Aqua Voice: Aqua Voice is an AI-powered, system-wide voice dictation app that turns speech into refined text in real time across the apps you already use on Mac and iPhone. Mentalyc: Mentalyc is a HIPAA-compliant AI documentation tool that records or transcribes therapy sessions and generates clinical progress notes for mental health professionals. This comparison weighs them on pricing, features, and everyday workflow fit.
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Shortlist Aqua Voice when dictating emails, documents, and slack messages hands-free across desktop apps matters most, and Mentalyc when documenting psychiatric and assessment notes such as mse and biopsychosocial assessments matters most. Test each on your own meetings; the right choice tends to become obvious quickly.
Aqua Voice is an AI-powered, system-wide voice dictation app that turns speech into refined text in real time across the apps you already use on Mac and iPhone.
Mentalyc is a HIPAA-compliant AI documentation tool that records or transcribes therapy sessions and generates clinical progress notes for mental health professionals.
Aqua Voice is an AI dictation tool built by Aqua Voice, Inc. (a Y Combinator startup) that converts spoken words into written text in real time. Rather than a standalone transcription window, it works system-wide: users hold a key (such as Space) and speak, and the dictated text is inserted into whatever app is in focus, including Gmail, Google Docs, Slack, code editors, and AI chat tools. It runs on macOS and iOS, with the iPhone app now live. Aqua is powered by Avalon, the company's proprietary speech-to-text model trained on prompt-style speech, code, and email, and it refines grammar and phrasing as you talk. It supports context awareness of on-screen content, a custom dictionary for technical terms and names, natural-language editing commands ("make this a list," "rephrase that"), style adaptation, and multilingual input across dozens of languages. It is aimed at developers, knowledge workers, and content creators who want a faster alternative to typing for emails, documents, messages, prompts, and code.
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Mentalyc is an AI documentation platform built for therapists, counselors, psychiatrists, PMHNPs, social workers, and other behavioral health professionals. It captures sessions in several ways: recording telehealth or in-person sessions with client consent, uploading an audio file, dictating a recap, or typing a short summary. The session audio is transcribed, and according to the company audio is processed and deleted while transcripts are stripped of identifying details. From this input it auto-generates clinical notes in multiple formats, including SOAP, DAP, BIRP, GIRP, PIRP, PIE, intake notes, MSE, biopsychosocial assessments, and supervision/consultation notes. Beyond notes, it produces treatment plans with measurable goals and tracks client progress over time. Mentalyc is web-based and accessed through a browser after signup, and it can sync with EHR systems such as SimplePractice, TherapyNotes, and Jane App or run as a standalone tool. It states it is HIPAA and SOC 2 compliant and does not use customer data to train AI models.
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Aqua Voice is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium); Mentalyc is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium). Always confirm current pricing on each vendor's site before buying.
| Feature | Aqua Voice | Mentalyc |
|---|---|---|
| Core capability | System-wide dictation that inserts text into any focused app (Gmail, Docs, Slack, code editors, AI chats) | Transcribes recorded, uploaded, dictated, or typed sessions into structured notes |
| Standout feature | Avalon proprietary speech-to-text model tuned for technical vocabulary, code, and prompt-style speech | Generates multiple note formats (SOAP, DAP, BIRP, GIRP, PIRP, PIE, MSE, intake, supervision) |
| Team usage | Custom dictionary for names, brands, and technical terms | Automated treatment plans with measurable goals |
| Integrations | Natural-language editing commands like 'make this a list' or 'rephrase that' mid-dictation | Progress tracking across sessions without client questionnaires |
| Languages & capture | Context awareness of on-screen content, including code syntax | EHR integrations with SimplePractice, TherapyNotes, and Jane App |
| Best-fit workflow | Multilingual input across dozens of languages | HIPAA and SOC 2 compliant with audio deleted after processing and de-identified transcripts |
Aqua Voice
Choose Aqua Voice if you need dictating emails, documents, and slack messages hands-free across desktop apps — strengths include low-friction, system-wide voice input that works inside existing apps with no per-app setup.
Mentalyc
Choose Mentalyc if you need generating progress notes from recorded or in-person therapy sessions — strengths include purpose-built for mental health documentation with many clinical note formats.
Aqua Voice
Mentalyc
It depends on your workflow. Aqua Voice is strong for dictating emails, documents, and slack messages hands-free across desktop apps, while Mentalyc is strong for generating progress notes from recorded or in-person therapy sessions. Both transcribe and summarize meetings.
Aqua Voice is a free tier with paid upgrades and Mentalyc is a free tier with paid upgrades. Check each vendor's pricing page for the latest plans and free-tier limits.
You can — some teams pair them when each covers a different part of the meeting workflow.
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