A Superwhisper alternative with AI included, even on Linux

Superwhisper is a dictation app born on the Mac, now also on Windows, iPhone and Android. It runs Whisper models on your device: on the free plan, your voice never leaves your computer and dictation is unlimited.

Its strength is “modes”: prompts that turn your dictation into an email, a note or a message, with the AI model of your choice. AI modes, cloud models and file transcription are Pro-only.

What Superwhisper does well

• Free, unlimited dictation with on-device Whisper models: nothing leaves your computer.
• Custom vocabulary and text replacements, even on the free plan.
• Highly tunable AI modes on Pro, and a wide choice of local or cloud models.
• File and meeting transcription (on Mac) on Pro.
• One Pro license covers all your Macs, Windows PCs, iPhone and Android, including a lifetime option ($249.99).

On the free plan, Superwhisper allows two modes without AI processing, and no cloud models or file transcription. New accounts get 3,000 words of Pro trial. According to its FAQ, on-device models run well on Apple silicon Macs; Intel Macs are better off with cloud models.

Checked on 1 November 2026 on the Superwhisper and Keypop websites. Keypop prices exclude VAT; Superwhisper prices are as displayed. Plans change: check before you subscribe.

• You want to pick your transcription model and fine-tune every mode.
• You transcribe audio files or your meetings on a Mac.
• You also dictate on your phone.
• You’d rather pay once (lifetime license).

• You want AI punctuation and formatting without a subscription.
• You use Linux, which Superwhisper doesn’t support.
• You want your dictation to become an email or a list in one keystroke (Tab), without writing a prompt.
• You also want to fix, rephrase, translate and summarize your texts from the same bar (Alt + K).

• Keypop doesn’t catch your self-corrections yet: “Thursday, no sorry, Friday” stays as you said it. You can follow up with Rephrase, but it isn’t automatic.
• Saying “comma” or “period” out loud doesn’t work yet: Keypop punctuates on its own, from your voice.
• In a noisy open-plan office, on-device dictation can pick up voices around you. A headset fixes most of it; the Pro plan dictates in the cloud, in France, and ignores background voices better.
• You need to install it (about 4 GB to download, once): Windows 10 and 11 with at least 8 GB of memory, Apple silicon Macs, or Linux. There is no phone app.

1. Download Keypop for Windows, Mac or Linux from the free dictation page, and create your free account with your email. The AI downloads once, about 4 GB.
2. Put your cursor where you want to write, press Alt+M (⌥ + M on Mac) and speak. Enter inserts the text; Tab turns it into an email or a list.
3. Coming from Superwhisper? Fill in your company and its website in Settings → Profile so Keypop spells your product names right, and keep Superwhisper for file transcription if you need it.

Every fact about Superwhisper comes from its official pages, checked on 1 November 2026.

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