Where Superwhisper is the better pick
You need Windows, iPhone or Android, a team plan, or a SOC 2 report. Superwhisper covers those needs; Nota is a personal Mac app.
Nota vs Superwhisper
Both offer local and cloud dictation and meeting notes. Superwhisper covers more platforms. Nota is Mac only, lets you use your own providers, and costs about a third of Superwhisper's lifetime licence.
Side by side
| Feature | Nota | Superwhisper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $79 once for 1 Mac ($59 early bird). $119 for 2, $149 for 3. | Pro $8.49 a month, $84.99 a year, or $249.99 lifetime. |
| Three years | $79, plus your provider if you use cloud models (about $40 at 4 hours a month on GPT Transcribe, $0 on local models). | $249.99 lifetime, or about $255 on the yearly plan. |
| Free use | First 5,000 words. | Pro features for 3,000 words, then a free tier. |
| Refund | 14 days. | 30 days. |
| Local models | Yes: Parakeet, Whisper, Apple Speech, Cohere Transcribe, SenseVoice. | Yes. Offline models run best on Apple silicon. |
| Cloud models | 11 providers plus any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. | Yes, including their own cloud models. |
| Your own API keys | Yes, in every licence. | Pro only. |
| Cost per hour shown | Yes, per model, and spend per provider on Home. | Not shown on their site. |
| Modes | Switch by app and by website. | Switch by app. Custom modes with your own prompt. |
| Reads your screen | Optional screen context in modes, with macOS permission. | Yes (Super Mode). |
| Meeting notes | Notebook: microphone and optional call audio, transcripts, and AI notes. No speaker labels. | Yes. |
| Platforms | Mac. | Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android. |
| Teams and compliance | None. | Enterprise plan, SOC 2 Type II. |
Competitor details come from their own websites, checked on September 27, 2026. Prices change; follow the link for today's. If something here is wrong, tell me and I'll fix it. Superwhisper pricing · Nota pricing
Where Nota is the better pick
You work on a Mac, you want to pay once, and you'd like to see what each minute of cloud speech costs. Nota is $79 against $249.99, lets you use your own keys without an upgrade, and switches modes by website as well as by app. Notebook keeps call transcripts and can turn them into notes with your configured AI.
Try Nota next to it.
The first 5,000 words are free. No account, no key needed.
5,000 words free
No account needed.
macOS 14.4 or later · Apple silicon and Intel