easytranscript vs Superwhisper

easytranscript is a desktop application for transcribing audio and video, with manual editing and AI-assisted automatic transcription. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and supports common media formats and transcript text formats. The software detects speaker changes and lets users manage or change speakers while editing. Editing tools include automatic timestamps, word suggestions, autocorrection, customizable shortcuts, abbreviations, and support for rules such as GAT. Programmable footswitches control playback actions such as forward, rewind, and pause. It also records transcription time and estimates speed and remaining time. The free Test version supports manual transcription but does not include automatic transcription, transcript export, automatic backups, or saving. Students costs €5 a month; Professionals costs €72 a year. Both paid plans include transcript import and export, automatic backups and saving, and a one-time 30 free minutes of automatic transcription. Online audio is processed by Microsoft Azure and Gladia; Azure processing generally uses EU data centers, with possible exceptions outside the EU. Files and generated transcripts are deleted when no longer needed for their collection purpose, subject to legal retention requirements.

Superwhisper turns speech into formatted text for use across applications. Its Super Mode reads the screen and adjusts dictated text to the current app, for example treating email as a message or coding prompts technically. It supports more than 100 languages, automatic language detection, and translation between languages. On-device speech models process audio locally, work without internet, and keep audio off the device's outbound path. With cloud models, audio and text pass through the Superwhisper proxy to the provider; the product says they are not retained for training. It works wherever text can be entered and names Slack, Cursor, and Notion, with coding plugins for Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, and Pi. A CLI can search and export transcripts, report recording statistics, and start a local MCP server. Free includes voice-to-text, meeting recording and transcription, and email support. Pro costs $8.49 per month or $84.99 per year and adds audio and video transcription, cloud and local models, custom API keys, and priority support. Pro features can be tried for 3,000 words before free-tier features remain available.