Comparisons
June vs Wispr Flow
Updated July 2, 2026
Before you pick a dictation app, read its data page. Wispr Flow's says transcription always happens in the cloud, and by default your audio and transcripts are stored on its servers and may be used to train its models. The private configuration exists, but you have to find the toggles, and most people never do.
June does not ask you to. Dictation routes to zero-retention models by default on every plan: nothing stored, nothing trained on, history on your Mac. And it comes inside a private workspace with meeting notes, chat, and a local agent, not as one more single-purpose subscription.
The short answer
Choose June if you want dictation that is private without configuration: June routes to zero-retention models by default, keeps your history on your Mac, never trains on your data, and includes meeting notes and a local agent in the same app. Wispr Flow fits if you need dictation on Windows or your phone and accept that your voice data is stored in the cloud and used for training until you change the settings.
Comparison as of July 2, 2026, based on each product's public pricing, docs, and privacy pages. Spotted something out of date? Tell us in the community and we will fix it.
Choose Wispr Flow if
- You dictate on Windows or on your phone. June is macOS only today.
- You dictate in many languages, or want per-app voice commands and snippets, and the default cloud storage and training do not bother you.
- Your company enforces Wispr's enterprise controls, the one tier where zero data retention is the default rather than a settings hunt.
Choose June if
- You want privacy as the default, not a settings hunt. Wispr Flow's privacy mode is off by default and training is on; June routes to zero-retention models by default and OpenSoftware never trains on your data.
- You want your dictation history on your Mac, not synced to a company's US servers.
- You want one private workspace instead of a single-purpose tool. June's $20 covers dictation plus meeting notes, chat, and a local agent.
- You want to read the code. June is MIT licensed with a TEE-attested backend you can verify.
Defaults are the real privacy policy
Wispr Flow's own data controls page spells it out: transcription always happens in the cloud, privacy mode is off by default, cloud sync is on, and your audio and transcripts are stored on US servers and may be used to train its models until you find the toggles. A locked-down configuration exists, and it is the default only for enterprise customers. Everyone else starts on the data-collecting path.
June does not make you configure privacy. Dictation routes to zero-retention models by default on every plan: nothing stored, nothing trained on. Your history stays on your Mac, OpenSoftware keeps only account, login, and billing records, and the routing backend is open source and TEE-attested, so you can verify all of this instead of trusting a settings page.
What your $15 or $20 buys
Wispr Flow Pro is $15 per month for one thing: dictation. June Pro is $20 per month for the whole workspace: dictation into any app, meeting notes with no bot, private chat, and an agent that runs on your Mac. If dictation is one of several things you want AI for, one private subscription replaces a stack of cloud ones.
Frequently asked questions
Not by default. For standard accounts, Wispr Flow's privacy mode is off and cloud sync is on, so your audio and transcripts are stored on its servers and may be used for training until you change the settings. Zero retention is default only for enterprise accounts. June's defaults are the private path on every plan: zero-retention routing, no training, history on your Mac.
No. June sends dictation audio out for transcription and cleanup, routed to zero-retention models by default, so nothing is stored and nothing is trained on. Your dictation history stays on your Mac. If you require transcription that never leaves the device, see our Superwhisper comparison.
Wispr Flow's free plan caps you at 2,000 words per week on desktop. June's free Hobby plan is limited by overall usage rather than a weekly word count, and it also includes meeting notes and light agent usage, with the same privacy standard as Pro.
No. Wispr Flow is focused on voice input, with extras like a scratchpad and text transforms. June includes automated meeting notes with no bot and a local agent alongside dictation.
Sources
Claims about other products come from their own public pages, checked on the date at the top of this page.
- Wispr Flow pricing · plans, prices, free tier word caps
- Wispr Flow data controls · cloud-only transcription, privacy mode and sync defaults, training
- Wispr Flow plans doc · per-platform word limits
- June privacy details · June's storage, routing, and verification claims
More comparisons and guides
- June vs GranolaGranola stores your meeting notes in the cloud and trains on them by default. June keeps notes on your Mac, never trains, and adds dictation and an agent.
- June vs SuperwhisperJune is private by default with zero setup; Superwhisper can be private if you configure it. An honest comparison of two privacy-minded Mac dictation apps.
- June vs Otter.aiOtter sends a bot into meetings and trains on your conversations. June takes notes from your Mac's audio, no bot, with transcripts stored on your device.
- June vs ChatGPT desktopChatGPT's Mac app stores chats on OpenAI's servers and trains on them by default. June runs its agent on your Mac, keeps data local, and never trains on it.
- Private dictation for MacJune turns your voice into polished writing in any Mac app. Dictation routes to zero-retention models by default and your history stays on your Mac.
- June FAQCommon questions about June, privacy, and pricing.
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