Why I canceled Superwhisper and switched to Aqua Voice

I switched my voice input software from Superwhisper to Aqua Voice.

One difference in the experience between the two was whether or not voice input could be used for prompts while coding. This difference is significant to me, and although I have only been using it for a few days, I feel that Aqua Voice is much better.

Canceled Superwhisper, subscribed to Aqua Voice

I had been using Superwhisper for a little over half a year, since June of last year (2025).

The background for this includes:

• The Mac's default voice input accuracy is not great

• With the rise of generative AI, general text input has increased. Also, high accuracy is not strictly required for that input content (even if there are misconversions, the generative AI absorbs them)

and so on.

That said, I wasn't really utilizing Superwhisper to its full potential. The content I spoke was often heavily rewritten by the LLM, and there were quite a few misconversions and misrecognitions, so it was not very usable for coding prompts containing technical terms or for work-related Slack messages.

Therefore, I only used it for general conversations with ChatGPT or for personal chats like LINE.

I started to feel that it wasn't worth paying for, and just as I was thinking about canceling, I learned about the existence of Aqua Voice and decided to give it a try.

As a result, it was easier to use than Superwhisper. The accuracy of the voice input improved dramatically, and since I used up the free tokens right away, I subscribed. Generative AI products change quickly, so I often choose monthly contracts over annual ones, but I paid for Aqua Voice annually. Paying annually reduces the cost from $10 per month to $8.

Points where Aqua Voice is superior to Superwhisper

The following are the points where I felt Aqua Voice was superior after comparing the two products.

Reads the screen, improving transcription accuracy!

Aqua Voice has a feature called Deep Context. This is a feature that reads the current screen and outputs content while taking that context into account.

Thanks to this, misconversions of technical terms and product names have decreased dramatically, and the content of the voice input becomes more natural. For example, in this article I am writing now, product names like "Aqua Voice" and "Superwhisper" are output correctly in the alphabet.

The UI is simple and easy to understand

Personally, I find the UI of Aqua Voice to be simpler and easier to understand. Superwhisper felt complicated, with options to select models and set or switch between usage scenarios.

Points where Aqua Voice was disappointing

Overall, Aqua Voice is better, but there are some points where it is disappointing compared to Superwhisper.

Pricing

Aqua Voice is slightly more expensive. Furthermore, while Superwhisper offers a one-time purchase plan, Aqua Voice does not.

The price difference as of February 2026 is as follows.

Aqua Voice: $10/month ($8/month if paid annually). No one-time purchase, subscription only.
Superwhisper: Approximately $8.5/month ($7/month if paid annually (2 months free)). One-time purchase approximately $250.

Input content does not go to the clipboard

With Superwhisper, what you speak is sent to the clipboard, but Aqua Voice lacks this feature. You can technically retrieve the spoken content by copying it from the history in the settings screen, but it is a bit inconvenient.

In my case, I sometimes speak while the focus is away from the input field I want to use. Therefore, I want it to go to the clipboard so I can paste it directly. This does not seem possible with Aqua Voice's features alone, so it seems some ingenuity, such as running workflows or scripts in the background, will be necessary. I haven't tried it yet. I am secretly hoping that Aqua Voice will officially add this feature eventually.

[Experience Difference] I have started incorporating voice input into coding and Slack

As I mentioned in the advantages of Aqua Voice, thanks to Deep Context, even if technical terms, internal company jargon, or specific product names are included, they can be entered without misconversion.

Superwhisper does not have this feature, and if even a few non-general terms were included, it would be a storm of misconversions, requiring corrections after voice input. The corrections were sometimes so extensive that it felt faster to just type it manually from the start, so I couldn't use it for work or coding.

Aqua Voice does not have this drawback, so I can use voice input extensively for Slack and coding prompts. Although it is not perfect, minor misconversions are not a problem for Slack or prompts, so I often send the voice input as is without any corrections.

Summary

That was an article about switching my voice input product from Superwhisper to Aqua Voice.

Thanks to Aqua Voice's Deep Context feature, I can now use voice input for things like coding instructions, which has further improved my daily work and creative workflow experience.

Aqua Voice is not cheap at $10 a month, but it has personally become an essential service for me. While it has the disadvantages of being slightly more expensive than Superwhisper and not sending input content to the clipboard, it has advantages that outweigh those, so I can definitely recommend it!