BB RecordervsWispr Flow
Flow's speed. On your device.
Wispr Flow is a fantastic cloud dictation product. BB Recorder is its local-first counterpart — same speed, custom cleanup prompts, pick any model, and you get meeting recording and screen recording in the same app.
100% local option · BYO keys + models · meeting recorder, dictation, and screen recording in one app.
Free forever
Voice-to-text that works 4× faster than typing.
Free capped · $12/mo Pro
Where we differ
Local inference option
Flow streams your voice to their servers. BB Recorder can run transcription and cleanup fully on your Mac — Apple Intelligence, Whisper, or your own GGUF model.
Custom cleanup prompts
Give the cleaner extra instructions: keep your voice, always end with 'Thanks,', use British spelling, preserve Slack emojis. BB Recorder's custom cleaner instructions are yours to tune per use case.
Bring your own keys + models
Flow picks the model. BB Recorder lets you use Apple Intelligence, Whisper, Groq, OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama — or drop a GGUF file and run it.
Dictation + meetings + screen
Flow is dictation only. BB Recorder has a no-bot meeting recorder and a screen recorder in the same app, with shared hotkeys and library.
No word cap
Flow's free tier caps you at 2,000 words/week on desktop. BB Recorder is unlimited and free on macOS.
Snippets mode
Capture quick dictation clips into a searchable library — not just paste-at-cursor. BB Recorder's Snippets view is a dedicated dictation archive.
Feature-by-feature
Privacy
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AI engine
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Pricing
Upload to BuildBetter on demand
Every local recording — meeting, dictation snippet, or screen capture — can be uploaded to BuildBetter's SOC 2 / HIPAA-ready cloud for a shared team library, search across all recordings, and org-wide access controls. Opt-in per recording. Never automatic.
Compare to other tools
BB Recorder vs Granola
BB Recorder matches Granola feature-for-feature on meeting notes — enhanced summaries, templates, AI chat — and runs 100% locally when you want it to. Plus dictation and screen recording in the same app.
Read comparisonBB Recorder vs Hyprnote / Char
Char (formerly Hyprnote) got the local-first posture right. BB Recorder matches the privacy story and adds dictation, screen recording, a more polished experience, and an optional SOC 2 / HIPAA-compliant cloud when your team needs it.
Read comparisonBB Recorder vs Loom
Loom made screen recording a team primitive — but every video lives on their cloud. BB Recorder records locally, saves to your Mac, and lets you optionally share through BuildBetter's team infrastructure.
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