Willow
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“I will plug Willow for mac recording. IMO it's basically to me a "better than perfect transcription"”
“I hope Wispr and Willow will get here some time”
Caveats and dissent
“why are Willow ($144/year), Wisprflow ($120/year), and SuperWhisper ($120/year) all subscriptions?”
Often compared with
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“I created Willow, an open-source framework for building Change Data Capture (CDC) pipelines.”
“I created Willow, an open-source framework for building Change Data Capture (CDC) pipelines”
“I created Willow, an open-source framework for building Change Data Capture (CDC) pipelines.”
Threads where it came up
- Apple's new SpeechAnalyzer API, benchmarked against Whisper and its predecessor 1 mention
- Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026) 1 mention
- "Hey Siri" but with MCP Calls 1 mention
- Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026) 1 mention
- Why do voice transcription apps charge monthly when Whisper runs locally? 1 mention
- Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2025) 1 mention
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All comments 3
“I will plug Willow for mac recording. IMO it's basically to me a "better than perfect transcription"”
“I hope Wispr and Willow will get here some time”
“why are Willow ($144/year), Wisprflow ($120/year), and SuperWhisper ($120/year) all subscriptions?”