9 MB RAM. Not 800. CHF 5/month. Not 15.
The API costs CHF 1 — and we tell you that.
Free to use locally. No account needed.
Every feature exists because something else failed. No copied feature lists. Just solutions to real problems.
Start dictating in one text field, switch to another app entirely — your text still lands exactly where you started. No other dictation app does this.
Built because every other app loses track of where you were the moment you multitask.
Four transcription engines. If one fails or hits a rate limit, the next takes over automatically — all the way down to the local model. Your audio stays in RAM. Nothing gets lost.
100% processing guarantee. Other apps are locked to a single provider — if it goes down, you're stuck.
Local engine + EU servers. Audio never leaves your PC in local mode. Technically verifiable, not a marketing claim.
Simple: press a key, speak, done. Advanced: choose providers, custom prompts, latency profiling. Switch anytime.
Hold-to-record, toggle on/off, or voice-activity detection. Your workflow, your choice.
Select text and rewrite it by voice. Fix typos, rephrase, translate — without touching the keyboard.
Drop audio files — MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4 — and transcribe them. One app, multiple workflows.
Own clipboard in the background. Your system clipboard stays clean. Shortcut to re-paste if insertion fails.
Whistype uses less resources while actively transcribing than other dictation apps use while doing nothing.
Windows-native. Rust & Tauri. Not Electron. Not a web app pretending to be software.
It's how this works. Three layers of trust — pick the one that matches your comfort level.
You see exactly what your subscription pays for. API costs, payment processing fees, tax, my profit. No hidden margins. No "Premium AI" markup on a $0.003/minute API.
Don't trust the claims? Read the source code. It's public. Check what data goes where, which APIs are called, what's stored locally. Verify everything yourself.
Don't trust me at all? Use it without me. Local mode works without an account, without internet, without paying. Your audio never leaves your machine. Zero trust required.
I was paying $15/month for a dictation app that used 800 MB of RAM, lost track of my cursor every time I switched windows, and ran on a $1 API under the hood. One night I opened my code editor and started building what I actually needed.
Seven months later, Whistype uses 9 MB, never loses your cursor, costs CHF 5, and I show you exactly where that money goes.
Read the full story →I know what the API costs. I add a fair margin. That's the whole story.
No other SaaS product shows you this. Here's the real breakdown of your Basic subscription:
Because the API actually costs around CHF 1 per user per month. Other apps charge EUR 10–15 for the exact same underlying service — they just hide it behind "Premium AI" branding. I'd rather be honest and build trust than squeeze margins.
In local mode: no. Audio is processed on your machine and never leaves it. In cloud mode: audio is sent to the transcription provider (e.g., OpenAI), transcribed, and discarded. Whistype itself never stores your audio. You can see exactly which provider is active at any time.
The Mac dictation market is saturated — Wispr Flow, SuperWhisper, VoiceInk, Voicely all target macOS. Windows and Android are the largest platforms with the worst dictation options. That's not a compromise, it's strategy.
Yes. One click in the settings. No email required, no retention flow, no guilt trips. Your subscription ends at the end of the billing period. 14-day money-back guarantee if you're not satisfied.
You automatically fall back to the local model. No interruption, no error message, no paywall popup. You keep working. The cloud quota resets every week.
Download, press a hotkey, speak. No account needed for local mode.