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The best voice to text app for Android

Lven Instant is the best voice to text app for Android when the words matter: it transcribes on the phone, works offline, has no word cap, never rewrites, and types into WhatsApp, Gmail, Chrome or any field through a bubble. It is free. Lven Cloud does the same job on phones too small for the model.

Scored on
  1. Where the audio is processed
  2. Works in every app, not just inside its own
  3. Works offline
  4. Word caps and price
  5. What it does to your words
The ranking

  1. Lven Instant

    ClassEve

    The only dictation product compared on this site that is always on-device, never rewrites your words, has no usage cap and ships on Linux — and it is free.

    Right for: A phone with Android 10 and 4 GB of memory, dictating into any app, offline, with nothing uploaded.

    Where it transcribes
    On your device — nothing uploaded
    Your words
    Typed as said, punctuated, never rewritten
    Speed and accuracy
    About 6× faster than you speak (RTF 0.166), 3.76% word error rate on clean speech — consumer-grade hardware, 73 clips, measured 2026-07-23.
    Limits
    None
    Platforms
    Windows, Linux, Android
    Price
    Free

  2. Lven Cloud

    ClassEve

    The same bubble with the transcription done on our servers, at a third of Wispr Flow's price: no word cap, no rewrite unless you turn on AI polish, nothing kept after delivery, and nothing heavy on your machine.

    Right for: An older or low-memory phone that cannot hold the on-device model.

    Where it transcribes
    On ClassEve's servers; audio and text not kept after delivery
    Your words
    Punctuated as said; AI polish only if you turn it on
    Limits
    No daily cap on a paid plan
    Platforms
    Windows, Linux, Android
    Price
    From $3.49/mo billed yearly, $7.99 monthly; included with Premium

  3. Typeless

    Cloud dictation whose whole pitch is rewriting: its own description is turning your words into polished messages and reorganizing spoken lists. Ships on Android as well as Mac, Windows and iPhone.

    Right for: Someone who wants their speech rewritten and restructured for them, on a Mac or an iPhone.

    Where it transcribes
    In the cloud; its site says audio is processed in real time and not stored
    Your words
    Generative rewrite by design
    Limits
    Free tier capped at 8,000 words a week
    Platforms
    macOS, Windows, iPhone, Android. No Linux.
    Price
    $12 per member per month billed yearly, $30 month to month

  4. Your keyboard's microphone button

    Built into Gboard and every vendor keyboard. On most phones the audio goes to the keyboard vendor's service; some devices process some languages on the phone.

    Right for: An occasional sentence, when cloud processing is not a concern.

    Where it transcribes
    The keyboard vendor's service on most phones
    Price
    Free
FAQ

Common questions.

Is there a voice to text app for Android that works offline?
Yes — Lven Instant runs the speech model on the phone. After the one-time model download it transcribes with no connection at all; sign-in and an access check at least every three days use the network but carry no audio.
How does the app type into WhatsApp or Gmail?
Through a floating bubble over whatever app you are in. Android's Accessibility service is used for exactly one thing — finding the field that has focus — and the transcript is typed there. Without that permission, the text goes to the clipboard.
What phone do I need?
Android 10 or later and 4 GB of memory for Lven Instant; the app checks before it starts. Lven Cloud runs on any Android 10 phone because the model runs on our servers.
Sources
  1. Wispr Flow pricing page — Pro $15/user/mo monthly or $12/user/mo billed annually; free tier 2,000 words/week on desktop
  2. Digital Trends — Wispr Flow traces accuracy complaints to an over-aggressive Auto Cleanup that changed words
  3. Typeless — home page and pricing page: Mac, Windows, iOS and Android; polished-writing rewrite; free tier 8,000 words/week; $12/member/mo billed yearly, $30 monthly
  4. Superwhisper — AI voice to text for macOS, Windows and iOS; offline and cloud models
  5. ClassEve — the engine Lven Instant ships vs. Whisper-class models, measured on consumer-grade hardware (speed, accuracy, latency)
  6. ClassEve — What the polish pass changes: the 31-case golden corpus
Head to head
What is voice-to-text — and how do you pick an app?
Lven Instant vs. TypelessLven Instant vs. Wispr FlowLven Instant vs. Superwhisper
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