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100% offline & private
Whisper runs locally on your CPU. Dictation never touches a server, and your notes never leave your machine.
Free Windows app · ~5 MB download
Lexopad
Your private, offline notebook
Offline AI dictation and rich notes in one tiny app. Speech-to-text runs on your machine, your notes stay on your disk, and the whole thing is about ~5 MB.
Free for Windows · No account, no telemetry
Why Lexopad
The parts the other dictation apps charge for, lock down, or ship bloated.
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Unlimited free dictation
Competitors cap free tiers at ~2,000 words/week. Lexopad's free tier has no word limit, no trial clock.
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~5 MB installer
Built on Tauri and Rust, not Electron. Electron note apps weigh 80–200 MB; this one starts in a blink.
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Your keys, your cloud
Bring your own API keys and sync through any folder you already have. No vendor cloud, no lock-in.
Everything a notebook should do
A real editor with local AI on top, not a chat box with a text field.
Offline dictation
Push-to-talk or toggle. Speech lands in your note as text, with punctuation, without an internet connection.
Rich markdown editor
Headings, tables, task lists, images, highlights and wikilinks. Stored as plain markdown you own.
Folder tree
Organise notes the way you organise files. Drag, nest, rename. Full-text search across everything.
Bring-your-own-cloud sync
Point the notes folder at OneDrive, Dropbox, iCloud, Syncthing, anything. Your sync, your account.
Custom speech models
Swap Whisper models for speed or accuracy, or load your own fine-tuned model.
Export, print & share
Export to markdown, HTML or PDF. Print directly. Share a note with one click.
Pricing
Free is the whole app. Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription.
Free
$0forever · no account
The full offline app. No caps, no trial.
- Unlimited offline dictation (Whisper runs on your machine)
- Rich markdown editor with tables, tasks, images and [[wikilinks]]
- Folder tree and full-text search
- Bring-your-own-cloud sync (any synced folder: OneDrive, Dropbox, iCloud…)
- Custom speech models
- Export, print and share
Pro
$191 device
or$393 devices
one-time · no subscription · Free lifetime updates
Everything in Free, plus dictation anywhere and AI actions.
- System-wide dictation — dictate into any app with a hotkey
- AI actions — summarize, clean up and auto-tag notes
- Bring-your-own API key — Pro unlocks the feature, you supply the key
AI actions call the model provider you choose with YOUR OWN API key. Lexopad never proxies your notes through a vendor cloud, and you pay the provider directly for usage.
How Lexopad compares
A factual look at the dictation tools people usually weigh up.
- Private by design. Speech-to-text runs on your machine. Nothing is uploaded unless you choose to.
- Pay once. Free forever, or Pro for $19–$39 one-time. No subscription.
- Tiny and fast. A ~5 MB installer that opens instantly.
- Your keys, your cloud. Bring your own API key and your own sync folder. No lock-in.
| Feature | Lexopad | Wispr Flow | Aqua Voice | VoiceTypr | Dragon Professional | Windows Voice Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price model | ✓Free · Pro $19–$39 one-time | ~$12–15/mo | ~$8/mo | $35–$98 one-time | ~$699 one-time | Free, built in |
| Fully offline / private | ✓Whisper runs locally | ✗Cloud processing | ✗Cloud processing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unlimited free dictationMany paid tools cap free tiers at ~2,000 words/week | ✓No word cap | ✗Free tier ~2,000 words/week | ◐Capped free tier | — | ✗No free tier | ✓Free, built in |
| Installer sizeTypical Electron apps: 80–200 MB | ✓~5 MB | — | — | — | — | Built in |
| Bring your own API key | ✓No lock-in | ✗Vendor cloud | ✗Vendor cloud | — | — | — |
| Rich note-taking | ✓Editor, folders, sync | ✗Dictation only | ✗Dictation only | ✗Dictation only | ✗Dictation-focused | ✗Dictation only |
| System-wide dictation (any app) | ✓Pro | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Your own cloud sync | ✓Any synced folder | — | — | — | — | — |
| No subscription | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Lexopad
- Price model
- ✓Free · Pro $19–$39 one-time
- Fully offline / private
- ✓Whisper runs locally
- Unlimited free dictation
- ✓No word cap
- Installer size
- ✓~5 MB
- Bring your own API key
- ✓No lock-in
- Rich note-taking
- ✓Editor, folders, sync
- System-wide dictation (any app)
- ✓Pro
- Your own cloud sync
- ✓Any synced folder
- No subscription
- ✓
Wispr Flow
- Price model
- ~$12–15/mo
- Fully offline / private
- ✗Cloud processing
- Unlimited free dictation
- ✗Free tier ~2,000 words/week
- Installer size
- —
- Bring your own API key
- ✗Vendor cloud
- Rich note-taking
- ✗Dictation only
- System-wide dictation (any app)
- ✓
- Your own cloud sync
- —
- No subscription
- ✗
Aqua Voice
- Price model
- ~$8/mo
- Fully offline / private
- ✗Cloud processing
- Unlimited free dictation
- ◐Capped free tier
- Installer size
- —
- Bring your own API key
- ✗Vendor cloud
- Rich note-taking
- ✗Dictation only
- System-wide dictation (any app)
- ✓
- Your own cloud sync
- —
- No subscription
- ✗
VoiceTypr
- Price model
- $35–$98 one-time
- Fully offline / private
- ✓
- Unlimited free dictation
- —
- Installer size
- —
- Bring your own API key
- —
- Rich note-taking
- ✗Dictation only
- System-wide dictation (any app)
- ✓
- Your own cloud sync
- —
- No subscription
- ✓
Dragon Professional
- Price model
- ~$699 one-time
- Fully offline / private
- ✓
- Unlimited free dictation
- ✗No free tier
- Installer size
- —
- Bring your own API key
- —
- Rich note-taking
- ✗Dictation-focused
- System-wide dictation (any app)
- ✓
- Your own cloud sync
- —
- No subscription
- ✓
Windows Voice Access
- Price model
- Free, built in
- Fully offline / private
- ✓
- Unlimited free dictation
- ✓Free, built in
- Installer size
- Built in
- Bring your own API key
- —
- Rich note-taking
- ✗Dictation only
- System-wide dictation (any app)
- ✓
- Your own cloud sync
- —
- No subscription
- ✓
Competitor pricing/features as of 2026; check their sites for current details. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners. A dash means not applicable or not claimed.
Download Lexopad
Free for Windows. No account required. ARM64 builds run on Snapdragon and Surface Pro X devices.
Windows 10/11 · v0.1.0 · Free, no account required · License (EULA)
Windows x64, macOS and Linux builds are coming soon.