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Amical is the right call if you want a free, open-source dictation app on Mac or Windows, want phone apps too, and do not need meeting transcription, keyboard AI commands, or Linux today. Typilot is the better fit when you need those surfaces or want every AI feature to stay on the device without a cloud tier. Amical lists its pricing page inconsistently ($7 vs $10 a month for Premium) and its README marks several features as in progress, so check the current site before relying on a specific feature.
Yes. Both can keep dictation on your own machine. Amical is a free MIT open-source app for macOS and Windows with iOS and Android apps listed. Typilot adds 27 keyboard-triggered AI command prefixes via local Ollama, ghost-text autocomplete, on-device meeting transcription with speaker diarization, and Linux support for $7.99/month or $199 lifetime.
Amical is released under the MIT licence and its Free plan includes unlimited local dictation. Cloud dictation on the Free plan is capped at 2,000 words per week, and a Premium plan is listed at $7/month or $84/year for unlimited cloud use. Typilot is closed source and costs $7.99/month or $199 lifetime, but has no cloud tier at all.
In local mode Amical transcribes with Whisper on your machine. It also offers cloud models, which send audio to a provider when selected. Typilot has no cloud step: Whisper handles transcription and a local Ollama model handles AI commands and autocomplete.
Not yet. Amical lists real-time meeting transcription (microphone plus system audio) as planned. Typilot includes on-device meeting transcription with speaker-labelled diarization today, with no cloud upload.