The first question is whether you need an app today
If you need to download a dictation app and use it for work this afternoon, Wispr Flow is an available product. Gabsy is a private alpha. That changes the decision before we get anywhere near a feature table.
I’m building Gabsy, so this is a comparison from the maker of one of the products. I haven’t completed a controlled, real-speech comparison against Flow. There is no accuracy league table hiding further down this page, and no claim that a short demo proves Gabsy is faster.
What I can explain is the difference in approach, where Flow is already ahead, and what I’m trying to make worth waiting for.
Local processing is the big distinction
Flow’s help centre says an internet connection is required for transcription. Gabsy’s Mac workflow runs speech recognition and cleanup locally after its models are installed. Optional cloud text cleanup is separate and off by default.
That makes Gabsy interesting if keeping the processing on your own Mac is a requirement. It doesn’t automatically make every local result better. A local app still has to handle your microphone, your accent and the name of the person you email every day. It also needs room for the models and enough hardware to run them comfortably.
Ask a precise question when comparing privacy: where are recognition and cleanup performed? Then ask a second one: what is stored afterwards? Those are different decisions. Gabsy’s saved dictation history is off by default; its Scratchpad is a separate, deliberately saved workspace.
Flow already does more than plain transcription
It would be easy to describe Flow as a microphone button and move on. That would be a poor comparison. Its documented desktop Transforms beta includes custom prompts, a change viewer, retry and undo. Some custom editors are unsupported, so test the actual fields you use.
Gabsy’s alpha has local cleanup, a dictionary, exact phrase replacements, spoken snippets, custom transforms and Scratchpad review. There is also voice editing of selected text and targeted paragraphs. External editing is still being checked across applications. A successful edit in Notes is useful evidence for Notes; it isn’t a promise about every browser editor.
The part I care about is how quickly you recover when the wording is wrong. Can you see what changed? Can you keep the original? Can you try again without reconstructing the sentence? Those are better questions than counting how many rewrite buttons each app has.
The price gap needs some context
At the time of checking, Flow lists Pro at $15 per user each month, or $12 per month on annual billing. It also has a free plan and team features. Check its current eligibility and limits before deciding.
Gabsy’s planned desktop prices are $7.99 a month or $79.99 a year, with a permanent free allowance of 2,000 words per week. Those are launch plans, not subscriptions you can buy today. Optional provider charges for bring-your-own-key cleanup are separate. Taxes may apply.
A lower planned price is not the same as a better purchase. If an available product already saves you time, waiting for an unreleased app has a cost too.
Try this before choosing either app
Use the same short recording for each test. Include a name, an amount, a correction and a negative: “Send it to Jamie on Tuesday, actually Wednesday. The budget is £250. Do not include the old figures.” Check each detail afterwards.
Then dictate an ordinary email without making your voice unnaturally tidy. Count the corrections you need before you would send it. Finally, try a rewrite in the editor you actually use, and undo it. A polished example on somebody else’s website cannot do those checks for you.
If you need a supported, cross-platform product now, look at Flow. If local recognition and local cleanup on a Mac are central to what you want, follow Gabsy’s progress. I want Gabsy to earn that place through the words it gets right and the mistakes it makes easy to repair.
Sources and scope
Product documentation checked 23 October 2026. Features and prices can change. This is Gabsy-authored analysis, not an independent review or a controlled comparative benchmark.
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