Scribe vs Willow
Scribe and Willow are both personal productivity tools. Scribe is aimed at small businesses and enterprise, while Willow is aimed at freelancers and small businesses. Willow costs less, from $15/mo versus $17/mo for Scribe. Both have a free plan.
Auto-generated step-by-step guides and SOPs from screen activity
AI voice dictation and writing agent that works in any app
| Pricing | Freemium · $17 | Freemium · $15 |
| Starting price | $17/mo | $15/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Built for | Small businesses, Enterprise, Freelancers | Freelancers, Small businesses, Enterprise, Creators |
| Platforms | web, windows, macos | macos, windows, ios |
| Country | US · 2019 | US · 2025 |
| Rating | — | — |
Choose Scribe if
Operations, IT and enablement teams that need accurate screenshot-based SOPs and training guides without writing them by hand.
- Turns a ten-minute documentation task into a quick recording
- Guides are consistent and easy to update after UI changes
- Embeds cleanly in Confluence, Notion, SharePoint and help centers
Look elsewhere if: Teams that want narrated video explainers or in-app guided tours inside their product (Loom, Whatfix).
Choose Willow if
Professionals and developers who write a lot of email, chat messages and AI prompts on Mac, Windows or iPhone and want to speak instead of type.
- Works system-wide, so no per-app plugins are needed
- Cleans and formats text instead of producing raw transcripts
- Wally and style memory adapt drafts to email, Slack or prompts
Look elsewhere if: Android users or people who mainly want grammar and style polishing of text they type themselves (Grammarly, Wordtune).
Scribe vs Willow pricing
Scribe
- Basic$0Browser extension for web apps; share by link or embed
- Pro Personal$35/seat/mo$25 billed annually; desktop app, branding, redaction
- Pro Team$17/seat/mo$13 billed annually; 5-seat minimum, comments
- EnterpriseCustomSSO, auto PII/PHI redaction, roles, translations
Willow
- Basic$0Frontier Mini dictation model, 20 Scribe uses per week
- Pro$15/moPer user; Frontier Pro model, unlimited Scribe; $12 billed annually
- Business$35/moEnforced zero data retention, HIPAA, admin; $28 billed annually
- EnterpriseCustomSSO/SAML, invoice billing, MSA and DPA, usage API
Scribe · Key features
- Records clicks and keystrokes and writes each step automatically
- Annotated screenshots with manual editing and blur redaction
- Browser extension for Chrome and Edge plus Windows and Mac desktop app
- Combine multiple recordings into longer SOP documents
- Export to PDF, HTML and Markdown or embed in wikis
- Company branding on shared guides on Pro plans
Cons
- Desktop app recording requires a paid plan
- Pro Team needs at least five seats
- Whole team must be on the same plan
Willow · Key features
- Hotkey voice dictation into any text field on Mac, Windows and iPhone
- Automatic filler removal, punctuation and app-aware formatting
- 100+ languages with switching, plus whisper and offline modes
- Auto-learning dictionary for names, product terms and abbreviations
- Scribe drafts emails and replies from a spoken brief or rewrites highlighted text
- Wally chat agent that iterates on drafts and learns your style per app
Cons
- No Android app yet; it is listed as coming soon
- Free plan uses a weaker model and caps Scribe at 20 uses a week
- Enforced zero data retention and HIPAA require the $35 Business plan
Scribe vs Willow: FAQ
Which is cheaper, Scribe or Willow?
Willow starts at $15/mo and Scribe at $17/mo. Both prices are checked on the vendors' own pricing pages.
Do Scribe and Willow have a free plan?
Yes, both Scribe and Willow have a free plan; paid plans add more usage and features.