Amical vs Wispr Flow

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

Wispr Flow

• People who write a lot of email, chat and documents and prefer to speak
• Developers dictating into a terminal, code editor or AI tool
• Students and educators, who get 50% off Pro with an education email

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.

Wispr Flow

• Free dictation is capped at 2,000 words a week on desktop and 1,000 a week on mobile.
• The Notetaker runs on Mac and Windows only; the vendor says mobile is on the roadmap.
• SAML SSO and org-wide HIPAA enforcement need Growth, and SCIM and audit logs need Enterprise.
• Growth is listed at a discounted price next to a crossed-out $26 a month (annual); no end date is given.

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.

Wispr Flow

Dictation in any app

Speech-to-text works wherever you can type, including Gmail, Slack, Notion, a terminal or a code editor, in 100+ languages with automatic language detection.

Automatic cleanup

Removes filler words, repetitions and mid-sentence corrections, then adds punctuation and formatting so the output reads like written text.

Personal dictionary

Learns unusual words and names automatically, and you can add your own. Paid plans add a dictionary shared across the team.

Snippets

Store text you type all the time, such as email replies, links, addresses and bios, and reuse it instead of dictating or typing it again.

Notetaker for meetings

On Mac and Windows, the Notetaker captures meetings and voice memos, identifies speakers and answers questions across meetings. Notes can be used in Claude and ChatGPT through MCP.

Security and admin controls

Wispr states SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and ISO 27001 certification. Growth adds SAML SSO and usage reporting; SCIM and audit logs are on Enterprise.

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.

Wispr Flow

• Free$0

  Dictation in 100+ languages with weekly word limits, dictionary and snippets, and a weekly limit on Notetaker meetings.

• Pro$12

  per user / month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly)

  Unlimited dictation, higher Notetaker limits with longer history, shared team dictionary and snippets, and priority support.

• Growth$18

  per user / month, billed annually ($23 billed monthly)

  Shown against a crossed-out $26. Adds SAML SSO, org-wide HIPAA enforcement with a signed BAA, admin controls and usage reporting.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Annual contracts only. Adds SCIM provisioning, audit logs, MDM deployment and dedicated support with SLAs.

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.

Wispr Flow

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with annual billing

  The pricing page shows a 20% discount for annual billing: Pro is $12 per user per month instead of $15, and Growth is $18 instead of $23.

• Education

  50% off Flow Pro for students and educators

  Students and educators with an education email get 50% off Flow Pro. The student page lists $6 a month billed annually, with 3 months free for new subscribers.

• Nonprofit

  Discounted Flow Pro for nonprofits

  Wispr says it offers discounted Flow Pro to nonprofit organizations. The amount is not published; applicants use a verification form linked from the student page.