Willow Voice vs Notta
Summary
These two aren't really competing for the same job. Willow Voice turns your own speech into polished text as you write; Notta joins scheduled meetings and translates what other people said. If you're comparing them directly, it's worth understanding which problem you're actually trying to solve first.
Willow Voice
A YC-backed AI dictation app that turns speech into polished, formatted text in any app on Mac, Windows, iPhone, or Android
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Notta
The multilingual-first transcription and meeting assistant built for teams working across languages, not just English
Read full review →| Category | Willow Voice | Notta |
|---|---|---|
| What it fundamentally is | A dictation tool — speak, and it writes for you | A meeting notetaker — it listens to a call and produces notes |
| Core use case | Emails, Slack messages, notes, code comments, any text field | Scheduled video meetings, especially multilingual ones |
| Starting price | Free (weekly word limit); Pro $12-15/mo | Free (120 min/mo); paid not consistently published |
| Meeting capture | No — doesn't join or record meetings at all | Yes — auto-joins scheduled calls via built-in scheduler |
| Translation | No — dictates and formats in the language you speak | Yes — can deliver a summary in a different language than the meeting was held in |
| Platforms | Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android | Web-based, joins video call platforms |
| G2 review volume | 26 reviews | 234 reviews |
| Documented concern | iOS experience described as clunkier than Mac; response-time inconsistency reported by at least one user | Some reviewers report billing transparency issues around trial-to-paid conversion |
Where they actually differ
This is less a head-to-head than two tools built for adjacent but distinct jobs. Willow Voice exists so you don’t have to type, speak into any app and get back clean, formatted text using your own words. Notta exists so you don’t have to take notes during someone else’s meeting, it listens to a call, transcribes what was said, and can translate the output into another language. One is about producing your own writing faster; the other is about capturing and understanding other people’s conversations.
If your actual need is writing emails, messages, and documents faster by voice, Notta doesn’t do that at all, it’s not built to sit in your inbox or a Slack composer. If your need is capturing and translating a scheduled meeting, Willow Voice doesn’t do that either, it has no concept of joining a call or listening to other participants.
Could you plausibly use both?
Yes, and for some people that’s the more realistic answer than picking one. Willow Voice speeds up the writing you do throughout the day, drafting a follow-up email, jotting a quick Slack update, writing code comments by voice. Notta handles a separate, specific job: sitting in on a scheduled meeting and producing a translated transcript afterward. Someone who writes a lot and also attends multilingual meetings regularly might reasonably use both without much overlap, since they solve different parts of the day.
Pricing
Willow Voice’s Pro plan runs $12-15 a month, or $144 a year on annual billing, for unlimited dictation across Mac, Windows, iPhone, and Android. Notta’s free tier covers 120 minutes of meeting transcription a month, and its paid pricing isn’t consistently published across independent sources, confirm current rates directly with Notta before committing.
Who each tool is actually for
Willow Voice is the right pick if your bottleneck is writing, drafting emails, messages, and documents faster by speaking instead of typing. Notta is the right pick if your bottleneck is meetings specifically, capturing and translating scheduled calls that cross language barriers. Neither is a substitute for the other.
Verdict
Comparing Willow Voice and Notta directly only makes sense once you’re clear on which problem you actually have. If you spend your day typing and want to speak instead, Willow Voice is a well-reviewed, genuinely fast dictation tool built exactly for that. If you spend your day in scheduled meetings that need translating and summarizing, Notta’s meeting-specific translation focus is the more relevant tool, though its pricing and review base are less consistently documented than Willow’s. Most people evaluating “which one should I buy” are better served by first asking which problem is actually costing them time, writing, or meetings, since that answer points clearly to one tool or the other rather than a genuine trade-off between the two.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Willow Voice be used to take meeting notes?
No, not directly. Willow Voice is a dictation tool for turning your own speech into text in apps like Mail, Slack, or Notes. It doesn't join, record, or listen to a meeting the way Notta does; it only transcribes what you personally say into it.
Can Notta be used as a general dictation tool for writing emails?
Not really. Notta is built around capturing and translating scheduled meetings, not general-purpose dictation into arbitrary text fields the way Willow Voice is designed to work.
Which tool is cheaper?
Willow Voice has clearly published pricing, $12-15 a month or $144 a year. Notta's paid pricing isn't consistently published across independent sources, so a direct cost comparison isn't reliably possible without confirming current rates from Notta directly.
Do I need both tools, or just one?
It depends on your actual bottleneck. If you spend more time typing than you'd like, Willow Voice addresses that directly. If you spend time in meetings that need translating or summarizing, Notta addresses that instead. Some people reasonably use both, since they don't overlap in function.
Which tool has more independent reviews?
Notta actually has more, 234 reviews on G2 at a 4.4 rating, compared to Willow Voice's 26. Both are modest-sized samples relative to the largest tools in this category, but Notta's is the larger of the two.