Wispr Flow sends your voice to its servers and bills you every month. Tinta Voice runs entirely on your Mac, is a one-time purchase, and works in every text field on the system.
Launch promo: $19.99 $24.99. 14-day money-back guarantee.
Tinta runs the speech model on Apple Silicon locally. There is no cloud round-trip, no account, no server-side log. Wispr Flow processes voice on its servers — even in Privacy Mode the audio is sent up before being discarded.
Tinta Voice is $19.99 during launch ($24.99 after), one-time, all updates included. Wispr Flow's Pro plan is a monthly subscription that keeps charging as long as you dictate.
Hold your hotkey, dictate, release — text lands where your cursor sits. Slack, Xcode, Mail, Safari, Terminal, Obsidian, anywhere. No app whitelist. No browser extension required.
| Tinta Voice | Wispr Flow | |
|---|---|---|
| Where your voice goes | Stays on your Mac. Always. | Sent to Wispr servers, even in Privacy Mode. |
| Works offline | Yes — dictation and file transcription | No — internet required for every dictation |
| Pricing | $19.99 once ($24.99 after launch) | $12/month, recurring |
| Account required | No account, just a license key | Sign-in required |
| Where it works | Every text field on macOS | Most apps, with limits |
| Audio & video file transcription | Yes — drag and drop, with timestamps | No — real-time dictation only |
| Trial | 3-day full trial, no card | 14-day Pro trial |
Yes. Wispr's own Privacy Mode docs state that dictation content is processed on Wispr servers and then discarded. The audio leaves your machine either way. Tinta never sends audio anywhere.
Tinta is a focused tool: hotkey → dictation in any app → file transcription. It doesn't rewrite tone, doesn't manage snippets, doesn't sync to your phone. If the cloud transformation features are your daily driver, Wispr is the heavier product — for everyone else, those features are noise around a basic dictation need.
Slack, Xcode, Mail, Safari, Obsidian, Terminal, native settings panels, Cursor, Spotlight — anywhere macOS will let you type. No per-app permission. No browser extension. Same hotkey everywhere.
The 3-day trial gives you full features without a credit card. After purchase, request a refund within 14 days through the link in your Lemon Squeezy receipt — no questions asked.
The 3-day trial is the fastest comparison. Dictate one email, one Slack message, and transcribe one recording — that's enough to know.
Wispr claims verified from wisprflow.ai/pricing, What is Flow?, and Privacy Mode & Data Retention on May 16, 2026.