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Dictato is the better pick for Mac-only Apple Silicon users who want the fastest local dictation with engine flexibility at a very low one-time price. Typilot is the better fit when you need AI commands, autocomplete, meeting transcription, Windows, or Linux support alongside dictation.
Yes - both transcribe audio locally on macOS with no audio leaving the device. Dictato offers four engine choices (Parakeet, Whisper, Apple SpeechAnalyzer, Qwen3-ASR) at €19.99 one-time. Typilot adds 27 inline AI command triggers, ghost-text autocomplete via a local Ollama model, meeting transcription with on-device speaker diarization, and Polish for selected text - and also runs on Windows and Linux for $7.99/month or $199 lifetime.
No. Dictato processes all transcription on-device using whichever engine you select; audio never leaves your Mac and no account is needed. Typilot is also fully local - a local Whisper model handles transcription and a local Ollama model runs AI commands and autocomplete, with nothing sent to any server.
No. Dictato requires an Apple Silicon Mac running macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Typilot runs on macOS, Windows 10/11, and Linux, with fully local audio processing on all three platforms.
Dictato costs €19.99 one-time for dictation on Apple Silicon Macs. Typilot costs $7.99/month or $199 as a one-time lifetime purchase for the full suite - dictation, 27 AI commands, autocomplete, meeting transcription, and Polish - on macOS, Windows, and Linux. For dictation alone on Mac, Dictato is the lower entry cost. For the broader AI surfaces or cross-platform use, Typilot delivers more per dollar.