Offline by design.
Not by toggle.

Willow Voice is cloud-first. Offline is an opt-in mode you switch on. Amnis has no cloud fallback because it doesn't need one.

No account required. Nothing leaves your device.

Willow Voice

Default: cloud processing

Privacy mode: off

Amnis

Always on-device

"...the contract clause needs to be revised—"

100%

On-device processing

0

Bytes transmitted

∞

Offline capable

How they compare

Amnis
Willow Voice

Offline by default

Always
Opt-in only

Audio leaves your device

Never
By default (cloud mode)

Works without internet

Yes
In privacy mode only

GDPR by architecture

Yes
Policy-based only

French & Japanese UI

Yes
No

One-time pricing

Available
Subscription only

AI text cleanup

Yes
Yes

Works in any app

Yes
Yes

Privacy mode is not privacy.
Architecture is.

Willow Voice offers a privacy mode — but cloud processing is the default. Every session in standard mode sends your audio to their servers. Amnis has no cloud mode to opt out of. Audio stays on your Mac because that's how it was built, not because you remembered to flip a switch.

Audio physically never leaves your Mac

No toggle, no settings — private by default

No account or login required

On-device model — no third-party API calls

Willow Voice

Voice→Cloud→Text

Amnis

Voice→Mac→Text

No toggle. No default to change.

When default matters.

Willow's privacy mode protects you only when you remember to turn it on.

Sensitive meetings

Dictating notes after a confidential call. With Willow's default settings, that audio goes to their servers. With Amnis, it never leaves.

Medical dictation

Patient notes, referral letters, clinical summaries — HIPAA-sensitive content should never depend on a toggle being set correctly.

Legal work

Privileged client communications require architectural guarantees, not opt-in privacy policies that could be misconfigured.

Regulated environments

In industries where data handling is audited, the question is not "did you enable privacy mode?" but "can audio leave at all?"

Common questions

Willow Voice has an optional offline mode, but cloud processing is the default. In standard mode, audio is sent to Willow's servers. You must manually enable their privacy or offline mode to prevent this. Amnis processes everything on-device with no configuration required.

The core difference is the default. Willow Voice sends audio to the cloud by default and offers offline as an opt-in. Amnis processes audio on your Mac by default — there is no cloud mode. For privacy-conscious users, the default matters more than the option.

Willow Voice has compliance certifications (SOC 2, HIPAA), but in its default mode, audio travels to their servers. GDPR compliance requires knowing where data goes at all times. Amnis is GDPR-compliant by architecture — audio never leaves the device, so there is no data transfer to govern.

Yes. For healthcare, legal, government, and any industry where data handling is audited, Amnis eliminates the risk category entirely. There is no server receiving audio, no retention policy to verify, and no mode to configure correctly. Amnis processes everything locally.

In Willow Voice's default cloud mode, your audio is processed on their servers. If you forgot to enable offline or privacy mode, that session's audio was transmitted. With Amnis, there is no mode to forget — audio stays on your device unconditionally.

Yes. Amnis works completely without an internet connection. You can dictate in airplane mode, in areas with poor connectivity, or in environments where network access is restricted. This is not a feature you enable — it is how Amnis works.

"Privacy mode being opt-in felt wrong for what I do. Amnis is private by default and I never touch the settings."

C. Dubois · Clinical Researcher

"I work in hospitals and remote sites. Connectivity is unreliable. It needs to work offline and it does."

J. Osei · Field Consultant

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