mmumble vs MicType
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
mmumble
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Voice notes for everywhere voice notes don't work. mmumble is a voice keyboard. Tap the mic, talk like a person, and cleaned-up text shows up wherever your cursor is: Messages, Hinge, Letterboxd, Instagram, Reddit, X/Twitter, your Notes app, the search bar, the WhatsApp reply field, anywhere. No more thumbing out a paragraph. No more re-recording a voice memo because you said "um" twice. Talk the way you talk, and mmumble handles the rest. Five styles. Pick how you want to sound: โข Casual โ everyday texting, contractions and all โข Polished โ clear, not corporate โข Snappy โ short and direct โข Unhinged โ chaotic, very online โข Poetry โ free verse from your voice Curse if you want. There's a toggle for that. mmumble preserves or removes expletives. It's your call, not a content filter's. 99+ languages. English, Spanish, French, Mandarin, Arabic, Hindi, Tagalog, Tatar, Maltese โ mmumble understands them all. Works in (almost) every app. Set mmumble as a keyboard once in Settings, then swipe to it anywhere you'd normally type. Doesn't make you sound like a clanker. The whole point. No corporate AI cadence. No "I hope this email finds you well." No em-dashes everywhere. mmumble keeps your voice. Private by default. Audio leaves your phone only when you tap the mic, and never touches our servers in a state we can read after the request finishes. No training on your voice. Free to try. Made for people who think faster than they type. Say it, don't type it
MicType
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MicType turns your own AI into a keyboard. It runs on your account, not ours: you need an OpenAI API key and a connection. Without those, MicType cannot transcribe. Speak, and it types Tap the mic and talk โ in any app. Your words are recognized as you speak, and clean, punctuated, ready-to-send text lands at the cursor. Hold the mic instead and say what you want done โ polish, translate, rewrite, draft a reply, answer a question โ and the result is typed right where you are. Your AI, your key, no middleman Connect OpenAI with your own API key. Your audio and your text go straight from your phone to OpenAI. No account, no sign-in, and no MicType server โ we never receive, relay or store any of it. Before anything is sent, a plain-language disclosure tells you exactly what leaves your phone; remove your key and nothing is sent. Accurate first Every sentence is recognized twice โ live while you speak, and once more from the whole recording when you stop โ and the more accurate result is used. Text usually lands two to four seconds after you stop. Polish that sounds like you Fillers and stutters go, misheard words get fixed, numbers are written the way you write them, and a long rambling note becomes clear points. Facts, questions and negations are checked before the text is inserted โ if a rewrite drifts, you get your own words instead. Teach it your words Add names, products and jargon to your vocabulary and they are spelled right from the start, in the recognizer itself. MicType also notices the words it keeps getting wrong and suggests them. Buy once, no subscription Free for 30 days, then a single one-time purchase โ no monthly, no yearly. Separately, you pay your own provider for the tokens you use. Optimized for Chinese and mixed Chinese-English, and works in 20+ languages including Arabic. For people who want AI-assisted typing without handing their data to one more company.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: MicType at none against mmumble's shown. MicType also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days). mmumble's advantage is iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. mmumble sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and MicType sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
mmumble ships an update every 8 days, MicType every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | mmumble | MicType |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 3 days โ better |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 โ better | 26.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Covalet LTD | ๆ น ๆ |
In-app purchases
mmumble
- unlimited Monthly$12.991 Month
- unlimited Annual7 Days trial$69.991 Year
MicType
- MicType Pro$9.99









