Voibe splits its architecture by platform: on Apple Silicon Macs it can run Whisper entirely on-device using the Neural Engine, and everywhere else — including all of Windows — it routes through a zero-retention cloud built on Groq and Cerebras inference with open-source models only. The pitch is privacy without giving up accuracy, plus a $149 lifetime licence that undercuts superwhisper by a hundred dollars.
At a glance
Platforms
macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon), Windows
Pricing
Pro $7.50/month, $59/year, or $149 lifetime. Teams from $6/seat/month
Free tier
None — 7-day free trial
Processing
Fully offline on Apple Silicon; zero-retention cloud on Windows and Intel Macs
Models
Large Whisper models; cloud inference via Groq and Cerebras, open-source models only
Offline
Apple Silicon only
Integrations
System-wide; Developer Mode tuned for IDEs and coding agents
Real offline mode on Apple Silicon. Not a degraded fallback — the full large Whisper models running on the Neural Engine.
Open models in the cloud too. The cloud path uses open-source models on Groq and Cerebras rather than a proprietary endpoint, which makes the zero-retention claim easier to believe and the inference genuinely fast.
Lifetime at $149. The cheapest lifetime licence among the polished commercial apps, and $110 less than Voicy's.
Developer Mode. Explicitly tuned for dictating into IDEs and at coding agents, where generic dictation tools mangle identifiers.
Spoken punctuation and custom vocabulary. The basics, done.
Where it falls short
No free tier. Seven days, then you pay. Several competitors give you an unlimited-but-weaker model forever, which is a better way to find out if a tool fits.
Windows gets no offline mode. The privacy story is Apple-only, so the headline feature doesn't apply to half the supported platforms.
Two platforms only. No Linux, no iOS, no Android. If you dictate on a phone, this isn't your tool.
Voibe publishes heavily about its competitors. A large share of the review content in this category is Voibe's own comparison marketing. That's not a defect in the product, but it means much of what you'll find searching for "Voibe vs X" is written by Voibe, and the same caution applies to their claims about others in this directory.
Little independent testing. I found no substantial third-party review. Performance and accuracy claims here are the vendor's.
Pricing
No permanent free tier — a 7-day trial across all plans. Professional is $7.50/month, $59/year (about $4.92/month), or $149 once for lifetime. Teams start at 3 seats for roughly 20% off: $6/seat/month or $49/seat/year. Everything carries a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Who it's for
Apple Silicon Mac users who want offline dictation with a polished commercial app and prefer paying once. The $149 lifetime is the strongest reason to choose it. On Windows the offline advantage disappears and you're comparing a zero-retention cloud against Wispr Flow and Aqua Voice on their merits. If you want offline and open source, VoiceInk does it for $29.
Last verified: 9 August 2026. No independent reviews located; details are from the vendor's own pages.
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