Is SayControl cheaper than Wispr Flow?

Paid monthly, yes: $12 a month against $15. Paid yearly, Wispr Flow comes to the same $12 a month, but that is $144 up front. SayControl has no yearly plan, so you can stop after any month.

Are the free plans the same?

Same size on a Mac: 2,000 words a week on both. SayControl’s free plan also gets 10 agent conversations to try. Command mode is paid on both.

Does SayControl run on Windows or iPhone?

No. It is a Mac app, for macOS 13 and later. If you dictate on other devices too, Wispr Flow covers them and SayControl doesn’t.

Which one keeps my audio?

SayControl never keeps it on its servers: audio passes through to be turned into words and is dropped. Your recent clips stay on your Mac, where you can turn recording off. Wispr Flow’s docs say the same holds when its Privacy Mode is on, and that it is off by default.

Can I try SayControl without leaving Wispr Flow?

Yes. The free week needs no card, so there is nothing to cancel. Quit Wispr Flow while you try it, so only one app is listening when you hold fn.

What does SayControl not do?

It runs only on a Mac, it has no meeting notes, and it covers 60+ languages to Wispr Flow’s 100+. If you need another platform, meeting notes or a language only Wispr Flow covers, Wispr Flow is the better pick today.

SayControl vs Wispr Flow: which Mac dictation app fits you?

Both turn your voice into clean text in any app, and both give you 2,000 free words a week. The difference is what happens when you say more than words.

SHSorower Hossan, maker of SayControl·Updated 12 October 2026·7 min read

We make SayControl, so read this knowing that. Every Wispr Flow fact here comes from Wispr Flow’s own pages, linked at the end and checked on 12 October 2026. Where Wispr Flow is the better pick, we say so.

TL;DR

The short answer

If all you want is to talk instead of type on a Mac, either app will make you happy. They clean up your “um”s, fit the tone to the app you’re in, learn your words, and start at the same free 2,000 words a week.

Pick SayControl if you want your voice to do things while you write: drop a screenshot or a file into a sentence, or hear your coding agents when they need you. Pick Wispr Flow if you dictate on other devices, need one of the languages only it covers, or want meeting notes or team plans.

Nothing ticked yet. If none of these matter to you, both will do the job: try each one’s free plan and keep the one you like.

At a glance

The eleven things people ask about

SayControl and Wispr Flow at a glance
Feature	SayControl	Wispr Flow
Free plan	2,000 words a week	2,000 words a week
Pro, monthly	$12 a month	$15 a month
Pro, yearly	No yearly plan	$12 a month
Cleanup and tone per app
Command mode
Screenshots, files, links by voice		Not available
Ask ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Perplexity		Not available
Coding agents that talk back		Not available
Meeting notes
Runs on	Mac	Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android
Languages	60+	100+

Common ground

What both do well

The basics are close enough that you shouldn’t pick on them. On both, you hold a key, talk, and let go, and the words appear wherever your cursor is: Slack, Mail, Notion, a browser, a terminal.

2,000 words a week free, every week
Hold a key, talk, and it types in any app
Fillers and false starts cleaned up
A tone for each app
A dictionary and text shortcuts
Command mode on the paid plan

The tone settings differ in name more than in kind. SayControl has Personal, Work, Email and Agents tones; Wispr Flow calls its version Styles and offers them in English on desktop.

Where SayControl goes further

Dictation that does things

This is the biggest difference. In SayControl, you can name a thing in the middle of a sentence and it lands there. Say “take a screenshot” and the picture is pasted where you were writing. Say “attach the PDF from downloads” and the newest one is attached. Your sentence carries on around it.

Here's the bug I mentioned: . It happens on every refresh.

📸 Screenshot taken

take a screenshot

A picture of your screen, pasted mid-sentence. Pick another to watch it land.

Wispr Flow has nothing like this outside code editors: in Cursor and Windsurf it can tag a file when you say its name. SayControl’s controls work in any app and also copy links and file paths, open apps, and start a terminal in a folder. They come with Pro. See everything you can say.

Illustration: a sentence reading “Here is the bug” with a screenshot and a PDF dropped into it, after saying “take a screenshot” — Your sentence keeps going; the thing you named lands inside it.

Only in SayControl

Your coding agents talk back

If you run Claude Code or Codex, you know the pattern: start a task, switch away, and come back ten minutes later to find it stopped two minutes in, waiting for a yes. SayControl speaks up when that happens. You hear that a session finished, hit a limit or wants permission, and you answer out loud. The reply goes straight into that session without a window moving.

Illustration: Claude Code saying “Finished. What next?” and Codex asking “Allow npm test?”, answered by voice with “Yes, commit it” — Agents report in out loud; you answer the same way.

You can also talk to all of them at once: “any updates?”, “tell all agents to commit”, or “pause monitoring for 30 minutes” while you focus. Free accounts get 10 conversations to try it, and Pro includes 300 a month. Wispr Flow doesn’t have this.

