Best Dictation Speech To Text Apps

250+ iOS apps curated and reviewed

4.8 avg rating
20 free apps
Updated August 2026

With an average user rating of 4.8★, the dictation speech to text category is one of the App Store's strongest. Browse all 250+ apps we track, sorted so the most loved ones surface first.

Compare top Dictation Speech To Text Apps (August 2026)

#AppPriceRatingAdsIn-App PurchasesUpdated
1Otter Transcribe Voice NotesOtter Transcribe Voice NotesFree4.8★ (76K)NoYesAug 2026
2Voice to Text - Speak NotesVoice to Text - Speak NotesFree4.5★ (11K)NoYesAug 2026
3Voice MemosVoice MemosFree4.8★ (926K)NoNoAug 2026
4Dictation App-Dictate AnywhereDictation App-Dictate AnywhereFree4.7★ (498)NoNoAug 2026
5Wispr Flow: AI Voice KeyboardWispr Flow: AI Voice KeyboardFree4.8★ (14K)NoYesAug 2026
6Speechify – Text to Speech PDFSpeechify – Text to Speech PDFFree4.7★ (516K)YesYesAug 2026
7Showcase Subscribe: See MoviesShowcase Subscribe: See MoviesFree4.7★ (452)YesNoJul 2026
8Transcribe - Speech to TextTranscribe - Speech to TextFree4.5★ (11K)NoYesAug 2026

Top Picks for Dictation Speech To Text

Otter Transcribe Voice Notes#1

Otter Transcribe Voice Notes by Otter.ai, Inc.

AI Note Taking, Memo Recorder
Editor's Choice
📊 Productivity
4.8😊(73K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
#15in Productivity
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This app offers real-time voice transcription for meetings, lectures, and conversations. It acts as an AI assistant, capturing slides, generating summaries, and allowing for collaborative editing and sharing of notes. Available in multiple languages and on web.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Excellent transcription accuracy
  • 👍 Convenient features like speaker identification and timestamps
  • 🚀 Fast and efficient transcription process
  • 👍 Versatile for various use cases (meetings, interviews, lectures)

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Occasional transcription errors, especially with technical terms
  • 💰 Concerns about increasing subscription costs and reduced free minutes
  • 🐛 Buggy behavior and crashes reported by some users
Voice to Text - Speak Notes#2

Voice to Text - Speak Notes by IBN Software GmbH

Dictation & Transcription App
Strong Contender
📊 Productivity
4.5😊(11K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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Convert spoken words into text, transcribe audio and video, and translate speech in real time. Save time by dictating notes, messages, and more across all your Apple devices. Offers support for over 40 dictation and 100 transcription languages.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Accurate dictation
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Time-saving
  • 👍 Helpful for disabled/hearing impaired users

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezes
  • 🐛 Inaccurate transcription of some words
  • 💡 Limited editing capabilities
Voice Memos#3

Voice Memos by Apple

Worth Considering
🔧 Utilities
4.8😐(926K ratings)
Free
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Capture, edit, and organize audio with this versatile recording tool. Easily transcribe speech to text, enhance sound quality, and share your creations across devices. Ideal for notes, ideas, and moments.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Seamless recording
  • 🎨 Attractive and minimalistic design
  • 🔍 Useful for capturing ideas and thoughts
  • 🎶 Great for musicians and singers

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Unreliable recording (stops unexpectedly)
  • 🔇 Audio quality issues
  • 🔄 Inability to edit/resume recordings

More Dictation Speech To Text apps to explore

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Dictation App-Dictate Anywhere
Dictation App-Dictate Anywhere
Dictation App-Dictate Anywhere
Dictation & Transcription App
Free

This app transforms your voice into text with high accuracy, allowing you to dictate, edit, and share documents from any location. It offers advanced features like voice-controlled templates and custom commands for efficient workflow, even offline.

