Monologue vs Voibe

Monologue

• People who work across Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch
• Recording meetings without a bot joining the call
• Handing voice notes and transcripts to AI agents

Voibe

• Legal, healthcare and finance staff handling confidential material
• Teams that want meeting notes without a bot in the call
• Buyers who would rather pay once for a lifetime seat

Monologue

• Apple devices only: Monologue does not offer Windows or Android apps.
• The free trial stops at 1,000 dictation words and 10 recorded notes; after that a Pro or Every subscription is needed.
• Local transcription works only on Apple silicon Macs, and smart formatting still needs an internet connection.
• The web app reviews and organizes notes but cannot record new ones.

Voibe

• Voibe Work's meeting notes run on Mac only; Windows support is listed as coming soon.
• On-device dictation needs an Apple Silicon Mac. Dictation on Windows runs in cloud mode.
• There is no free plan: once the 7-day trial ends, a paid seat is required to continue.
• A seat covers one person with one active Mac at a time, and self-serve checkout stops at 10 seats.

Monologue

Dictation in any app

Hold a shortcut on Mac, or use the Monologue keyboard on iPhone and iPad, and speech becomes formatted text in the app in front of you, with self-corrections removed. Over 100 languages.

Modes and custom instructions

Modes change the writing style to suit the app, such as chat, email, notes or code. Custom instructions and a personal dictionary handle tone, names and acronyms.

Voice Notes

Record longer thoughts or conversations and get a speaker-separated transcript and a summary. Notes sync across devices and can be reviewed in a web app.

Bot-free meeting notes

On Mac, a note can record the microphone and system audio together, capturing both sides of a call without a bot joining. Meeting notes are part of Monologue Pro.

Local transcription on Mac

Apple silicon Macs can download a local model that transcribes speech with no connection. Smart formatting still uses the online service, so offline output is a raw transcript.

MCP, CLI and Notes API

Saved notes can be read by AI agents through a hosted MCP server, searched from a command-line tool, or pulled into other software with a read-only public API.

Voibe

Dictation in any app

Hold a key, speak and release, and punctuated text with filler words removed appears at the cursor on Mac or Windows. Double-tapping the hotkey starts hands-free dictation for long documents.

On-device or zero-retention cloud

Apple Silicon Macs can dictate fully offline on the device. Cloud mode, which Windows uses, runs open-source models on providers that keep no data and is not used for AI training.

Memory and custom vocabulary

Save boilerplate, addresses and standard clauses as spoken shortcuts, and teach Voibe client names, case citations and medical terms so they are spelled correctly.

Bot-free meeting notes

Voibe Work captures a meeting from the Mac in Zoom, Teams, Meet or any other app without a bot joining, then writes a transcript and a summary from a template you pick.

Notes saved on your Mac

Meeting audio is deleted as soon as processing completes, and the transcript and summary are stored on the device, with one-click copy and PDF export.

Chat with your meetings

Voibe Work answers questions about past meetings from your own notes, such as what was agreed and who owns each action item.

Monologue

• Free trial$0

  1,000 dictation words and 10 recorded notes, with offline transcription, context-aware formatting and 100+ languages.

• Monologue Pro$12

  per month, billed annually ($144), or $15 billed monthly

  Unlimited dictation, unlimited recorded notes and bot-free meeting notes on Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.

• Every bundle$24

  per month, billed annually ($288), or $30 billed monthly

  Every's paid subscription includes Monologue Pro along with its Cora, Spiral, Proof and Sparkle apps and its AI newsletter.

Voibe

• Voibe Dictation$7.50

  per seat / month, or $75 per seat / year

  Unlimited dictation on Mac and Windows, on-device or zero-retention cloud mode, Memory and custom vocabulary. Shown against a crossed-out $9.90.

• Voibe Work$14

  per seat / month, or $140 per seat / year

  Everything in Dictation plus bot-free meeting notes on Mac, summary templates, PDF export and chat with meetings. Shown against a crossed-out $18.50.

• Voibe Dictation Lifetime$149

  one-time payment, per seat

  A lifetime Dictation seat with Cloud Mode and future updates of the plan included. Shown against a crossed-out $198.

• Voibe Work Lifetime$349

  one-time payment, per seat

  A lifetime Voibe Work seat with Cloud Mode and future updates of the plan included. Shown against a crossed-out $465.

• EnterpriseCustom

  For more than 10 seats: team admin features, central billing and invoicing, custom terms and a BAA on request.

Monologue

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with annual billing

  Monologue Pro is $144 a year, charged as one payment, which works out to $12 a month against $15 on monthly billing.

Voibe

• Annual discount

  2 months free with annual billing

  Annual seats are priced at 10 months: $75 a year for Voibe Dictation against $7.50 a month, and $140 a year for Voibe Work against $14 a month.

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime seats from $149

  A one-time payment of $149 for Voibe Dictation or $349 for Voibe Work buys a lifetime seat, with Cloud Mode and future updates of that plan. A 30-day refund applies.