Both run Whisper on my Mac. What's the difference?

What comes out. MacWhisper is built around transcripts: files, meetings and dictation into any app. Jompter builds a prompt for a coding agent: your words plus annotated screenshots and recording frames, kept in a Plan and handed over MCP.

Yes, they don't conflict. Many people keep MacWhisper for meetings and files and use Jompter for AI coding sessions. Give each a different hotkey.

How do I switch from MacWhisper to Jompter?

Download Jompter and sign in with a free account, pick Local and download a speech model once, then hold Right ⌘ to dictate. You can keep MacWhisper on its own hotkey for other apps. Turn on MCP to connect Claude Code, Cursor or Codex.

Yes, on your Mac. Dictation, prompts, the MCP hand-off, transforms, translation and Speak are free and unlimited. The heavier features are free within limits — 20 screenshots a day, 5 screen recordings, 3 boards and one 10-minute Remote session a day — and a $99 one-time license removes every limit.

Jompter

A MacWhisper alternative that writes prompts, not transcripts.

Jompter is a MacWhisper alternative built for the moment your words go to a coding agent: the screenshot, the screen recording and your voice become one prompt, handed to Claude Code, Cursor or Codex. MacWhisper is a polished Mac transcriber for audio files, meetings with speaker names and system-wide dictation, all on-device.

Free on your Mac · no card · Apple Silicon, macOS Ventura+

The short answerJompter vs MacWhisper

Best at

JompterPrompts for coding agents

MacWhisperTranscribing files and meetings

Transcription

JompterOn-device, works offline

MacWhisperOn-device, works offline

Output

JompterA full prompt for your agent

MacWhisperA transcript or text in any app

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Quick answer

Pick MacWhisper if you transcribe audio files, interviews or meetings and want speaker names. Pick Jompter if your words go to a coding agent: it combines live dictation with screenshots and screen recordings in one prompt for Claude Code, Cursor or Codex.

What MacWhisper does well

MacWhisper is a polished Mac transcriber. It handles audio and video files, records meetings in Zoom, Teams and more, tells speakers apart, and offers system wide dictation, all on your Mac. Pro is a one time purchase.

Where Jompter is different

Jompter is built for a different moment: explaining a bug to an agent. Your live dictation, a marked up screenshot and the key frames of a recording go into one prompt, and Claude Code or Cursor reads it over MCP. It isn't a meeting or file transcriber.

A recording of the real Jompter app on a Mac — Recorded in the real Jompter app.

Same task, both apps

Tell Claude Code about a button that jumps when the page loads.

With MacWhisper

1Take a screenshot with Shift+Command+4.
2Dictate the description into Claude Code with MacWhisper.
3Switch back, paste the screenshot with Ctrl+V, and point at it in words.
4For a bug that moves, record the screen separately and describe what happened, because the agent can't watch the video.

With Jompter

1Hold Right ⌘ and describe the bug.
2Press ⌘⇧S mid sentence and box the button. The screenshot lands between your words.
3For a bug that moves, record it with Video Prompt. The key frames and your narration join the same prompt.
4Paste one line into Claude Code, and it reads the whole prompt over MCP.

How to switch from MacWhisper

Download Jompter and sign in with a free account.
Pick Local in setup and download a speech model once: Whisper, Parakeet or Nemotron.
Hold Right ⌘ to dictate, or rebind it in Settings. Keep MacWhisper on its own hotkey if you still want it for other apps.
Turn on MCP and connect Claude Code, Cursor or Codex, so your agent reads prompts itself.

Dictation gives you words. Coding agents need context.

Prompts, not just text.

Dictation tools stop at words. Jompter bundles your voice, screenshots, annotations, and screen recordings into one AI-ready Markdown prompt for Claude Code, Cursor, or ChatGPT.

Free on your Mac.

Dictation, prompts and the MCP hand-off are free and unlimited on your Mac, with no meter and no card. Screenshots, recordings, boards and Remote are free within limits, and a one-time license removes them, no subscription required.

Context that persists.

Plans keep the running context of a debugging session (the error, the screenshots, what you tried), so a follow-up is one line added, not everything explained again.

Speak the bug. Snap the screen. Paste one prompt.

Your words, the annotated screenshot and the key frames from a recording land in one Markdown prompt, ready for Claude Code, Cursor or ChatGPT.

Voice, on-device. Whisper, Parakeet and Nemotron transcribe on Apple Silicon, no audio leaves your Mac.
Screens, redacted. Annotate with pen, arrow, box, text or blur before anything is shared.
Copied in one click. Markdown and images together, straight into your agent.

Jompter vs MacWhisper

Both tools are good at what they're built for. The question is what you're building prompts for.

CapabilityJompterMacWhisper

Open source

PriceFree on your Mac; $99 once lifts the limitsFree tier; one-time Pro license

PlatformsmacOS (Apple Silicon)macOS, plus an iOS app

Speech models on your machineWhisper, Parakeet, NemotronWhisper, Parakeet

Built for AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor)

Screenshots + annotation inside the prompt

Screen recording → key frames + transcript

Persistent prompt workspaces (Plans)

Copy markdown + images in one click

Transcribe audio files and meetings, with speakersVideo Prompt only

Based on each product's public positioning, checked September 2026. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.

Which one should you pick?

Different jobs, different tools. Here's the fair split.

Pick Jompter if…

Your dictation mostly goes to Claude Code, Cursor or Codex
You want screenshots and screen recordings in the same prompt as your words
You want your agent to read the prompt and its to-dos over MCP

Pick MacWhisper if…

You transcribe interviews, lectures or meetings and need speaker names
You want to batch-transcribe audio and video files
You want to bring your own AI provider keys for cleanup prompts

Free on your Mac. $99 once to lift the limits.

Dictation on local models is free and unlimited. Cloud is optional and separate.

Dictation

Forever

$0no card

Local models · no word cap

License

Best value

—one-time

or — / year · on-device, offline

Cloud

Optional

—/ month

Heavy — / month · cloud transcription + AI transforms

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