Accurate voice-to-text dictationVoice-controlled form templatesCustomizable voice commands
📊 Productivity
(498)
free with in-app purchases
5
Wispr Flow: AI Voice Keyboard
Wispr Flow: AI Voice Keyboard
Wispr Flow: AI Voice Keyboard
Voice dictation & quick notes
Free

This AI-powered voice keyboard transforms your spoken words into polished text instantly, working seamlessly across all your favorite apps. It refines your dictation for speed and accuracy, eliminating filler words and autocorrect errors. Capture notes, draft messages, or transcribe ideas effortlessly, all while sounding natural.

AI-powered voice dictationWorks in any appPolished, formatted output
📊 Productivity
(14K)
free with in-app purchases
6
Speechify – Text to Speech PDF
Speechify – Text to Speech PDF
Speechify – Text to Speech PDF
Read Aloud Books, Docs & PDFs
Free

This app transforms text into spoken word with lifelike voices, reads documents, images, and articles aloud, and offers voice typing. It also features an AI assistant for summarizing and quizzing, and allows for AI podcast creation.

Reads text aloud from various sourcesVoice typing for faster inputAI assistant for summarization and quizzes
📊 Productivity
(516K)
free with in-app purchases
7
Showcase Subscribe: See Movies
Showcase Subscribe: See Movies
Showcase Subscribe: See Movies
Presented by Showcase Cinemas
Free

This app offers a movie ticket subscription service for unlimited movie viewings at a fixed monthly rate. Enjoy premium formats, advance bookings, and discounts on concessions. Pause your plan anytime for added flexibility.

Unlimited movie viewingsFixed monthly ratePremium format access (3D, XPlus, IMAX)
🎬 Entertainment
(452)
free with in-app purchases
8
Transcribe - Speech to Text
Transcribe - Speech to Text
Transcribe - Speech to Text
AI Note Taker, Audio & Video
Free

This AI-powered app converts audio and video into text, supporting over 100 languages. It offers live transcription, file uploads, and AI-generated summaries. Perfect for meetings, lectures, and voice notes, it helps you focus on content rather than typing.

AI transcription for live speech and filesSupports 100+ languages and dialectsAI-powered summaries and key points
🔧 Utilities
(11K)
free with in-app purchases
9
Summary - AI Note Taker
Summary - AI Note Taker
Summary - AI Note Taker
Transcribe audio to text
Free

This app records, transcribes, and summarizes audio conversations, making meetings and lectures more productive. It uses AI to generate accurate transcripts with speaker labels and provides instant answers to questions about the content. Users can easily export and share notes.

One-tap audio recordingAccurate transcription with speaker labelsAI-powered summaries and key points
📊 Productivity
(46K)
free with in-app purchases
10
Google Translate
Google Translate
Google Translate
Text, Photo & Voice Translator
Free

Instantly translate text, voice, and images between hundreds of languages. Features include offline translation, real-time conversation translation, and the ability to save frequently used phrases.

Text translationOffline translationInstant camera translation
🔍 Reference
(84K)
free with in-app purchases
11
Voice to Text - Speechy
Voice to Text - Speechy
Voice to Text - Speechy
Dictation & Transcription
Free

This app transcribes your spoken words into text in real-time using advanced AI. It records audio simultaneously, allows for easy editing and sharing, and supports over 88 languages with translation capabilities. Ideal for professionals, writers, and those with typing difficulties.

Real-time voice to text transcriptionSimultaneous audio recordingSupports over 88 languages
📊 Productivity
(2.9K)
free with in-app purchases
12
Whisper - Audio to Text
Whisper - Audio to Text
Whisper - Audio to Text
Record Mettings & Voice Memos
Free

Effortlessly convert spoken words into accurate text with this smart speech-to-text app. Ideal for students, professionals, and anyone needing to capture lectures, meetings, or notes quickly and reliably.

Fast and accurate speech-to-text conversionReal-time transcriptionSupports multiple languages and accents
🔧 Utilities
(1)
free with in-app purchases
13
OpenWhispr: Voice to Text
OpenWhispr: Voice to Text
OpenWhispr: Voice to Text
Voice Transcription & Notes
Free
📊 Productivity
(0)
14
Dictation Speech to Text: Spea
Dictation Speech to Text: Spea
Dictation Speech to Text: Spea
Voice Transcription Notes
Free

This app transforms voice notes, recordings, and audio files into text transcripts. It allows users to generate summaries, ask questions about the content, and organize audio notes efficiently. Ideal for capturing ideas and information on the go.

