LumeVoice vs Typeless: Which Dictation App Should You Use?

LumeVoice vs Typeless is a choice between two cloud dictation apps that look alike from a distance: you talk, and clean text lands wherever your cursor is, on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android. Up close they're built for different jobs. Typeless does more around your words, with a Linux app, a free plan that renews every week, translation, and editing or asking questions by voice. LumeVoice sticks to dictation, costs less to keep, and can be bought once.

A quick disclosure: LumeVoice is our product. We haven't used Typeless, so nothing here is a hands-on test. What we say about Typeless comes from typeless.com (pricing, help center, privacy policy, data controls and terms) and its App Store and Google Play listings, all checked on October 20, 2026. Prices change, so confirm them on Typeless's pricing page before you buy.

Who should pick which#

Pick Typeless if you:

• dictate on Linux as well as a Mac or Windows PC
• write little enough that a free weekly allowance covers you
• want to translate, rewrite selected text or ask questions by voice
• are buying for a team, or need a Business Associate Agreement (Enterprise)
• have an older iPhone (Typeless needs iOS 16.1; LumeVoice needs iOS 17)

Pick LumeVoice if you:

• want a lower price, or a license you pay for once
• want dictation and nothing else: your words, cleaned up, never treated as a question or command
• use Android and want to keep the keyboard you already like
• find typing hard because of a disability, injury or health condition
• want a money-back guarantee before you commit

LumeVoice vs Typeless at a glance#

Typeless details as of October 2026, from typeless.com, its help center and its app store listings.

Price and 3-year cost#

Typeless charges per member. Pro is $12 a month billed yearly ($144 a year), or $30 a month if you pay month to month, and Enterprise is priced on request (Typeless pricing). The gap between the two Pro options is unusually wide: by the fifth monthly payment ($150), you've paid more than a whole year of yearly billing.

What each option costs if you keep it for three years:

The free options work differently. Typeless's Free plan refills every week. Its pricing page calls the allowance only "limited words", but its own Typeless vs Wispr Flow article puts it at 8,000 words a week. LumeVoice gives each new account 3,000 free words, no card required once. For light, occasional use, Typeless's free plan is the better deal.

Discounts. Typeless gives students 50% off Pro once they verify a school email, at desktop checkout (Typeless for students). LumeVoice gives students and teachers 50% off, and gives 50% off to anyone who finds typing hard because of a disability, injury or health condition, with no proof needed. Codes are entered at checkout on Mac or Windows, and one plan then covers your phone too. See the accessibility discount, LumeVoice pricing and our Typeless pricing breakdown.

Platforms: where each app runs#

Mac. LumeVoice lives in the menu bar: hold fn (Globe), speak and let go. It runs on macOS 11.5 or later. Typeless offers separate downloads for Apple silicon and Intel Macs. Its default key is also Fn, but you press it once to start and again to stop (Typeless Dictate guide). More on LumeVoice for Mac.

Windows. LumeVoice sits in the system tray. Hold Ctrl + Win and talk, tap Space while holding it to go hands-free, or press Esc to cancel. It installs per user, with no admin rights needed. Typeless's default Windows key is Right Alt, pressed to start and pressed again to stop. See LumeVoice for Windows.

Linux. Only Typeless. Its pricing page lists a Linux desktop app alongside macOS and Windows. LumeVoice has no Linux or ChromeOS app.

iPhone. Both are keyboards. You switch to the Lume keyboard (iOS 17 or later), tap Start Lume and talk. With Typeless, you tap Speak on its keyboard, talk, and tap again; it needs iOS 16.1 or later. See LumeVoice on iPhone.

Android. This is where the two differ most. Typeless is a keyboard here too, so you switch your phone to it. Several of the reviews Google Play shows first praise its transcription but find its keyboard weak for ordinary typing, and mention going back to another keyboard for corrections, emojis or passwords (Typeless on Google Play). LumeVoice adds a floating bubble over the keyboard you already use. See LumeVoice on Android.

Both sell one plan for every device: Typeless's App Store listing says Pro works wherever Typeless is supported once you sign in, and a LumeVoice plan covers Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android.

Features: cleanup, editing and extras#

Both apps remove filler words, handle self-corrections, turn spoken lists into lists, keep a personal dictionary and detect your language as you speak. The differences:

How much they change your words. Typeless is built to polish. Its guide says you can talk through ideas in any order, correct yourself as you go, and get a polished message that reflects what you meant; it also learns your style and adapts the tone to each app (Personalization). LumeVoice cleans up what you said: it removes filler words and stutters, applies self-corrections ("let's meet at five, actually six" becomes "Let's meet at six."), adds punctuation and fixes grammar. You pick a preset writing style instead of letting it learn one.

