Comparison
JuTalk vs Aqua Voice
JuTalk costs $3 or $9 a month, with a 3- or 10-hour cap. Aqua Voice Pro is $10 a month billed yearly, with no word limit, and it also runs on Windows and phones. If you dictate on an Apple silicon Mac and stay within JuTalk's hours, you get dictation, AI cleanup and prompt mode for less.
I build JuTalk. Every Aqua Voice fact below links to Aqua's own page, so you can check it.
Prices and features checked on November 13, 2026
Side by side
| What | JuTalk | Aqua Voice |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | JuTalkStarter $3. Pro $9. | Aqua VoicePro $12 month-to-month, or $10 a month billed annually. Max $24 month-to-month, or $19 a month billed annually. Aqua pricing |
| Yearly price | JuTalkStarter $30. Pro $90. | Aqua VoicePro $120 billed annually. Max $228 billed annually. Business is $19 per seat per month billed annually, or $24 month-to-month, with a 2-seat minimum. Aqua pricing |
| Limit on paid plans | JuTalk3 hours of audio a month on Starter, 10 on Pro. That's up to about 25,000 and 84,000 words. At the cap, dictation pauses until next month or until you upgrade. | Aqua VoiceNo word limit on Pro, Max, or Business. Aqua pricing |
| Free use | JuTalkA trial of 7 days or 1 hour of audio, whichever runs out first. No card. After that you need a plan. The trial starts when you first sign in on your Mac. | Aqua VoiceA free plan with 2,000 words, the Avalon 1.5 model, and your first 3 Notetaker meetings. No credit card. Aqua says 2,000 words is about 14 minutes of talking at a normal pace. After that, upgrade to Pro to keep dictating without limits. Aqua pricing Aqua for Mac |
| Runs on | JuTalkMac only. No Windows, iPhone, iPad or Android version. | Aqua VoiceMac, Windows, iOS, and Android through Google Play. One subscription covers those platforms. Aqua pricing Aqua for Mac |
| Mac requirements | JuTalkApple silicon, M1 or newer, on macOS 14 or later. No Intel. | Aqua VoiceOne universal Mac download, native on Apple silicon and Intel Macs. Aqua for Mac |
| Internet and account | JuTalkAlways needed, along with an account. If the connection drops, JuTalk keeps the recording on your Mac and retries for up to 7 days. | Aqua VoiceAqua's Mac page says audio is processed in the cloud and there is no offline mode. Aqua for Mac |
| Where your audio goes | JuTalkYour audio goes through JuTalk's servers to a speech recognition provider. With cleanup on, the default, the text goes to an AI provider. JuTalk's servers don't store either. Privacy policy | Aqua VoiceTo Aqua's cloud, where the Avalon model runs. Aqua says it has a SOC 2 Type II audit report, is ISO 27001 certified, and is GDPR and HIPAA compliant. A BAA is included on Max and Business. Aqua for Mac Aqua pricing |
| Languages | JuTalk90+ languages, detected automatically. The number is our speech recognition provider's figure. | Aqua Voice49 languages, with the same real-time dictation experience as English, per Aqua's Mac page. Aqua for Mac |
| Cleanup | JuTalkRemoves ums, false starts and self-corrections, and fixes punctuation. If cleanup fails, you get exactly what you said. | Aqua VoiceSays it understands natural speech, corrects grammar, and refines your text in real time, while preserving every word. Aqua for Mac |
| Text you already typed | JuTalkPolish what you typed: select text in another app and hold Control (about 0.3 seconds) until it's replaced. Add Shift and it's Make it a prompt. Let go early and nothing changes. ⌘Z in that app brings the original back. Accessibility is required, and the microphone isn't used. Up to 20,000 characters. It works in Google Docs and some terminals. Polish what you typed is free for the first 100 times each day. After that, each one that succeeds uses 5 seconds of your hours, plus 1 second per 150 characters. A polish that fails doesn't use hours. | Aqua VoiceNot covered in this comparison. |
| Your own words | JuTalkA vocabulary of up to 100 terms, to help it recognize your names and jargon. On every plan, including the trial. | Aqua VoiceA personal dictionary, plus custom instructions, on Pro and above. Aqua pricing |
| How you start it | JuTalkHold Option while you talk, let go to finish, press Esc to cancel. There's no hands-free mode. | Aqua VoiceHold the key, talk, release. Aqua's Mac page shows holding Space as the example. Whether Space is the only shortcut, or the default you can change, is not stated on that page. Aqua for Mac |
| Extras | JuTalkPrompt mode: hold Option and Shift, and a ramble becomes a clear prompt for an AI. | Aqua VoiceA meeting Notetaker (first 3 meetings free, 3 a month on Pro, unlimited on Max and Business). Max adds Realtime Mode, voice commands, and early access. Desktop also includes Aqua Pet. Aqua pricing Aqua for Mac |
| Teams and compliance | JuTalkNo team plan and no compliance certifications. | Aqua VoiceBusiness adds team billing, SSO, SCIM, usage reports, zero data retention, and shared dictionaries. Aqua states SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and GDPR and HIPAA compliance. Students get 70% off Pro and Max. Aqua pricing |
| Student price | JuTalkNo student price is listed. | Aqua Voice70% off Pro and Max with a school email: Pro $3 a month billed annually, or $3.60 month-to-month. Max $5.70 billed annually, or $7.20 month-to-month. Accepts .edu and academic domains such as .ac.uk, .ac.jp, .ac.kr and .ac.in. Aqua pricing |
Word counts assume 140 words a minute, and pauses count as time. Aqua's prices are the US dollar list prices on its pricing page. Aqua also publishes an accuracy figure on its own AISpeak-10 benchmark; that is Aqua's test, not a comparison with JuTalk, so I don't use it here.
