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Cassette vs Wispr Flow Notetaker

Neither one sends a bot into your calls. Wispr Notetaker lives on your Mac or Windows PC next to Wispr's dictation; Cassette is a recorder for your phone, your wrist and your Mac that writes the notes without an outside AI service, even in airplane mode once your language has downloaded.

The short answer

Pick Cassette if

You record on your phone or Apple Watch: lectures, interviews, meetings in a room.
You want the transcript and the notes written with no outside AI service, offline too.
You are on Android, or you move between iPhone and Mac.
You want a follow-up email drafted, or the notes sent to OneNote, Notion or Keep in one tap.
You would rather pay once than subscribe.

Pick Wispr Flow Notetaker if

You work on a Mac or Windows PC from one calendar meeting to the next.
You want speaker names taken from your calendar invites and your dictionary.
You want to ask questions across all your meetings, or reach them from Claude or ChatGPT.
You also want Wispr's voice dictation in every app.

Side by side

	Cassette	Wispr Flow Notetaker
Devices	iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Android.	Mac and Windows. Wispr says mobile is on its roadmap. [1]
Bot in your calls	None. On the Mac, Cassette records what the Mac plays and your microphone.	None. It records on your computer, with no bot in the call. [1]
Where it is processed	No outside AI service. On Android everything is on the phone; on iPhone and Mac, Apple's models write the notes.	Wispr's service. Wispr says customer data is processed in the United States, encrypted in transit and at rest. [2]
Works in airplane mode	Yes: recording, the transcript and the notes, once the language and the notes model have downloaded.	Wispr does not say.
Free plan	Unlimited recording. Transcripts and notes for tapes under 3 minutes and for 2 longer tapes a month.	Included in Flow Free, with a weekly meeting limit. Recordings under five minutes don't count. [1]
Paid plan	Recording is free and unlimited, with no minute meter. Premium is $1.99 a week, $5.99 a month, or $49.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, or pay once with Lifetime. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac.	Pro is $15 a month, or $12 a month billed annually, with dictation included. Unlimited Notetaker is on Growth, from $26 a month billed annually. [1]
Pay once	Yes, Lifetime.	No one-time plan listed. [1]
Languages	Your iPhone's language, wherever Apple's speech recognition supports it; many languages on Android.	Wispr says Notetaker transcribes in 21 languages. [3]
Where it is ahead	Apple Watch recording, a Record button on the Lock Screen and the Action button, a ready follow-up email, SEND TO your notes app.	Names from your calendar, questions across meetings, MCP access for AI tools, and voice dictation. [1]

Checked on 31 October 2026. Prices are US prices before tax; Cassette's are the App Store's. Numbers in brackets point to the sources below. If something here has changed, write to hello@onelifeco.app and we will fix it.

Before you record

Whichever you choose, ask everyone before you record. Some places require everyone's consent, and it is the decent thing to do.

Try Cassette

Free to download. Recording is free and unlimited. Tapes under 3 minutes get their transcript and notes free, and longer ones get them free for 2 tapes a month.

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Guides

Sources

[1] Wispr Flow pricing and FAQ: https://wisprflow.ai/pricing
[2] Wispr: Private AI notetakers, 9 questions to ask: https://wisprflow.ai/notetaker/most-private-ai-notetaker
[3] Wispr: How to use your meeting transcripts in any AI tool: https://wisprflow.ai/notetaker/use-meeting-transcripts-in-ai-tools

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