AudioPen: $15K a month, founder interview, unverified, May 16, 2024

AudioPen transcribes spoken thoughts and rewrites them in a writing style selected by the user. Its $15K a month was reported by the founder in an interview (not independently verified), as of May 16th, 2024.

What it actually sells

AudioPen turns messy voice notes into clearly written text in a style the user chooses. It transcribes speech and then rewrites it. Users can dictate into text boxes across iPhone, Android, Mac, and PC.

AudioPen also lets users speak in one language and choose another language for the written result. The site says it works in nearly any language the user can think of.

How it charges

The site shows pricing and says AudioPen is free to start, with no credit card required. It also promotes a free trial without a credit card and says it works on every device.

Where customers come from

The site says AudioPen has been used by 200,000+ people. It shows a 4.9/5 rating from 300+ ratings and a #1 Product of the Day designation with 1,000+ upvotes.

The site links to comparison pages for AudioPen and alternatives including Otter, Wispr Flow, SuperWhisper, Spokenly, and Dragon. It also links to a blog in the navigation and lists TechCrunch, Product Hunt, Recomendo, and Indie Hackers as places where the product was featured.

What stands out

Users can choose how much editing AudioPen applies: “Choose how heavy the edit should be. Keep it close to your exact words, or let AudioPen polish everything.” AudioPen also creates custom writing styles from an author, a writing sample, or a description.

The listed audience includes writers, creators, salespeople, lawyers, therapists, people who are on the go, people with busy, noisy minds, and users with dyslexia or RSI.

From the official site

Who it's for Writers Creators Salespeople Lawyers Therapists On the go Busy, noisy minds Dyslexia and RSI

Choose how heavy the edit should be. Keep it close to your exact words, or let AudioPen polish everything.

Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.

Where it sits in the data

AudioPen's $15K a month is higher than 71% of the 6,604 projects with founder-reported monthly revenue in our dataset; the median across them is $2K. Snapshot: 2026-09-30. The dataset only covers founders who chose to publish their numbers, so it leans toward businesses that work; use it for scale, not as an average.

Currency

All figures are in US dollars as published. A rough yuan or euro conversion is not applied here because prices, taxes and acquisition costs differ by country.

Could you build something like this?

In my view, demand would come from people who regularly turn speech into written text, including the audience categories AudioPen lists. The buyer would be choosing a tool for writing, communication, or note-taking across devices and languages.

Distribution would require visibility in app marketplaces, comparison searches, writing communities, and channels that feature new products. The hard parts would include reliable speech recognition, rewriting quality, device support, language coverage, privacy, and the support load that comes with a tool used across many devices.

Competition would be visible in the comparison pages AudioPen links to, including pages for Otter, Wispr Flow, SuperWhisper, Spokenly, and Dragon. A new product would need to make its transcription and rewriting controls clear to a buyer comparing those options.

Verdict: Needs real work.

One thing to take from it

AudioPen’s product shape combines speech-to-text with user-selected rewriting, including control over edit intensity, custom styles, languages, and text-box dictation. In my view, those visible controls are the clearest parts of the offer for a buyer comparing voice-to-text tools.

Sources

AudioPen official website, fetched October 1, 2026
Starter Story founder interview: revenue reported by the founder in an interview (not independently verified), as of May 16th, 2024

Revenue, team and start-cost figures are what the founder reported at the interview date, not current figures and not a prediction of what you will earn. Product and pricing facts come from the business's own website as checked on 30 September 2026. Method & sources · Disclosure