Voice In vs Voicy

Voice In

• People who do most of their writing in web apps inside Chrome or Edge
• Dictating into web-based email, help desk and CRM tools
• Users who want voice shortcuts for text they type repeatedly

Voicy

• People who want one dictation plan across computer, browser and phone
• Dictating long emails, documents and AI prompts
• Students and people with disabilities, who can ask for 20% off

Voice In

• It works only inside Chrome and Edge: not in desktop apps such as Word, and not in Firefox, Brave or Vivaldi.
• The free version is capped at 60 minutes a day and stops listening after 20 seconds of silence; Advanced Mode and custom voice commands need Plus.
• It needs an internet connection and does not work offline.
• Dictanote says it has never offered a HIPAA business associate agreement, because speech recognition is done by the browser.

Voicy

• There is no free plan. The trial ends after 30 minutes of recording time, which Voicy attributes to the cost of cloud processing.
• It has no offline mode, as the vendor's own comparison tables state; speech is transcribed in the cloud.
• The Team plan needs at least 3 users, and the page does not say whether its $6.79 price is billed monthly or annually.
• The money-back guarantee covers only the first 7 days after purchase.

Voice In

Dictation in web text boxes

Place the cursor in a text box, right-click and choose Start Recording, and speech is typed in real time. The site lists Gmail, Google Docs, Outlook on the web, WhatsApp and ChatGPT among supported sites.

Advanced Mode

A Plus feature that inserts text with a different strategy, so dictation works on sites with complex editors such as Notion, Slack, Salesforce, Zendesk and HubSpot.

Custom voice commands

With Plus, a spoken phrase can insert saved text such as a signature, or run an action such as pressing Tab, switching the dictation language or opening a URL.

AI Transforms

Select dictated text and apply the built-in Polish style or one custom prompt of your own. Only the selected text is sent to an AI model, and Dictanote says it is not stored.

Dictation Box and multi-tab dictation

Plus adds a small box on the page to dictate into before copying text across, and keeps dictation running when you switch tabs. In the free version it stops on a tab change.

Transcription by the browser

Voice In uses the speech-to-text API built into Chrome or Edge. Dictanote states that no audio or transcript is sent to its own servers.

Voicy

Dictation in any app

Press a keyboard shortcut and speak, and the text appears where the cursor is: in Word, Outlook, Slack, a browser or a terminal. More than 50 languages are detected automatically.

Automatic punctuation and formatting

Punctuation and formatting are added to the transcript without spoken cues. The changelog also lists punctuation commands and finer control over formatting rules.

Rewrite mode and custom modes

Rewrite mode uses AI to edit or rewrite text and shows its response in a floating window. Custom modes can be created, and one can be set to run by default.

Dictionary and text replacement

The app includes a dictionary, doubled in size in version 2.4.5, and a text replacement mode that also handles multi-line replacements.

File transcription

Besides live dictation, Voicy transcribes existing audio files. The feature arrived in version 2.2.0 in May 2026.

Phone keyboard and browser extension

On iPhone, a Voicy keyboard dictates into any app. The Chrome extension also works in Brave, Edge, Opera, Arc and Vivaldi.

Voice In

• Free$0

  Up to 60 minutes of dictation a day in 50+ languages on popular sites such as Gmail, Google Docs and WhatsApp, with built-in punctuation commands.

• Voice In Plus (Yearly)$59.99

  per year (about $5 per month)

  Unlimited dictation, Advanced Mode, AI Transforms and custom voice commands. Shown against a crossed-out $119.88, which is twelve months at the monthly price.

• Voice In Plus (Monthly)$9.99

  per month, billed monthly

  The same Plus features billed month to month. Plus is licensed per user and works on every computer where you sign in.

Voicy

• Free trial$0

  30 minutes of recording time with full access to all features. No credit card required.

• Pro$8.49

  per month, billed monthly, or $82 per year

  Unlimited recording time on unlimited personal devices, covering the desktop and mobile apps.

• Team plan$6.79

  per user / month; billing basis not shown

  For 3 or more users: unlimited recording time on desktop and mobile with priority support. Set up by contacting the company.

• Lifetime$260

  one-time payment

  Pay once for unlimited recording time on unlimited personal devices, desktop and mobile.

Voice In

• Annual discount

  Save 50% with yearly billing

  Voice In Plus costs $59.99 a year against $9.99 a month, which the pricing page presents as a 50% saving on the $119.88 that twelve monthly payments would cost.

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime Plus for $149.99, listed until October 10th

  The pricing page offers a one-time $149.99 payment for all Plus features and future plan updates for life. It labels the offer as limited in time and available until October 10th.

• Other savings

  $5 in credits for each referral

  The referral program gives $5 in credits each time someone signs up through your link. Credits can pay for a Voice In Plus upgrade or go toward renewals.

Voicy

• Annual discount

  20% off with annual billing

  Switching the pricing page to annual billing changes Pro from $8.49 a month to $82 a year, which the page labels as 20% off.

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime license for $260

  A one-time $260 payment replaces the subscription and includes unlimited recording time on unlimited personal devices.

• Education

  Student discount: 20% off all plans

  Students who email the founder receive a code for 20% off every plan, described as lasting forever. Voicy says no proof of student status is needed.

• Other savings

  Disability discount: 20% off all plans

  People with a disability can email the founder for a code that takes 20% off every plan for good. No proof is required.

• Other savings

  Free months of Pro for inviting friends

  The changelog for version 2.3.3 says inviting friends earns free months of Voicy Pro. It does not say how many months each invitation is worth.