Notely vs Wispr Flow
Both listen to your voice. Wispr Flow is dictation: you speak and polished text lands wherever your cursor is. Notely is a recorder first: capture a whole meeting, lecture or interview and get a transcript, a summary and a chat with it afterwards. And with Notely Keyboard on iOS and Android, it dictates too.
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Notely AI
The AI voice-note app for anything you hear
- →Records your Mac's audio during Teams, Zoom and Meet calls, or any browser tab via the Chrome extension
- →Upload a file or paste a YouTube link
- →30 languages, with live translation on Premium
- →Privacy mode processes everything on your device
- →10 free minutes every day, or from $0.49 for extra minutes
- →Notely Keyboard dictates into any app on iOS and Android
Wispr Flow
Speak, and polished text appears in any app
- →Dictation into any text field on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android
- →Auto-edits as you talk: filler words out, punctuation and tone in
- →100+ languages with automatic detection
- →Notetaker records meetings on Mac and Windows
- →Free up to 2,000 words a week, then $15 per user per month
Side by side
The features people actually ask about, without the marketing gloss.
| Feature | Notely | Wispr Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Recording conversations: meetings, lectures, interviews, voice memos. Plus dictation on your phone. | Dictation: writing messages, emails and documents by voice |
| How you use it | Press record for a transcript and summary, or tap the mic on Notely Keyboard to dictate | Hold a key, talk, and the text is typed where your cursor is |
| Platforms | iOS, Android, macOS, plus a Chrome extension | macOS, Windows, iOS, Android |
| Dictate into other apps | Yes Yes, with Notely Keyboard on iOS and Android: tap the mic, talk, and the text is typed where your cursor is. Cloud or on-device Whisper, with formatting and translate modes. | Yes Works in any app, no plugins |
| Online meetings (Zoom, Teams, Meet) | Yes Press record on your Mac (macOS 14.4 or later) and Notely captures the computer audio from the call. In Chrome on any computer, the Notely extension captures the tab's audio. On your phone, record from the room or import the recording. | Yes Notetaker captures system audio on Mac and Windows, no bot; mobile is on the roadmap |
| In-person conversations and lectures | Yes Phone or Mac on the table, tap record | Partly Notetaker is desktop only; on the phone Flow is for dictation |
| Upload audio files and YouTube links | Yes MP3, WAV, M4A and more, plus YouTube URLs | No Not offered |
| Languages | 30 languages, plus live translation on Premium | 100+ languages, auto-detected |
| Summaries and chat | Yes Meeting notes, to-dos, flashcards and quizzes; ask questions of any recording | Partly Notetaker gives a transcript, summary and action items |
| Text cleanup while you speak | Partly Formatting mode on Notely Keyboard tidies your dictation when you stop; recordings keep a faithful transcript | Yes Removes filler words, adds punctuation, adjusts tone live |
| On-device processing | Yes On-device transcription on every plan, with the larger Whisper models on Premium. Privacy mode on Premium keeps transcription and summaries on the device and blocks every cloud call. | No No: "transcription always happens in the cloud" |
| Where your data lives | On your device first. On iOS and macOS it then syncs to your iCloud; on Android, sync needs Premium and a signed-in account. Transcripts and notes sync through EU servers, encrypted in transit and at rest. Fully on-device with Privacy mode. | Wispr's cloud, encrypted in transit and at rest; region not published |
| Audio retention | Saved on your device first, until you delete it, so you can re-listen. On iOS and macOS it is also kept in your iCloud; on Android, backup needs Premium and a signed-in account. Privacy mode keeps it on your device only. | Dictation audio storage is a setting; meeting audio is deleted after a limited period, transcripts are kept |
| No training on your data | Yes Notely never trains on your data. Your data is never sold or shared with unrelated third parties | Partly You choose in settings whether your audio, transcripts and edits may train Wispr's models |
| Compliance | Encryption in transit and at rest; DPA, BAA and on-prem option on Enterprise | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001; HIPAA BAA on all plans |
| Free plan | Yes 10 minutes of recording every day, forever | Partly 2,000 words a week on desktop, 1,000 on mobile, with limited Notetaker |
| Paid plans | $7.99/month or $49.99/year for 1,800 min/month. One price, no per-seat billing. | Pro $15 per user/month ($12 annual); Growth $23 ($18 annual); Enterprise custom |
| Pay as you go | Yes 10 min for $0.49, 35 min for $1.99, 80 min for $4.99. No subscription. | No Not offered |
| Company | Built in Stockholm, Sweden | Wispr, United States |
Based on publicly available information from wisprflow.ai as of September 2026. Wispr Flow is a trademark of its owner. Notely is not affiliated with Wispr. Spotted something out of date? Let us know and we'll fix it.
Where each one wins
No tool is best at everything. Here is the honest version.
