Speechify alternative
Speechify added voice typing and meeting notes.
ThinkScribe does them privately, on-device.
Speechify is best known as a text-to-speech reader, and it now offers voice typing and an AI note taker for meetings too, as part of a broader AI subscription. If you came to Speechify for voice-to-text, ThinkScribe is a purpose-built alternative that always transcribes on your device: dictate into any app, record and transcribe meetings, and ask a cited AI about them, across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.
ThinkScribe vs Speechify
A factual side-by-side: here's where the two differ.
| ThinkScribe | Speechify | |
|---|---|---|
| Transcribed on your device: audio never sent to us | ✓ | ~ |
| Transcription works offline | ✓ | ~ |
| No account required | ✓ | ✕ |
| Purpose-built for voice-to-text | ✓ | ~ |
| System-wide voice keyboard / dictation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Record & transcribe meetings | ✓ | ~ |
| Speaker recognition across recordings | ✓ | ~ |
| Chat with your recordings, with citations | ✓ | ~ |
| Reads documents aloud (text-to-speech) | ✕ | ✓ |
| Apple Watch companion | ✓ | ✕ |
| One-time lifetime option | ✓ | ✕ |
| Platforms | iPhone · iPad · Mac · Watch | iOS · Android · Mac · Windows · Web |
| Price | $9.99/mo · $199.99 lifetime | $29/mo ($139/yr) · no lifetime |
✓ yes · ~ partial · ✕ no · Speechify details as of September 2026, check their site for the latest.
Why people switch
- If you want private voice-to-text, every recording is transcribed on your device and never sent to us, and there is no account.
- Purpose-built for dictation and meeting transcription, not a read-aloud app with transcription added on, with a cited AI that jumps to the exact audio.
- One purchase across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, a one-time lifetime price instead of about $29 a month.
