Kana as a Willow alternative
A cloud dictation app for Mac, iOS and Windows that learns how you write and formats differently depending on the app you are in.
What Willow does better
Willow does several things Kana has no answer to. It learns your writing style over time, sells a Business tier with SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA enforcement and zero data retention, and an Enterprise tier with SSO and SAML. It covers over 100 languages across Mac, iOS and Windows, and its free plan is unlimited dictation on a smaller model rather than a word count. Kana is a single-user Mac app with 26 languages and nothing to offer an IT department.
Where Kana is different
- Audio never leaves the Mac, which is a different promise from zero retention on a server.
- On-device is the only mode Kana has, rather than a fallback beside a cloud default.
- No account, so nothing builds a profile of how you write and there is nothing to delete later.
Side by side
| Kana | Willow | |
|---|---|---|
| Recognition runs on device | Always | Cloud by default |
| Learns your style | No | Yes |
| Business and enterprise tier | No | Yes, SOC 2 and HIPAA |
| Languages | 26 | 100+ |
Willow pricing: Free plan, Pro $12 to $15 a month, Business $28 to $35, Enterprise quoted.