amounts retain the provider period when available. Included usage and credit values are not an invoice. Claude and Codex quota percentages alone cannot establish a monetary cost. PRIVATE BY DESIGN ▸ Browser sign-in opens in the system browser; the app never reads browser cookies ▸ Credentials are stored only on your device using Keychain protection ▸ Usage requests go directly from your device to the selected provider ▸ No Pocket Grove account, analytics, advertising or AI-usage backend Optional API-key connections are grouped separately with an explicit security explanation. AI Token Limits supports one personal account per provider. Availability depends on the account and usage information each provider makes available. AI Token Limits is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Anthropic, OpenAI, Anysphere, xAI, GitHub or Meta. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Diction4 screens
AI Token Limits4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AI Token Limits at every 4 days against Diction's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 and AI Token Limits sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diction ships an update fortnightly, AI Token Limits every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Diction versus AI Token Limits: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDictionAI Token Limits
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOndrej MachalaPocket Grove Ltd

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Diction

Subscriptions2
  • Diction Cloud$5.991 Month
  • Diction Cloud$59.991 Year
3 purchases

AI Token Limits

Subscriptions2
  • AI Token Limits Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • AI Token Limits Pro Annual$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • AI Token Limits Pro Lifetime$12.99

Questions

Is Diction free?
Diction is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AI Token Limits free?
AI Token Limits is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Diction or AI Token Limits have ads?
Neither Diction nor AI Token Limits shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Diction or AI Token Limits?
Diction ships an update fortnightly, and AI Token Limits every 4 days. Most recently, Diction was updated on October 25, 2026 and AI Token Limits on October 24, 2026.

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