Typeless Alternative: Offline Voice Typing on iPhone and Mac
Typeless Pro costs $30 a month, or $144 a year, and processes your speech on its cloud servers. Whisper Notes transcribes on your device, with no internet connection: $7.99 once on iPhone, $14 once on Mac.
iPhone, iPad and Mac. No Windows or Android version.
App Store · $7.99On iPhone: a voice keyboard for any app
Like Typeless, Whisper Notes adds a keyboard you switch to in any app: tap, speak, and the text goes in. Ours transcribes on the phone, with no connection, and comes with the $7.99 app. It is voice-only and covers English and 24 other European languages; Typeless covers 100+, Chinese included, in its cloud, with letter keys a swipe away.
On Mac: hold Fn and speak
As in Typeless, press a key, speak, and the text lands at the cursor in any app: Claude, ChatGPT, Slack, VS Code, Terminal. Whisper Notes transcribes on the Mac itself, so it needs no connection. The Mac app from our website is free for 5,000 words a week, then $14 once.
Whisper Notes runs on your device. Typeless runs in the cloud.
Speech models on your iPhone and Mac
Typeless sends your voice to its servers, so it stops working without a connection. Whisper Notes runs its speech models on the device and works in airplane mode; the audio is not uploaded.
In Typeless's own words
- “Transcription is performed on the cloud to ensure the highest accuracy and low-latency performance.” Data controls
- “…we process your voice audio along with limited contextual information, such as the application you're using and relevant text within it…” Data controls
- Audio and context are “immediately discarded once the result is returned to your device”, and “Dictation data is not used for model training by us or any third party.” Data controls
Whisper Notes: no account, and no server that receives your audio.
Speed, accuracy and custom vocabulary
Claude Opus 4.5
typed with your capitalization once it is in the custom vocabulary
On the device, offline
Everything here runs on the device, so none of it depends on a connection. The built-in Parakeet model covers 25 European languages; for Chinese, Japanese or Korean you pick another model, such as SenseVoice. Names in your custom vocabulary keep your spelling.
Recordings and meetings
Calls on the Mac
None of the Typeless plans include recording. Whisper Notes records both sides of a Zoom, Teams or Google Meet call, with no bot joining, and labels who said what (record a call on Mac).
Conversations on iPhone
On iPhone it records with the microphone or from Apple Watch, and transcribes audio and video files you import. Up to 8 speakers are labelled.
Typeless pricing vs Whisper Notes
Typeless
- Pro: $12 a month billed yearly ($144 a year), or $30 a month billed monthly
- Free: a limited number of words each week
Whisper Notes
- iPhone and iPad: $7.99 once on the App Store
- Mac app from our website: 5,000 words a week free, then $14 once
The $7.99 App Store purchase also covers the Mac App Store version, which records meetings and transcribes files but has no Fn voice typing.
Prices checked on 2026-11-14: Typeless pricing.
Short answer
- Choose Typeless if you want rough speech turned into polished writing, or you need Windows, Linux or Android. Its iPhone keyboard also dictates in 100+ languages, Chinese included; ours covers 25 European languages. If you already pay for it and like what it writes for you, stay with it.
- Choose Whisper Notes if the audio has to stay on your iPhone or Mac, dictation has to work offline, or you'd rather pay once; and if you also record meetings and calls.
Typeless vs Whisper Notes
| Typeless | Whisper Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Works with no internet | ||
| Works with no internet | No | Yes |
| Windows, Linux, Android | ||
| Windows, Linux, Android | Yes | No |
| iPhone keyboard | ||
| iPhone keyboard | 100+ languages, Chinese included | Voice-only keyboard; 25 European languages; offline |
| Meeting recording, file transcription, speaker labels | ||
| Meeting recording, file transcription, speaker labels | Not offered | Yes |
| Account | ||
| Account | Sign in with Google, Apple or email | None |
| Price | ||
| Price | Pro $144 a year, or $30 a month | $7.99 once on iPhone; $14 once on Mac |
Green = yes. Amber = no.
We make Whisper Notes. Facts about Typeless come from its pricing, privacy and help pages and its App Store listing, checked on 2026-11-14.
Common questions
How much does Typeless cost?
Typeless Pro is $12 a month billed yearly ($144 a year) or $30 billed monthly, and the free plan has a weekly word limit. Whisper Notes is a one-time purchase: $7.99 on iPhone, $14 for the Mac app with Fn voice typing.
Does Typeless work offline?
No. Typeless says its transcription is performed in the cloud, so it needs a connection. Whisper Notes transcribes on your device and works in airplane mode.
Does Whisper Notes have a voice keyboard on iPhone, like Typeless?
Yes, in English and 24 other European languages, offline, and it comes with the iPhone app. It is voice-only: there are no letter keys, and it doesn't dictate Chinese, Japanese or Korean.
Do I need an account?
No. Whisper Notes has no account. Typeless asks you to sign in with Google, Apple or an email address.
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