00:00 · Compare
Split-screen · vs Superwhisper
Quickword compared with Superwhisper
Superwhisper and Quickword agree on the important thing: what you say should be turned into text on your own computer. They differ on what happens after that. Superwhisper is a deep, polished Mac app with a large free tier. Quickword is a younger app that runs on both the Mac and the PC and adds one history you can switch on.
Facts about Superwhisper on this page were taken from third-party pricing and review coverage collected on 2026-09-04, not from a hands-on test.
00:14 · The table
What each one does
| Quickword | Superwhisper | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free tier, Pro $8.49 a month or $84.99 a year, lifetime $249.99 |
| Works on your own computer | Yes, and every option is free | Yes, the smaller options free, the better ones and the server ones on Pro |
| macOS | Yes | Yes, this is its primary platform |
| Windows | Yes | A Windows build exists, and its status and stability are reported inconsistently across sources |
| iPhone | No | Yes, a keyboard that does less than the Mac app |
| History shared across devices | Yes, in Pro early access | No, history is local to each device |
| Redo a dictation from the original recording, on another device | Yes, in Pro early access | No |
| Team shared history | Yes, off by default | No team features |
| Different behaviour in different apps | One tone hint per app, still being built | Yes, custom modes are a core feature |
| Maturity | An early release, still the first versions | Years of releases, 4.9 out of 5 on Product Hunt |
00:29 · Where Superwhisper is better
What Superwhisper does better than Quickword
- It is finished and Quickword is not. Superwhisper has years of releases, a rating, and a support history. Quickword is on its first releases.
- Different behaviour in different apps. Superwhisper lets you set up how it writes for each kind of work, and Quickword has a single tone hint per app that is still being built.
- It has an iPhone keyboard. Quickword has nothing on iPhone and is not building it.
- A lifetime licence exists. If you dislike subscriptions and want to buy something once, Superwhisper sells that and Quickword sells nothing at all.
- Certified installers. Superwhisper installs without you clicking past a security warning. Quickword does not.
00:44 · Where Quickword is better
What Quickword does that Superwhisper does not
- Windows is a first-class target, not a question mark. If your day is split between a Mac and a PC, one app covers both.
- History is shared across devices when you turn syncing on. Cross-device sync is the most requested item on Superwhisper's own public feedback board, with 286 votes, and Android is second with 198.
- Redo a dictation from the original recording, on a different device than the one that made it.
- Team-visible history for a small team, which Superwhisper does not offer at all.
- Every voice option is free. Superwhisper keeps its better ones for paying customers.
01:03 · Who should use which
Who should buy Superwhisper
Buy Superwhisper if you work only on a Mac, if you want a mature product with a support history, if per-context custom modes are how you like to work, or if you want to pay once and never think about it again.
Who should try Quickword
Try Quickword if you use a Mac and a Windows machine and are tired of running two different dictation apps, if you want one history across them, or if you want to spend nothing while you find out whether dictation fits your work at all.