Hume AI vs Whisper Notes

Comparing the features of Hume AI to Whisper Notes

Feature
Hume AI
Whisper Notes

Capability Features

Audio File Import
Conversational AI
Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
Emotion Instruction
Export SRT Subtitles
Export with Timestamps
Game and AI Character Use Case
High Quality Voice
Languages Supported
EnglishJapaneseKoreanSpanishFrenchPortugueseItalianGermanRussianHindiArabic
Latency
<200ms
LLM-Powered TTS
Local Processing
Manual Re-transcribe Option
Media Creation Use Case
Multilingual Support
EnglishChineseSpanishGermanFrenchJapaneseKoreanRussianArabicHindiPortugueseItalianDutchTurkishIndonesianVietnameseThaiCzechPolishUkrainianSwedish
Multimodal AI
No Cloud Upload
No Internet Required
No Recording Length Limit
Offline Transcription
Phone Call Use Case
Refund Available
Share Transcripts
Speech-to-Speech API
Text to Speech
Unlimited Transcriptions
Voice Cloning
Voice Design
Whisper Large V3 Turbo Model
Whisper Large V3 Turbo

Integration Features

API Integration With LLMs
HumeClaude Sonnet 4.5Grok 4 FastGPT 5+20 more
Apple Silicon Support
Developer SDKs
Python SDKTypescript SDKSwift SDKReact SDKC# SDK
File Formats Supported
MP3M4AWAV
Intel Mac Support
Works on iOS
Works on macOS

Limitation Features

Device Requirements
Not supported on iPhone SE 2nd gen; 8GB+ RAM recommended for macOS
No AI Summaries
No Background Transcription on iOS
No Free Trial
No Real-time Transcription
Slower on Old Devices
Text Input Limit
500

Pricing Features

All Future Updates
Free Tier
Lifetime Access
No Ads
No In-App Purchases
No Subscription Required
One-Time Payment
$4.99