Credit where due

Where Wispr Flow is ahead

Wispr Flow has been around longer and covers more ground. If any of these matter to you, they probably decide it:

It runs everywhere. Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, synced across your devices. SayControl is Mac only.
It covers more languages. Over 100, against SayControl’s 60+.
It takes meeting notes. Its Notetaker writes AI meeting notes on Mac and Windows. SayControl has no notetaker.
It’s ready for teams. Shared dictionaries, SSO, admin controls and a HIPAA BAA on its business plans. SayControl’s team plan is a conversation for now.

Price

What it costs

Both free plans give you 2,000 words a week on a Mac (about a quarter of an hour of talking). SayControl Pro is $12 a month. Wispr Flow Pro is $15 a month, or $12 a month if you pay a year up front. Move the slider to see what that adds up to.

If you use it for12 months

SayControl · Pro, monthly$144
Wispr Flow · Pro, monthly$180
Wispr Flow · Pro, yearly (paid up front)$144

A yearly plan is paid a year at a time, so 12 months on it means paying for a whole year. Prices before tax.

Privacy

What happens to your voice

Both turn your audio into words in the cloud rather than on your Mac. The difference is the default. SayControl never keeps your audio on its servers, and there is nothing to switch on. Wispr Flow’s docs say it keeps nothing when Privacy Mode is on, and that Privacy Mode is off by default.

What SayControl and Wispr Flow keep
Feature	SayControl	Wispr Flow
Audio kept on their servers?	Never	Not with Privacy Mode on (off by default)
Used to train models?	No	Can be, unless you opt out

Our privacy policy has the whole round trip.

Every row

The full comparison

Every feature, side by side.

Dictation

Dictate into any app
Hold a key, talk, let go.
SayControlYes
Wispr FlowYes
Cleanup
Fillers, false starts and spoken corrections.
SayControlYes
Wispr FlowYes
Tone for each app
SayControlPersonal, Work, Email, Agents
Wispr FlowStyles (English, desktop)
Dictionary and shortcuts
SayControlDictionary and phrases
Wispr FlowDictionary and snippets
Names spelled right
SayControlRead off your screen
Wispr FlowFrom context
Languages
SayControl60+
Wispr Flow100+

Doing things with your voice

Command mode
“make it a list”, “fix the grammar” on what you selected.
SayControlPro
Wispr FlowPaid plans
Spoken controls mid-sentence
Screenshots, files, links, terminal and apps, in any app.
SayControlPro
Wispr FlowNot available
Ask ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or Perplexity
Say the question; it opens in that AI, already asked.
SayControlPro
Wispr FlowNot available
Coding agents that talk back
Claude Code and Codex say when they need you; you answer by voice.
SayControl10 free, 300 a month on Pro
Wispr FlowNot available
Meeting notes
SayControlNo
Wispr FlowYes

Privacy

Your audio
SayControlNever kept on our servers
Wispr FlowNot kept with Privacy Mode on, which is off by default

Plans

Free
SayControl2,000 words a week
Wispr Flow2,000 words a week on desktop, 1,000 on mobile
Pro, paid monthly
SayControl$12 a month
Wispr Flow$15 a month
Pro, paid yearly
SayControlNo yearly plan, so no year up front
Wispr Flow$12 a month, $144 up front
Teams
SayControlEnterprise, priced with you
Wispr FlowTeam plans, SSO, HIPAA BAA

Where it runs

Platforms
SayControlmacOS 13 and later
Wispr FlowMac, Windows, iPhone, Android

SayControl and Wispr Flow, line by line
Feature	SayControl	Wispr Flow
Dictation
Dictate into any appHold a key, talk, let go.	Yes	Yes
CleanupFillers, false starts and spoken corrections.	Yes	Yes
Tone for each app	Personal, Work, Email, Agents	Styles (English, desktop)
Dictionary and shortcuts	Dictionary and phrases	Dictionary and snippets
Names spelled right	Read off your screen	From context
Languages	60+	100+
Doing things with your voice
Command mode“make it a list”, “fix the grammar” on what you selected.	Pro	Paid plans
Spoken controls mid-sentenceScreenshots, files, links, terminal and apps, in any app.	Pro	Not available
Ask ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or PerplexitySay the question; it opens in that AI, already asked.	Pro	Not available
Coding agents that talk backClaude Code and Codex say when they need you; you answer by voice.	10 free, 300 a month on Pro	Not available
Meeting notes	No	Yes
Privacy
Your audio	Never kept on our servers	Not kept with Privacy Mode on, which is off by default
Plans
Free	2,000 words a week	2,000 words a week on desktop, 1,000 on mobile
Pro, paid monthly	$12 a month	$15 a month
Pro, paid yearly	No yearly plan, so no year up front	$12 a month, $144 up front
Teams	Enterprise, priced with you	Team plans, SSO, HIPAA BAA
Where it runs
Platforms	macOS 13 and later	Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android

Questions

What people ask when switching

Sources

Checked on 12 October 2026. Wispr Flow and its logo are trademarks of their owner, shown here only to identify the product; SayControl is not affiliated with it. Something out of date? Write to support@saycontrol.com and we’ll fix it.