Notely AI
- Built to capture whole conversations, not sentences: meetings, lectures, interviews, voice memos
- Records Teams, Zoom and Meet calls from your Mac's audio, and any browser tab through the Chrome extension
- Upload files and YouTube links; nothing has to happen live
- Summaries in the shape you need, plus a chat that answers questions about the recording
- Privacy mode keeps processing entirely on your device; everything else is local first, then your iCloud and EU servers
- One flat price, or pay per minute with no subscription at all
- Dictation is on iOS and Android only; there is no Mac dictation
- Dictation cleanup happens when you stop, not word by word as you speak
- 30 languages against Wispr Flow's 100+
- No Windows desktop app yet; on Windows you use the Chrome extension
- No SOC 2 or ISO report to hand to procurement (DPA, BAA and on-prem on Enterprise)
Wispr Flow
- Dictation that works in any app on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android
- Cleans up your speech as you go: filler words, punctuation, tone and snippets
- 100+ languages with automatic detection and mid-sentence switching
- Notetaker records calls from system audio on desktop with no bot
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and a HIPAA BAA on every plan
- Cloud only: there is no on-device or offline mode
- Free plan is capped at 2,000 words a week on desktop and 1,000 on mobile
- $15 per user per month for unlimited dictation, and Growth at $23 for full Notetaker
- No file upload or YouTube transcription
- Meeting recording is desktop only; the phone app is for dictation
The difference, explained
Is Wispr Flow a note-taking app?
Mostly no. Wispr Flow is a dictation tool: you hold a key, talk, and clean text is typed into whatever app you are in. It does have a Notetaker for recording meetings on Mac and Windows, but that is a companion feature, and the free plan limits it. Notely is the other way round. Recording is the whole product: press record, get the transcript, the summary and a chat with the recording, on your phone or your Mac.
Can Notely replace dictation?
Yes, on your phone. Notely Keyboard is a keyboard for iOS and Android with a mic button: tap it, talk, and the text is typed into whatever app you are in. A formatting mode cleans it up when you stop, a translate mode turns it into another language, and it runs on cloud models or on-device Whisper. What it does not do is desktop dictation; on a Mac, Notely is a recorder. If you dictate all day at a computer, Wispr Flow is the stronger tool. On a phone, Notely covers both jobs.
Which one records meetings better?
They are closer here than anywhere else. Both capture computer audio during Teams, Zoom or Meet calls without a bot: Notely on macOS or through the Chrome extension on any computer, Wispr Flow's Notetaker on Mac and Windows. The gap is away from the desk. Notely records in the room from your phone, and imports files and YouTube links; Wispr Flow's Notetaker is desktop only and there is no file upload. Notely also lets you ask questions of the recording afterwards.
What happens to your audio?
Wispr Flow processes everything in its own cloud; there is no offline mode. Dictation audio storage is a setting you control, meeting audio is deleted after a limited period, and you decide in settings whether your data may train Wispr's models. Notely saves recordings on your device first, then in your iCloud, so you can re-listen and chat with them, syncs transcripts and notes through EU servers, encrypted in transit and at rest, and lets you delete everything at any time. On Premium, Privacy mode processes everything on your device so the audio never leaves it.
Which one is cheaper?
Notely, by some distance for one person. Premium is $7.99 a month or $49.99 a year for 1,800 minutes a month, the free plan gives you 10 minutes every day, and minute packs start at $0.49 with no subscription. Wispr Flow Pro is $15 per user per month ($12 on an annual plan), Growth is $23, and the free plan stops at 2,000 words a week.
When should you choose Wispr Flow?
Choose Wispr Flow if what you actually want is to type less. If your day is emails, Slack messages, docs and code comments, and you would rather say them than type them, Flow's live cleanup and tone control are excellent, and it works in every app on every platform. The 100+ languages and the compliance reports matter too if you work in a regulated team.
When should you choose Notely?
Choose Notely if the thing you want to capture is a conversation rather than a sentence: a lecture, an interview, a client call, a walk where you think out loud. Choose it if you want file and YouTube import, summaries you can ask questions of, phone dictation from the same app, the option to keep everything on your device, and a price that does not scale per seat.
Can you use both?
Yes, and they do not overlap much. Wispr Flow for typing by voice all day, Notely for recording the moments worth keeping. Both export plain text and Markdown, so nothing gets stuck in either one.
Your recordings are yours
Privacy is the reason Notely exists, not a checkbox on a pricing page.
Encrypted in transit and at rest
Without an account, your notes stay on your device and in your iCloud, never on our servers.
Local first, then your cloud
Everything is saved on your device first, then synced to your iCloud and to EU servers.
Privacy mode
On Premium, transcription and summaries run entirely on your device. Nothing is uploaded.
Never sold
Your data is never sold or handed to unrelated third parties. No ads, no data brokers.
Delete anything, anytime
Remove a single note or your whole account in two taps. Gone means gone.
Built for regulated teams
Enterprise plans come with a DPA, a BAA and an on-prem option.
Trying Notely takes three steps
Download the app
Free on iOS, Android and macOS, or add the Chrome extension. No credit card, no account wall before your first note.
Record or import
Press record on your Mac during a Teams, Zoom or Meet call, tap record on your phone, upload a file or paste a YouTube link.
Read, ask, share
Your transcript and summary land in minutes. Ask follow-up questions, then export as PDF, Markdown, SRT or email.
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