Wavenote as a Letterly alternative
A voice-notes app that takes a rambling recording and rewrites it into a finished shape: an email, a post, a list. It runs on iPhone, Android, Windows, web and Mac, and syncs between them.
What Letterly does better
Letterly is built for a case Wavenote serves only from a Mac: you talk for 3 minutes with no structure and it hands back something shaped, on whatever device is in your hand. It covers 90+ languages with translation, separates the speakers in a Zoom, Meet or Teams meeting, and syncs everything to an account you can sign into anywhere. Wavenote has no phone app and nothing to sign into.
Where Wavenote is different
- Transcription happens on the Mac, with no upload and no account.
- Notes are files in a folder you picked, so the library is yours to open in Finder rather than a place your recordings are held.
- There is no phone app, on purpose.
Side by side
| Wavenote | Letterly | |
|---|---|---|
| Phone, Windows and web apps | No | Yes |
| Turns a ramble into a draft | Yes, with Wavenote+ | Yes |
| Keeps a searchable library | Yes, as files on your Mac | Yes, in your account |
| Audio leaves your device | Never | Yes |
Letterly pricing: $19.99 a month, up to $99.99 a year, or $199.99 to $249.99 once, after a 7-day trial. Checked against apps.apple.com on 7 August 2026.
letterly.app publishes no price anywhere, so these come from Letterly's own App Store listing, which is running several annual and lifetime figures at once.
Want more detail? The full Letterly review works through it feature by feature.