Amical vs FUTO Voice Input

Amical

• People who want free, unlimited offline dictation on Mac or Windows
• Users who want a hosted cloud model without managing API keys
• Small teams that want to share a custom vocabulary

FUTO Voice Input

• Android users who want voice typing that works with no connection
• People using keyboards such as HeliBoard, FlorisBoard or SwiftKey
• Users who do not want dictation sent to a cloud service

Amical

• The Free plan caps cloud dictation at 2,000 words a week; once reached, cloud transcription pauses until the weekly reset while local models keep working.
• The mobile apps are betas: Android is a public beta on Google Play, iOS is distributed through TestFlight, and the pricing page still labels mobile apps as coming soon.
• The desktop app supports macOS and Windows only; the README says Linux is not supported.
• AI formatting is labelled Alpha, and the docs list MCP integrations and custom prompts as planned, not yet shipped.

FUTO Voice Input

• It is Android only and does not work with Gboard or Samsung Keyboard, which are tied to their own voice input.
• The README says development has largely shifted to FUTO Keyboard, and the app notes that no major updates are expected.
• Only 17 languages are offered by default; others are hidden because the smaller Whisper models handle them poorly.
• The source code is under the FUTO Source First License 1.0, and Android's SpeechRecognizer API is not supported yet.

Amical

Dictation in any app

Hold a key for push-to-talk, or click the floating widget for hands-free recording, and the words are typed into the focused app. The site lists 100+ languages with automatic detection.

Local Whisper models

Whisper variants from Tiny (about 78 MB) to Large v3 (about 3.1 GB) download inside the app and run on the computer, with no account and no data leaving the machine.

Amical Cloud

After sign-in, audio can be streamed to Amical's hosted speech model instead. Vocabulary and preferences follow the account across devices, and the vendor says audio is not stored or used for training.

App-aware AI formatting

A language model adds punctuation and structure and fits the output to the focused app, such as email or chat. It is marked Alpha and runs on Amical Cloud or a local model through Ollama.

Custom vocabulary and snippets

Add names and jargon the recognizer should know, and define trigger phrases that are replaced inline with saved plain text such as an address or signature.

Notes panel

A built-in notes panel holds notes with a title and a rich-text body to dictate or type into, plus a floating notes window that stays above other apps.

FUTO Voice Input

Voice input for keyboards and apps

It answers Android's standard speech recognition intent with a floating window, and it acts as a voice input method that opens in place of the keyboard when a compatible keyboard calls it.

Fully on-device recognition

All processing happens offline on the phone using Whisper models. FUTO says recordings are never saved or sent anywhere, and the app goes online only to download optional models.

English and multilingual models

English-only and multilingual models each come in three sizes, with 39, 74 or 244 million parameters. Smaller models respond faster and larger ones are more accurate.

Automatic language detection

The spoken language is detected automatically, with manual selection available. Seventeen languages are offered by default, and a setting reveals less well trained ones.

Several ways to install

The app is available from Google Play, from FUTO's F-Droid repository and as a standalone APK of about 70 MB. Only the Play Store build uses Play billing.

Amical

• Free$0

  Unlimited local dictation on unlimited devices, 2,000 words a week of cloud dictation, custom vocabulary, AI formatting and community support.

• Premium$7

  per month, billed annually ($84), or $10 billed monthly

  Unlimited cloud dictation, plus shared vocabulary, team management, email support and priority access to new features.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Private model hosting, custom models, SSO/SAML, centralized billing, seat-based licenses and volume discounts. SOC 2 is listed as in progress.

FUTO Voice Input

• Unpaid use$0

  On-device voice input without a license. The app shows an Unpaid label and a reminder asking you to consider paying, which can be postponed.

• License (FUTO Pay)$7

  one-time payment

  Bought from FUTO's own payment site and also valid for FUTO Keyboard. The checkout lists $7.00, while FUTO Keyboard's docs quote $6.99 for this channel.

• License (Google Play)$9.99

  one-time in-app purchase

  The license bought inside the Play Store version of the app. The US listing shows in-app purchases at $9.99 per item.

Amical

• Annual discount

  Save 30% with yearly billing

  Premium costs $7 a month when billed annually at $84, against $10 a month billed monthly. The pricing page describes this as 30% off.

FUTO Voice Input

• Lifetime license

  One-time license shared with FUTO Keyboard

  The license is a single payment with no subscription, and FUTO says a Voice Input license is also valid for FUTO Keyboard. FUTO Pay lists $7.00 in US dollars.