What the price difference comes to
Over a year, JuTalk Starter costs $30 and JuTalk Pro costs $90. Aqua Voice Pro costs $120 if you pay annually, or $144 month-to-month. Max is $228 a year billed annually.
So JuTalk Pro is $30 to $54 a year less than Aqua Pro, as long as 10 hours a month is enough. That's up to about 84,000 words. If you need unlimited words, or Windows or a phone, Aqua Pro has those, at the higher yearly price. Aqua's free 2,000-word allowance is a short test drive, not an ongoing free plan.
Choose JuTalk if
- You dictate on an Apple silicon Mac running macOS 14 or later, and you don't need Windows or a phone app.
- You want 3 hours a month for $3, or 10 hours for $9, instead of Aqua Pro at $10 a month billed yearly.
- You want one app for dictation and prompts, with no meeting notes or team features to pay for.
- You want prompt mode on a key combination, Option and Shift.
- You want to polish text you already typed: select it and hold Control, or add Shift to make it a prompt.
- You want a refund window. 14-day full refund on your first payment, even after you've used it.
Choose Aqua Voice if
- You want unlimited words, or you regularly dictate more than 10 hours a month.
- You need the same app on Windows, iPhone or Android, or on an Intel Mac.
- You want a meeting Notetaker, or Max features such as Realtime Mode and voice commands.
- You need team billing, SSO, or Aqua's stated compliance and BAA options.
- You have a school email and want Aqua's 70% student discount. On that discount, Aqua Pro's yearly price matches JuTalk Starter's $3 a month, with no word cap.
Questions
Is JuTalk cheaper than Aqua Voice?
On list prices, yes, if 3 or 10 hours a month is enough. JuTalk Starter is $3 a month or $30 a year, and Pro is $9 a month or $90 a year. Aqua Voice Pro is $10 a month billed annually ($120 a year) or $12 month-to-month. Aqua Pro has no word cap. JuTalk pauses when you reach your hours, until next month or until you upgrade.
Does JuTalk run on Windows, iPhone, or Intel Macs?
No. JuTalk is a Mac app for Apple silicon, M1 or newer, on macOS 14 or later. Aqua Voice has apps for Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android, and its Mac download runs on Apple silicon and Intel. One Aqua subscription covers those platforms.
Does Aqua Voice keep my audio on my Mac?
No. Aqua's Mac page says it processes audio in the cloud, where the Avalon model runs, and that there is no offline mode. JuTalk also uses cloud providers: your audio goes through JuTalk's servers to a speech recognition provider, and with cleanup on, the default, the text goes to an AI provider. JuTalk's servers don't store either. Read the privacy policy.
How do the free trials compare?
JuTalk's trial is 7 days or 1 hour of audio, whichever runs out first, with no card. It starts when you first sign in on your Mac. Aqua Voice's free plan includes 2,000 words and your first 3 Notetaker meetings, with no credit card. Aqua says 2,000 words is about 14 minutes of talking at a normal pace. After that, Aqua asks you to upgrade to keep dictating without limits.
Is JuTalk more accurate than Aqua Voice?
I don't have a head-to-head test to cite, and I won't use Aqua's own benchmark as a comparison with JuTalk. Your own voice is the best test. Aqua's free 2,000 words and JuTalk's trial both need no card, so dictate the same paragraph into each and compare.
Keep reading
Or read how JuTalk works on the homepage.
Built by Jurij Malovrh in Slovenia. Questions come straight to me at support@jutalk.app.
Sources
Aqua Voice facts were taken from aquavoice.com/pricing and aquavoice.com/mac, checked on November 13, 2026. JuTalk facts are from jutalk.app and the privacy policy.
Not stated on those Aqua pages, so not claimed here: a full list of Aqua keyboard shortcuts, or any head-to-head accuracy test with JuTalk.
Try JuTalk on your Mac.
Hold Option, talk, let go. Your words land where you're typing, cleaned up.
JuTalk runs on your Mac
Your free trial only starts when you first sign in on your Mac. No card needed. macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon.
7 days or 1 hour of audio free, whichever runs out first. No card. macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon.