Dictation and transcription
Superwhisper privacy rating
Dictation app that turns speech into text in any app, with optional AI formatting. It offers local Whisper, Parakeet and Cohere models as well as cloud voice and language models.
Summary
Superwhisper scores 43 out of 100 (grade D) on the dictation and transcription criteria. It meets 2 of 6 criteria: no ads or data sales and no training on recordings. It partly meets independent audit and runs on the device. It does not meet open source and no trackers or telemetry.
Score 43 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The website loads Google Tag Manager and PostHog.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid Pro subscriptions and licenses, with no ads.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
SOC 2 and penetration test reports are available only on request through the Trust Center.
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Partial
Runs on the device Weight 3 of 3
Is speech converted to text on the device, without sending audio to a server?
Local voice models are available, but the default mode uses Superwhisper cloud models.
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Yes
No training on recordings Weight 2 of 3
Are recordings and transcripts kept out of model training by default?
Audio and text are not used to train models, and cloud providers operate under zero-data-retention terms.