Blurt vs Superwhisper: same local Whisper, different bill.
Superwhisper is the better known app and it covers more platforms. Blurt costs less than half as much, asks for no account, and keeps the AI cleanup layer on your machine too.
Superwhisper and Blurt solve the same problem the same way: hold a key, talk, and Whisper turns it into text on your own Mac. Nothing has to reach a server for either app to work. So the comparison is not really about privacy, it is about what you pay, what you sign up for, and which extras you actually use.
Where the two apps genuinely differ.
Both are local, only one is anonymous
Superwhisper Pro is tied to an account, and it can also route dictation to GPT, Claude or Llama if you add your own API key. Blurt has no account, no login and no cloud path at all: the only things it ever contacts are the model download, the update manifest and a weekly licence check.
Price is the widest gap
Blurt is $3.99 a month, $29 a year, or $99 once. Superwhisper Pro is $8.49 a month or $84.99 a year, with a lifetime tier several times Blurt's. Over three years the yearly plans are $87 against $255.
What Superwhisper does that Blurt cannot
Windows and iOS apps, Intel Macs, a genuinely free unlimited local tier, cloud LLM modes with your own key, file and video transcription, and translation into English. If you need any of those, Superwhisper is the correct pick and we would rather say so here than waste your download.
What Blurt does that Superwhisper does not
A Parakeet engine alongside Whisper for faster English, local Qwen formatting that needs no API key, meeting mode that captures the call audio as well as your mic, and a dictionary that proposes fixes from corrections you have already made.
| Blurt | Superwhisper | |
|---|---|---|
| Where speech is processed | On your Mac, always. No cloud option exists | On your Mac, or in the cloud with your own API key |
| Account required | None, ever. A licence key, not a login | Account required for Pro |
| Monthly (Sept 2026) | $3.99 | $8.49 |
| Yearly (Sept 2026) | $29 | $84.99 |
| One-time (Sept 2026) | $99 lifetime, all future updates | Lifetime tier listed near $250 |
| Free use | 14-day trial, then 20 dictations a day forever | Free tier with unlimited local Whisper |
| Refunds | 30 days, no questions asked, including Lifetime | 30 days |
| Platforms | Apple Silicon Macs only | macOS including Intel, Windows, iOS |
| Speech engines | Whisper large-v3-turbo and Parakeet, your choice | Whisper models, plus cloud models with a key |
| AI formatting | Local Qwen model, offline, no key needed | Cloud modes, needs an API key |
| Meetings | Captures your mic and system audio locally | File transcription rather than live capture |
Common questions
Is Superwhisper free?
There is a free tier that runs Whisper locally without a time limit, which is more generous than Blurt's trial. Blurt gives you 14 days unrestricted, then keeps working at 20 dictations a day. If free forever with no cap is the deciding factor, Superwhisper wins that one.
Do both work on a plane with no wifi?
Yes, as long as you have already downloaded a model. Superwhisper works offline in local mode and falls back to cloud models only if you configure them. Blurt has no cloud mode to fall back to, so offline is simply how it runs.
Which one is more accurate?
Both run the same class of Whisper model, so raw accuracy is close. The difference shows up on names and jargon: Blurt biases the model with a custom vocabulary, applies your heard-to-written replacement rules, and offers corrections it spots in your own transcript history.
Can I run Blurt on Windows or an Intel Mac?
No. Blurt is Apple Silicon only right now, and there is no Windows build. Superwhisper covers Intel Macs, Windows and iOS, so that is the honest answer if your hardware rules Blurt out.
Are these prices current?
They were read off the official pricing pages in September 2026. Superwhisper's lifetime figure comes from resellers rather than its own page, so treat it as an estimate and check at their checkout. Blurt is $3.99 a month, $29 a year, $99 once.
Try it before you compare spreadsheets.
Fourteen days, everything switched on, no card and no sign-up. If it does not beat what you are using, delete it and you have lost nothing.
Apple Silicon. 14-day trial, no card and no account. After the trial it keeps working at 20 dictations a day. Every paid plan, Lifetime included, carries a 30-day money-back guarantee.