AudioDiary: AudioDiary is an AI-powered voice journaling app that records spoken entries, transcribes them, and generates summaries and reflective insights. Handy: Handy is a free, open-source, cross-platform push-to-talk app that transcribes your speech to text completely offline and pastes it into any text field. Which one wins depends on your platform mix, budget, and how hands-off you want notes to be.
How Hosiqo compares and tests toolsFinal recommendation
Shortlist AudioDiary when keeping a daily reflective journal by speaking instead of typing matters most, and Handy when privacy-sensitive voice-to-text where audio must stay on-device matters most. Test each on your own meetings; the right choice tends to become obvious quickly.
AudioDiary is an AI-powered voice journaling app that records spoken entries, transcribes them, and generates summaries and reflective insights.
Handy is a free, open-source, cross-platform push-to-talk app that transcribes your speech to text completely offline and pastes it into any text field.
AudioDiary, made by Soliloquy Apps Limited, is a voice journaling application that lets users capture thoughts by speaking instead of typing. Users record an audio entry and the app automatically transcribes it and applies AI to produce summaries, reflections, suggested goals, mood tracking, and pattern visualization over time. It also offers dream analysis, custom tagging, themes, and the ability to attach photos to entries. Captured content can be exported as audio, transcripts, images, or PDF, and entries can be edited after recording. Its "Session Designer" lets users personalize or disable AI features, and extracted goals can sync to Google Calendar. The app is available across iOS, iPad, Mac (including Apple Vision), and the web, with synchronization between platforms. Recordings are encrypted in transit and at rest, with data stored via established cloud providers, and the company states it does not sell or monetize journal entries. It is aimed at individuals seeking a reflective, spoken personal journaling and self-tracking habit rather than business meetings.
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Handy is a free, open-source desktop application that turns your voice into text completely offline, with no audio ever leaving your computer. You press a configurable keyboard shortcut, speak, and release (push-to-talk), or use a toggle mode to start and stop; Handy transcribes what you said and automatically pastes the result into whatever text field is active. Because it runs entirely on-device, it is built for privacy-conscious users who want dictation without cloud uploads or subscriptions. Under the hood it is built with Tauri (a Rust backend with a React/TypeScript frontend) and supports multiple local speech-recognition models, including OpenAI's Whisper variants with GPU acceleration and the CPU-friendly Parakeet V3 model with automatic language detection. Silero Voice Activity Detection filters out silence so only speech is processed. Handy runs on macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon), Windows, and Linux, and is released under the MIT license. It positions itself as an accessible, extensible alternative to paid dictation tools, and is best suited for hands-free typing rather than recording multi-party meetings.
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AudioDiary is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium); Handy is open source (open source). Always confirm current pricing on each vendor's site before buying.
| Feature | AudioDiary | Handy |
|---|---|---|
| Core capability | Voice recording with automatic AI transcription | Push-to-talk and toggle dictation modes with a configurable global keyboard shortcut |
| Standout feature | AI-generated summaries, reflections, and suggested goals | Fully offline, on-device transcription with no cloud uploads |
| Team usage | Mood and dream tracking with pattern visualization over time | Multiple local speech models including Whisper (GPU-accelerated) and Parakeet V3 (CPU, auto language detection) |
| Integrations | Customizable or disablable AI via a 'Session Designer' | Silero Voice Activity Detection to filter silence and process only speech |
| Languages & capture | Export of audio, transcripts, images, and PDF; editable transcripts | Automatically pastes transcribed text into any active application text field |
| Best-fit workflow | Cross-platform sync across iOS, Mac, Apple Vision, and web | Cross-platform desktop app (macOS, Windows, Linux) built with Tauri |
AudioDiary
Choose AudioDiary if you need keeping a daily reflective journal by speaking instead of typing — strengths include captures journaling hands-free by speaking, with automatic transcription.
Handy
Choose Handy if you need hands-free dictation into emails, documents, chat apps, and code editors — strengths include completely free, open-source (mit) with no subscription or paywall.
AudioDiary
Handy
It depends on your workflow. AudioDiary is strong for keeping a daily reflective journal by speaking instead of typing, while Handy is strong for hands-free dictation into emails, documents, chat apps, and code editors. Both transcribe and summarize meetings.
AudioDiary is a free tier with paid upgrades and Handy is open source. 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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