Switching from Superwhisper or Wispr Flow: what changes with Tiho
Switching from Superwhisper or Wispr Flow to Tiho? What changes in hotkeys, offline use, languages, price and your data, and what you should keep your old app for.
You already dictate. Superwhisper or Wispr Flow is installed, your hands know the shortcut, and now something nags: the price, the language you keep fighting with, or the wish for a tool that remembers what you said. Switching feels like a cost, so here is what actually changes if you move to Tiho, and what does not. For the wider field, start with our comparison of Wispr Flow alternatives.
Should you switch at all?
Be honest first. Stay where you are if:
- You need Windows or Android. Wispr Flow covers them; Tiho is Mac and iPhone only.
- You love choosing and tuning local models or using your own API keys. That is Superwhisper's strength, and Tiho does not expose that kind of control.
- Your current app already disappears into your work and you rarely correct it.
Consider switching if you live on Mac and iPhone, speak more than one language, want one allowance across both devices, or want your dictations, notes and calls kept in a searchable journal.
What stays the same
The core habit is unchanged. On the Mac you hold a key (right Option by default), talk, let go, and finished text lands in the app you are in. Filler words are dropped, and if you change your mind mid-sentence the final version is what gets typed. Mail, Slack, Notes, a code editor and the browser all work, because Tiho pastes into any text field. There is a hands-free mode too: double-tap the key, talk as long as you like, tap once to finish.
What changes
The key and the muscle memory
Expect a day or two of reaching for the wrong shortcut. Pick one app's key and stop using the other's in the same week, otherwise your hands keep splitting the difference.
Where processing happens
Wispr Flow is cloud-first. Superwhisper leans on local models, with larger or cloud ones in the paid plan according to its plans page. Tiho uses cloud processing when you allow it in the app, and an on-device model when you are offline; you can lock it to on-device only. If privacy was your reason to move, read the rules in our guide to offline voice typing and decide which mode fits your work. Local-only is the strictest setting and the one to use with sensitive material.
What you get besides text
This is the real difference. Every dictation, note and conversation goes into a journal with day pages, summaries with tasks and the original audio, reachable from Mac and iPhone. On the Mac, calls can be recorded with sound and screen, with a summary of what was agreed afterwards; see how to record and transcribe calls on Mac. If you only ever needed text in a field, you may not care, and that is fine.
Editing and translation
Select text, hold the key and say "make it shorter and more businesslike"; you review a word diff before replacing. Select text and press Control+Command+T to translate it in place. If your old app handled these differently, expect to relearn the phrasing.
Your dictionary
Do not count on importing your old custom words. We found no import feature on the product page, so plan to rebuild the list. The upside: Tiho learns from your corrections. Fix a name once after dictating and it remembers the spelling. Spoken snippets (a short phrase that expands into a paragraph) cover the signatures and links you type all day.
Languages
Russian, English, Polish, Ukrainian, Spanish and more, including mixing them in one sentence. If you were switching a language setting by hand, test your real mix on day one.
Price
Tiho has 2,000 free words every week, shared across Mac, iPhone and the keyboard. Paid plans are Tiho at $9.99 a month and Tiho Pro at $19 a month, with a loyalty discount on monthly billing (details in the pricing section). For comparison, Wispr Flow Pro was listed around $12 to $15 a month and Superwhisper Pro around $8.49 a month or a one-time lifetime licence in the sources we checked. Prices move, so confirm on their official pages before you decide. If you hold a lifetime licence, switching will not save you money; do it only for features.
A low-risk way to move
- Keep your old app installed. Do not cancel yet.
- Install Tiho and use the free weekly words for one full workday of real work.
- Test the three things that annoy you now: your language mix, one hard name, one long dictation.
- Count manual corrections. Fewer than before means it is working.
- Cancel the old subscription only after the first week, at the end of its paid period.
FAQ
Can I run Tiho and my old dictation app together?
Yes, but give them different keys, or turn one off while you test. Two apps listening to the same shortcut cause confusion.
Will my old transcripts move over?
Not automatically, as far as we can tell. Export what you need from the old app before you cancel it.
Is Tiho free to try?
Yes. The free plan gives 2,000 words a week with no card, which is enough for a fair one-day test and a light week.
Does Tiho work offline?
Yes. Without internet an on-device model takes over, and you can set Tiho to use on-device processing only. Quality can differ from the cloud mode, so test with your own voice.