Ekkooo vs. Voibe: Two Nearly Identical On-Device Dictation Apps

Voibe is the closest feature-for-feature match to Ekkooo of any competitor in this category. Both run push-to-talk, live dictation, and hands-free modes entirely on-device, with zero audio ever sent to a server. If you're comparing the two, the honest answer is that the architecture is nearly identical, so the real differences are elsewhere.

At a glance

	Ekkooo	Voibe
Processing	100% on-device	100% on-device
Modes	Push-to-talk, live dictation, hands-free	Push-to-talk, live dictation, hands-free
Free tier	2,000 words/week	Free trial, no card required
Paid pricing	€9.99/month, or €39.99 one-time (lifetime)	$7.50/month, $59/year, or $149 lifetime
Cleanup control	4 levels (None/Light/Medium/High), original always kept	Not specified as levels
Public usage numbers	Pre-launch, none yet	12,000 hours saved, 3,000+ professionals claimed
Built for	Solo founders, creators, productivity hackers	Developers, legal/medical/security professionals, writers, RSI/carpal tunnel users

On lifetime pricing, Ekkooo's €39.99 comes in well under Voibe's $149. On monthly and annual plans the two are close enough that price alone won't decide it. Try the subscription cost calculator to see Voibe's total cost over your own time horizon.

Where the two actually differ

Both apps let you hold a key, speak, and get cleaned-up text at the cursor, with nothing leaving the Mac. The differences that matter:

• Cleanup control. Ekkooo offers four distinct cleanup levels, from raw transcript to heavily cleaned, with the original always preserved underneath. Voibe's homepage doesn't describe the same level of granularity.
• Audience. Voibe casts a wide net: developers with a dedicated Developer Mode for coding agents, legal and medical professionals handling confidential work, and people with RSI or carpal tunnel as an explicit health-driven persona. Ekkooo is scoped narrower, built specifically for solo founders and creators rather than a broad professional list.
• Track record. Voibe already has real press coverage and a public "hours saved" claim. Ekkooo is pre-launch and doesn't have that yet, an honest gap, not a hidden one.

Don't choose Voibe if

• You want the cheapest possible lifetime license. Ekkooo's €39.99 undercuts Voibe's $149 by a wide margin.
• You want granular control over how much AI cleanup is applied, with the raw transcript always kept alongside it.
• You specifically want a tool positioned around solo founders and creators rather than a broad professional list.

Don't choose Ekkooo if

• You want a tool with an established track record and public usage numbers today. Ekkooo is pre-launch, Voibe already has real press and customer proof points.
• You work in a regulated field like law or medicine and want a tool that already names that use case directly.
• RSI or carpal tunnel is your primary reason for switching to voice. Voibe speaks to that directly, Ekkooo doesn't call it out as a specific persona.

Both apps solve the same underlying problem the same way, keeping your voice on the Mac. The decision here comes down to who each one is built for and how established it is, not privacy or architecture. See speech to text on a Mac for how both compare to cloud-based options like Wispr Flow, or the full comparison of every option.