Willow
Willow is an AI-powered Productivity tool — AI dictation that writes and speaks like you. Best for: Productivity. Pricing: Freemium (GateOnAI Score: 38/100).
AI dictation that writes and speaks like you
Willow is an AI‑powered voice dictation tool that lets you speak into any text field—Slack, Gmail, Notion, iMessage, and more—and instantly sees perfectly formatted text appear where your cursor is. It works on Mac, Windows and iPhone, supports over 100 languages, and handles background noise, whispering and fast speakers. The service claims 3× higher accuracy than built‑in dictation, removes filler words, fixes punctuation and applies context‑aware formatting in as little as 200 ms. Willow also learns your personal terminology, remembers names and abbreviations, and lets you save frequently used phrases for quick insertion. A free tier provides unlimited use of a weaker speech‑to‑text model with up to 20 Scribe transcriptions per week, while paid plans unlock the Frontier Pro model, unlimited Scribe usage, longer dictation, smart memory of your writing style, and enforced privacy features such as zero data retention, SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA compliance. All processing can run offline on your device, and no credit card is required to start.
Summary written from Willow's own website on 9 Oct 2026. Check the vendor's website for current details.
How to evaluate Willow before you buy
What GateOnAI has on record
- Pricing model: Free plan and paid plans
- GDPR: No statement recorded on GateOnAI - ask the vendor
- EU data hosting: Not recorded on GateOnAI - ask the vendor
- Website check: Online at our check on 14 Oct 2026
Questions to ask the vendor
- Will you sign a GDPR data processing agreement (Article 28) and share your list of sub-processors?
- Where is our data stored and processed, and is it used to train your models?
- What does the free plan include, and what does the plan we need cost per user?
- Can we export all our data, and how is it deleted when we cancel?
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