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24 alternatives to Sayve

a reliable voice recorder and recogniser

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Sayve launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Sayonic▲71

   A voice assistant in your Mac's notch that does the task

   24d ago · sayonic.app · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Shall We Talk▲62

   Voice dictation that saves transcriptions on iPhone and Mac

   Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Recordium▲76

   Innovative voice recording for iOS

   2014 · recordiumapp.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Speek▲75

   A voice assistant that lives in your Mac's notch

   26d ago · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Murmur▲75

   A private voice-first notepad for your thoughts

   27d ago · murmurr.subhr.in · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Polymer▲71

   A polyphonic voice distributor app for Mac

   2014 · polymer-app.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   ELSA▲199

   A virtual pronunciation coach

   2016 · elsaspeak.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   JuliusJS▲94

   A speech recognition library for the web

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Scraibe for iOS▲97

   On-device or Cloud transcription powered by OpenAI's Whisper

   2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Hear▲234

    Unlimited control over real-world sounds

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Gridspace Memo▲69

    A speech-aware conference calling system

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Talkzer▲69

    Instagram for audio

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Sayline▲83

    I built a voice dictation app for macOS mostly because I was tired of how awful Siri is and I didn't want to pay a subscription for cloud tools. The app uses NVIDIA's Parakeet v3 (TDT) as the primary engine. Inference is handled by the FluidAudio library. It's insanely fast on M-series chips. For Intel users, I added local Whisper support ranging from Tiny up to Large v3 Turbo (quantized to save space). The interesting part was the AI integration. I originally tried to pipeline the ASR output into Apple's Intelligence Foundation Model. It was a nightmare, because the content moderation…

    Jan 2026 · sayline.app · its alternatives →

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    Spoken▲51

    Like Instagram for audio. Recordings are 4 minutes or less.

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Mondly▲166

    Features a voice chatbot for learning languages

    2016 · mondly.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Just Press Record▲95

    A simple, professional audio recorder

    2015 · openplanetsoftware.com · its alternatives →

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    Voice Memo▲67

    Open-source voice notes that file your tasks and reminders

    25d ago · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Comcent▲62

    AI-ready voice infrastructure on your own SIP trunk

    16d ago · comcent.io · its alternatives →

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    Phoney Video (iOS)▲70

    Make other people, things or animals say whatever you want!

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Zumbo▲66

    Open source local AI voice-to-text for Mac for private STT

    25d ago · zumbo.app · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Whisper Notes▲115

    Offline AI Speech to Text Transcription for iOS & macOS

    2025 · whispernotes.app · its alternatives →

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    VoiceCap▲100

    The AI notetaker for meetings in your language

    Sep 2026 · voicecap.ai · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Recorder▲142

    Voice journaling made easy

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Skyro▲102

    A gorgeous voice recording app with embedded images

    2015 · skyrodigital.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →