# Flit vs Voiskey

Canonical page: https://flit.fyi/alternatives/voiskey

Flit needs no account and uploads nothing, and you pay once. Checked against Voiskey's own site in September 2026. Flit is ours.

**Short answer:** Flit is the local alternative to Voiskey. Both turn rough speech into clean text in the app you are using. Voiskey sends your audio to its servers, works with Google and other partners for the AI, and asks for a Google or Apple ID before you start. Premium is $29.99 a month or $129.99 a year. Flit does the same job entirely on your Mac, with no account and text that appears while you speak, for $19 once. Voiskey keeps the edge if you also dictate on Windows or a phone. If you write on a Mac, Flit keeps your words on it and you pay once.

| | Flit | Voiskey |
|---|---|---|
| Where transcription happens | Your Mac, no cloud path | Cloud, with Google and other AI partners |
| Price | $19 once, up to 2 Macs | Free to start. Premium $29.99/mo or $129.99/yr |
| Account required | No | Yes, Google or Apple ID |
| Platforms | macOS today, Windows in the works | Mac, Windows, iOS, Android |
| Works with no internet | Fully | Not stated |
| Text appears as you speak | Yes | Not stated |
| Languages | 1,600+, all local | 100+ |
| Knows your codebase | Indexes it locally | Not stated |
| Exact times and commands | Fixed rules | Not documented |

## Why people pick Flit

- Nothing leaves your Mac. Voiskey sends audio to the cloud and names Google as an AI partner.
- No account. Voiskey requires a Google or Apple ID before the first word.
- One payment, and Flit is yours to keep. A Voiskey subscription only pays for the month or year you are in.
- Text appears while you are still speaking, and it works with wifi off.
- It reads your open project and repairs misheard file and folder names against the real ones.
- Times, spoken punctuation, snippets and dictionary words come from fixed rules that cannot drift.

## Where Voiskey differs

- Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, with a phone keyboard.
- Turns a spoken description into a structured AI prompt.
- Free to start, with no trial clock.

## What decides it

### Where your words go

Voiskey's privacy policy says it processes your audio and the transcription, and works with Google and other partners for its AI, whose own policies then apply. That is normal for a cloud app, and it means more than one company's terms cover what you say. Flit runs the speech model and the formatting model on your Mac. There is no upload to govern, and you can check that in a minute with wifi off.

### A subscription for a job your Mac can do

Voiskey Premium is $29.99 a month or $129.99 a year, from its App Store listing, since it has no pricing page. Stop paying and it stops working. Cloud processing costs its maker money on every sentence, which is why it is a subscription. A model on your own Apple silicon costs nothing per dictation, so Flit is bought once and keeps working for as long as you use it: $19 for up to 2 Macs, with 12 months of updates.

## The verdict

you dictate on Windows, iPhone or Android as well as a Mac, and a cloud service is acceptable

you dictate on a Mac and want no account, no upload, and one payment

## Questions

**Is Voiskey local or cloud?**

Cloud. Its privacy policy says it processes the audio you provide and partners with Google and other third parties for its AI services. Flit runs entirely on your Mac and works with no internet connection.

**Do I need an account for Voiskey?**

Yes. Its terms say you sign up with your Google or Apple ID. Flit has no account. You try it for 7 days, then enter a license key.

**Which is cheaper?**

Flit. It is $19 once for up to 2 Macs, and it is yours to keep. Voiskey Premium is $29.99 a month or $129.99 a year, and that only covers the time you pay for.

**Does Flit work on Windows or a phone like Voiskey?**

Not yet. Flit is macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon today, with a Windows version in the works and a waitlist at flit.fyi/windows. If you need dictation on Windows, iOS or Android now, Voiskey covers them and Flit does not.

Every comparison: [Flit alternatives](https://flit.fyi/alternatives). Ranked: [the best dictation apps for Mac](https://flit.fyi/best-dictation-app-for-mac). Flit: [flit.fyi](https://flit.fyi/).