AudioPen vs Wispr Flow

AudioPen

• Writers and creators who draft by talking
• Capturing ideas on the move from a phone or watch
• People who find typing slow or painful, such as with RSI or dyslexia

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

AudioPen

• Free recordings stop at 3 minutes, and free voice typing is limited to a set number of sessions.
• Prime is sold as fixed-term passes charged once ($33, $99 or $159), not as an auto-renewing subscription.
• It is not a meeting recorder: the vendor says it will not join a Zoom call or label who said what.
• Audio uploads need Prime and are capped at 100 files every 4 weeks, with a 100 MB limit per file.

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.

AudioPen

Transcribe, then rewrite

Each recording is transcribed and then rewritten into structured text, and the plain transcript is kept alongside the rewritten note.

Writing styles and rewrite level

A style library covers formats such as email, memo and bullet points, custom styles are built from a description or a writing sample, and the edit can be set to low, medium or high.

Voice typing in other apps

A hotkey on Mac and Windows, a keyboard on iPhone and iPad, and a floating bubble on Android place dictated text wherever the cursor is.

Speak one language, write another

The spoken language and the written language do not have to match, so a note dictated in Spanish can come back in English.

Offline transcription option

The iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows apps can transcribe on the device so audio never leaves it. The AI rewrite step still needs a connection.

Zapier, webhooks and MCP

Saved notes can be passed on through Zapier or webhooks, and the Prime-only MCP gives ChatGPT or Claude read-only access to search and read notes.

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.

AudioPen

• Free$0

  Recordings up to 3 minutes, transcribed and rewritten in a chosen style, with a limited number of voice typing sessions.

• Prime 3 months$33

  one-time payment for 3 months

  Unlimited recordings up to 15 minutes, unlimited voice typing and rewrites, unlimited note storage, audio file uploads and SuperSummaries.

• Prime Yearly Pass$99

  one-time payment for 1 year

  The same Prime features for one year, charged once. The vendor works this out to $8.25 a month and labels it a 25% saving.

• Prime 2 Year Pass$159

  one-time payment for 2 years

  The same Prime features for two years. The vendor works this out to $6.63 a month and labels it a 40% saving.

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.

AudioPen

• Annual discount

  Longer Prime passes cost less per month

  Against the 3-month pass at $11 a month, the vendor labels the 1-year pass ($99) a 25% saving and the 2-year pass ($159) a 40% saving.

• Other savings

  20% off multiple Prime licenses

  Buying several one-year Prime licenses through the bulk purchase page, up to 100 per order, carries a 20% discount. Bulk purchases are not refundable.

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.