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Speakly is the right call if you want a free, cloud-powered dictation app that also works on your phone and plugs into the Genspark assistant, and you are comfortable with audio and text going to a vendor's servers. Typilot is the better fit when audio must stay on the machine, you need offline use, Linux, keyboard AI commands, autocomplete, or meeting transcription with on-device speaker labels. Speakly's site does not list paid-plan prices or describe data handling in detail, so check its current pricing and privacy policy before relying on it.
Yes. Both type your voice into any desktop app. Speakly is a cloud dictation app for Mac, Windows, iPhone, and Android with a 4,000-word weekly free tier. Typilot keeps audio on your machine with local Whisper and adds 27 keyboard-triggered AI commands via local Ollama, ghost-text autocomplete, on-device meeting transcription with speaker labels, and Linux support for $7.99/month or $199 lifetime.
Speakly's site does not list an offline mode, and an independent June 2026 review reports that dictation stops when the internet connection drops. Typilot runs Whisper locally, so dictation and AI commands work with no connection after the initial model download.
An independent review reports that every utterance is sent to Genspark's cloud for transcription and optional AI editing, and Speakly's site links a privacy policy without summarising how voice data is handled. Typilot never sends audio off the device: Whisper transcribes locally and a local Ollama model handles AI commands.
Speakly is free up to 4,000 words per week, and a paid upgrade removes the cap; its site does not list paid prices. Typilot costs $7.99/month or $199 lifetime with a 3-day free trial and no word cap. Speakly is cheaper if light, cloud-based dictation is enough; Typilot adds local processing, AI commands, autocomplete, and meeting transcription.