BetterAudio Alternatives

BetterAudio is described as 'App for advanced audio device management. It lets you quickly switch input/output devices, control volume, see what’s currently playing' and is an app in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to BetterAudio for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, iPhone, Linux and Web-based apps. The best BetterAudio alternative is Vibe Transcribe, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BetterAudio are Whisper, Spokenly, OpenWispr and Paraspeech.

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  1. Vibe Transcribe icon
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    Vibe is an auto transcription service that utilizes local language learning models (LLMs) or artificial intelligence to provide transcriptions for a wide range of languages. The service prioritizes user privacy by offering fully offline transcription, ensuring that no data ever...

    121 Vibe Transcribe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Vibe Transcribe is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to BetterAudio.

    • Vibe Transcribe is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to BetterAudio.

    • Vibe Transcribe is Free and Open SourceBetterAudio is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Whisper icon
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    Whisper is a general-purpose speech recognition model. It is trained on a large dataset of diverse audio and is also a multi-task model that can perform multilingual speech recognition as well as speech translation and language identification.

    126 Whisper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Spokenly icon
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    Experience effortless voice-to-text on your Mac. Speak your thoughts, and let modern AI handle the typing—no hidden data collection, no distractions.

    68 Spokenly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
     
    • Spokenly is the most popular iPhone alternative to BetterAudio.

    • Spokenly is Free and ProprietaryBetterAudio is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. OpenWispr icon
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    Voice-to-text dictation app with local Whisper models and OpenAI API. Privacy-first, cross-platform, global hotkey activated.

    21 OpenWispr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • OpenWispr is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to BetterAudio.

    • OpenWispr is Freemium and Open SourceBetterAudio is Freemium and Proprietary
  5. Paraspeech icon
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    Fast and 100% offline Speech to Text for MacOS.

    59 Paraspeech alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Paraspeech is the most popular commercial alternative to BetterAudio.

    • Paraspeech is Paid and ProprietaryBetterAudio is Freemium and Proprietary
  6. TranscribeX icon
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    TranscribeX is a powerful macOS app that converts your audio and video into accurate transcripts, translates them into over 100 languages, and helps you summarize or edit with advanced AI tools. Built with OpenAI Whisper and Nvidia Parakeet models, TranscribeX delivers accuracy...

    55 TranscribeX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Fluid AI icon
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    Never pay to convert speech to text. Fluid transforms your voice into text instantly with NVIDIA's fastest AI model, processing locally on your Mac with complete privacy.

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    • Mac
     
  8. Moonshine AI icon
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    Moonshine is a family of speech-to-text models optimized for fast and accurate automatic speech recognition (ASR) on resource-constrained devices. It is well-suited to real-time, on-device applications like live transcription and voice command recognition.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Python
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. VoiceInk icon
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    Instantly converts spoken words to text using local AI for near-perfect accuracy and privacy, with real-time transcription, seamless macOS integration, user-supplied AI keys, multiple language support, and no cloud data upload required.

    63 VoiceInk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Transcribe audio and video files automagically with simple drag-and-drop — even in batches! Be amazed by remarkable accuracy and rapid results.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
     
  11. Ito.ai icon
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    Ito transforms your voice into perfect text anywhere on Mac. Speak naturally, and our AI crafts polished messages for any context.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  12. Katari icon
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    Voice-to-text solution for Mac enabling dictation anywhere with a keyboard shortcut—no internet required. Delivers instant, private transcription in 100+ languages, translation to English, vocabulary customization, universal app compatibility, one-time payment, and zero data collection.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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