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Dictation, compared honestly.
How Murmur stacks up against the other Mac dictation apps, and why we built it the way we did.
Comparison5 min
Murmur vs Wispr Flow: on-device vs cloud dictation
Wispr Flow sends your voice to the cloud and charges a subscription. Murmur runs entirely on your Mac and is free. A fair look at what each trade-off buys you.
Comparison5 min
Murmur vs Superwhisper: two takes on local dictation
Both apps keep your voice on your Mac. They differ on price, rewriting, translation and how much you have to configure. Here's how to choose.
Comparison4 min
Murmur vs MacWhisper: dictation is not transcription
MacWhisper is built to transcribe files. Murmur is built to type what you say into any app, rewritten professionally. Different jobs, one honest comparison.
Comparison5 min
Murmur vs Willow: what a subscription buys, and what it doesn't
Willow polishes your dictation in the cloud for a monthly fee. Murmur does it on-device with Apple Intelligence, for free. The real differences, feature by feature.
Comparison4 min
Murmur vs Apple's built-in dictation: what the extra layer adds
macOS already ships with solid on-device dictation. Murmur builds on the same foundation and adds the parts Apple leaves out: rewriting, translation and a system-wide flow.
Guide6 min
Why your dictation app should never need the cloud
Everything you dictate is, by definition, something you were about to write. That's exactly the data you should be most reluctant to upload. The case for on-device dictation.