# Superwhisper

17 Hacker News commenters recommended Superwhisper and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Voice dictation app people praise for high accuracy, speed, custom vocabulary and replace rules, with built-in language models. Common caveat: it is a paid subscription and not cheap.

## Why people recommend it

- High recognition accuracy and speed (2 comments): "recognition is better (much better) on handy/superwhisper, everything else felt MUCH worse" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47670423)) "it transcribes with very high accuracy for me and great speed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46272364))
- Many features beyond basic transcription (2 comments): "Tons of features. Language models are built right in without additional charge." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46637040)) "Superwhisper does a lot more than just provide a whisper/parakeet UI" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48895575))
- Works well for dictation (2 comments): "I'm using Wispr flow, but I've also tried Superwhisper. Both are fine." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46256697)) "run locally and work just fine for dictation" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47781591))
- Chosen over other dictation tools (2 comments): "stopped using it when i replaced it with superwhisper" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47942572)) "Monologue and Superwhisper are my go-tos" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49810496))

## What people warn about

- Paid subscription, not cheap (2 comments): "So why are Willow ($144/year), Wisprflow ($120/year), and SuperWhisper ($120/year) all subscriptions?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45923353)) "Excellent competitors (Superwhisper, MacWhisper, etc.) are closed/paid." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46629106))
- Accuracy still falls short (2 comments): "That happens in most speech to text systems, even Superwhisper, Monologue and Wispr Flow" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47990553)) "After using Superwhisper a lot i wanted something more accurate/faster" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49815368))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Handy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/handy.md): 150 recommend
- [Wispr Flow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wispr-flow.md): 52 recommend
- [MacWhisper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/macwhisper.md): 31 recommend
- [macOS Dictation](https://hackerapproved.com/p/macos-built-in-dictation.md): 26 recommend
- [Hex voice-to-text app for macOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hex.md): 26 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://superwhisper.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Superwhisper", https://hackerapproved.com/p/superwhisper/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).