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SnailText is the right pick if you want a genuinely unlimited free tier with no credit card required, automatic cleanup that requires no command knowledge, or a low $7.49/month Pro price. Its Parakeet integration is a real accuracy win for European-language dictation. Typilot is a better fit when you want more than transcription - 27 on-demand keyboard AI command triggers, ghost-text autocomplete, meeting transcription with speaker labels, Linux support, or a one-time lifetime licence.
Yes - both use local Whisper to keep audio fully on-device and work offline on Mac and Windows. SnailText offers an unlimited free tier with automatic AI cleanup via a local Gemma 3 model. Typilot costs $7.99/month or $199 lifetime, adds 27 inline keyboard AI commands, ghost-text autocomplete via a local Ollama model, on-device diarized meeting transcription, and runs on macOS (Apple Silicon), Windows, and Linux.
No. SnailText processes audio entirely on-device using local Whisper and Parakeet models. The automatic AI cleanup also runs locally via a Gemma 3 model. No audio, transcript, or cleanup result is transmitted to any server at the free or Pro tier. Typilot offers the same on-device guarantee on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
After each dictation, SnailText runs a local Gemma 3 model on the transcript to silently fix typos, remove filler words ("um", "like", "you know"), and restore brand names and code terms to their correct form - all on-device with no extra step required. It differs from Typilot's Polish command, which you trigger on-demand on any selected text using a keyboard shortcut, giving you control over when rewriting happens and what the target register is.
No. SnailText is subscription-only: the Pro plan costs $7.49 per month or $89 per year with no one-time purchase option. The free tier is unlimited and never expires, which makes it usable indefinitely at the compact Whisper model quality. Typilot offers a $199 lifetime licence covering macOS, Windows, and Linux with all future updates included.