Voice dictation to text transcriptionImport audio files and voice messagesGenerate summaries from transcripts
📊 Productivity
(1)
free with in-app purchases
15
Dun: AI Voice Keyboard
Dun: AI Voice Keyboard
Dun: AI Voice Keyboard
Voice dictation & quick notes
Free

This AI-powered keyboard transforms your spoken words into polished text for various apps. It offers on-device speech recognition for enhanced privacy and features like writing styles and translation.

AI voice dictationOn-device speech recognitionCustomizable writing styles
📊 Productivity
(2)
free with in-app purchases
16
FreeTTS - Text to Speech, AI
FreeTTS - Text to Speech, AI
FreeTTS - Text to Speech, AI
Speech, AI Talk, Read PDF, TTS
Free

This app transforms text into natural-sounding speech using advanced AI. It offers multiple voices, image-to-speech conversion, and an AI assistant for content creation. Enhance your learning and relaxation with customizable soundscapes and flexible document support.

Natural-sounding English voicesImage-to-speech conversionSmart AI assistant for content creation
📊 Productivity
(1)
free with in-app purchases
17
Autonote: AI Voice & Summary
Autonote: AI Voice & Summary
Autonote: AI Voice & Summary
Meeting Recorder & Transcripts
Free

This app records audio, imports content from YouTube and web pages, and uses AI to transform it into organized notes. It offers features like background recording, speaker labels, and AI-powered summarization and question answering. Stay organized with notebooks, tags, and search.

Record audio in the backgroundImport YouTube videos and web articlesAI-powered transcription with speaker labels
📊 Productivity
(2)
freemium
18
Read Aloud Reader - SpeechGen
Read Aloud Reader - SpeechGen
Read Aloud Reader - SpeechGen
AI Audiobook & Voice Narrator
Free

Transform any text into an audiobook with natural AI voices. Listen to PDFs, articles, books, and documents hands-free, anywhere. Features include offline playback, adjustable speed, and a sleep timer.

Convert PDFs, articles, and documents to audioNatural-sounding AI voicesSupports 30+ languages and accents
📊 Productivity
(0)
free with in-app purchases
19
ClearVoice Text to Speech
ClearVoice Text to Speech
ClearVoice Text to Speech
On-device voice cloning
Free
$3.99 | 100% OFF
🔧 Utilities
(0)
20
Twik - AI Voice keyboard
Twik - AI Voice keyboard
Twik - AI Voice keyboard
Voice dictation
Free

Transform your voice into polished text instantly within any app. This AI-powered keyboard eliminates typing, offering seamless dictation with intelligent cleanup and context-aware tone adjustment. Save time and communicate more effectively.

System-wide voice keyboardIntelligent text cleanupSub-second latency
📊 Productivity
(0)
freemium

FAQ about Dictation Speech To Text

What are the best dictation speech to text apps for iPhone?
Otter Transcribe Voice Notes tops our dictation speech to text apps ranking as of August 2026, with a 4.8-star average from 76K App Store ratings, and it's free to download.
Yes — 20 of the top dictation speech to text apps we rank are free to download, including Otter Transcribe Voice Notes and Voice to Text - Speak Notes.
Otter Transcribe Voice Notes has no ads and offers in-app purchases, according to its App Store listing as of August 2026.
We track 250+ dictation speech to text apps on the iOS App Store as of August 2026, ranked by rating, recency, and analysis of real user reviews.
This app provides real-time voice transcription for various spoken content, including meetings, interviews, and lectures. It acts as an AI assistant to automatically capture notes, record audio, and even grab slides from virtual meetings. You can then edit, highlight, search, and share these transcribed notes.
Key features include real-time transcription, automated meeting notes and summaries, an AI chat function for getting answers, the ability to record and transcribe live conversations, collaborative editing and sharing of notes, and searchable transcripts. It also offers automated slide capture during virtual meetings.

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