Editing and asking by voice. This is Typeless's strong suit. On desktop, Ask anything (Fn + Space on a Mac, Right Alt + Space on Windows) rewrites selected text, explains it, answers quick questions with a web search, or opens a website with your search filled in (Ask anything). On mobile, Speak to edit rewrites a selection. LumeVoice does none of this. It writes down what you said and never answers questions or carries out commands.

Translation. Typeless has its own Translate shortcut and lets you save several target languages (Translate). LumeVoice has an output-language setting: speak English, get Spanish.

Dictionary. Typeless adds a word automatically when you correct it, and its desktop app imports a CSV word list (History & Dictionary). On Mac and Windows, LumeVoice passes the names and jargon in your custom dictionary to speech recognition; on iPhone and Android, only its corrections apply.

Extras on LumeVoice's side. Snippets (say a short cue and Lume types your address or sign-off) and audio and video file transcription on desktop. We didn't find either in Typeless's help center. Typeless, for its part, caps each dictation at 9 minutes (dictation limit).

Privacy: where your voice goes#

Both are cloud apps, and both need a connection to work.

• LumeVoice: your audio isn't stored after processing, what you say is never used to train models, and your dictation history stays on your device. Speech is transcribed by Whisper large-v3-turbo running on Groq, with Mistral's Voxtral as a fallback, and a language model then does the cleanup.
• Typeless: its data controls page, updated October 13, 2026, says your audio isn't stored, dictation data isn't used for model training by Typeless or any third party, and history text stays on your device unless you turn on History Cloud Sync, a Pro feature.

Two details are specific to Typeless. To format your text, it also processes "limited contextual information", such as the app you're using and relevant text within it, and discards it once the result comes back. And it uses language model providers such as Microsoft and Google under zero-retention agreements, with data processed in the US (privacy policy).

Paperwork is where Typeless is ahead. Its homepage says Typeless is ISO 27001 certified, GDPR compliant and HIPAA compliant, and Enterprise adds enforced HIPAA controls and a Business Associate Agreement.

We hold no certifications and don't sign BAAs, so if your organization requires them, Typeless Enterprise is the better fit. If your material must never leave your computer, neither app is right; look at the local tools in our list of Typeless alternatives.

Where Typeless is the better choice#

• Linux, as well as Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android.
• A free plan that renews weekly, at 8,000 words a week by Typeless's count.
• Editing, asking and translating by voice: Ask anything and Translate are included even on the Free plan.
• Teams: member management in Pro; SSO, SCIM, audit logs and a BAA on Enterprise.
• Compliance claims: ISO 27001, GDPR and HIPAA.
• Older iPhones: iOS 16.1, where LumeVoice needs iOS 17.
• Writing that adapts to you and changes tone between apps.

Where LumeVoice is the better choice#

• Lower prices: $14.99/mo against $30 a month, and $79.99/year against $144 a year.
• A one-time license for $249; Typeless sells only subscriptions.
• A money-back guarantee (14-day, 10,000-word money-back guarantee); Typeless refunds only when the law or an app store's rules require it.
• Android without switching keyboards.
• An accessibility discount of 50% off, with no proof asked.
• Snippets and file transcription on desktop.
• Dictation only: nothing you say is treated as a question or a command.

Switching from Typeless to LumeVoice#

1. Install LumeVoice on the computer and phone you use most, and keep Typeless for now.
2. Re-add your words. Copy the names and terms from Typeless's Dictionary page into LumeVoice's custom dictionary on Mac or Windows, and turn phrases you repeat into snippets.
3. Use your free words on real work for a few days.
4. Ask for a discount before you buy. Email hello@lumevoice.com for the student or accessibility code, then upgrade on Mac or Windows.
5. Cancel Typeless under Subscription on the Account page in its app, or in the App Store or Google Play if you subscribed there (Typeless terms).

For more, see Typeless vs Wispr Flow, our list of Typeless alternatives, or every head-to-head on our comparisons page.

The bottom line#

Typeless is the broader app: Linux, a free plan that refills every week, translation, voice editing and quick answers, plus team plans and compliance paperwork. LumeVoice is the narrower one, with no Linux, no voice editing and no team plan. It does one job, turning what you say into clean text, for less money, with a one-time option, and it leaves your Android keyboard alone. If one of Typeless's extras is a must-have, choose Typeless. If not, dictate a week of real writing in both and keep the one you have to fix less.