How Riff compares
Riff does two jobs on a Mac. It dictates into any app, as Wispr Flow and Superwhisper do, and it writes meeting notes around yours, as Granola does.
Comparison table
Facts as of September 28, 2026, each linked to the company’s own page. Prices are in US dollars.
Each company has a page of its own.
Which to pick
Pick Riff when you want dictation and meeting notes in one Mac app, with speech transcribed on your Mac and no account. Riff fits people who type sparse notes during a call and want the rest written around them, with each line tied to the transcript and the audio kept on their Mac.
Pick something else in these situations.
- You need the app on Windows, iPhone, or Android. Granola, Wispr Flow, and Superwhisper all run there, and Riff runs only on a Mac.
- Your Mac has an Intel processor or runs a macOS version before 27. Wispr Flow supports macOS 12 and later on Apple silicon or Intel, and Granola and Superwhisper support macOS 14 and later.
- Your team shares notes and sends them to other tools. Granola shares notes by link and in team spaces, and integrates with Slack, Notion, Zapier, HubSpot, Attio, and Affinity.
- You want each participant’s name in the transcript. Granola reads the names from Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. Riff labels the two sides Me and Them, and you can name Them.
- You dictate in many languages. Wispr Flow dictates in more than 100 languages and detects the language on Mac.
- You want a free plan. Granola’s Basic plan keeps the last 30 days of notes, Wispr Flow’s free plan dictates 2,000 words a week on desktop, and Superwhisper’s free plan runs local Whisper models. Riff comes only with Plus One Pro.
- You want a one-time purchase, your own choice of local and cloud models, or voice control of coding agents. Superwhisper sells a lifetime license for $249.99, offers local and cloud voice models, and works with Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor.