TextExpander expands abbreviations you type. PandaScribe expands phrases you say, as part of dictation. If most of your snippets are an address, a sign-off or a reply you send every week, you may not need an abbreviation at all.
Try PandaScribe FreeTextExpander is the established snippet tool for Mac, Windows, Chrome, iPhone and iPad. You type a short abbreviation or search, and it inserts saved text, with fill-in fields, date and time maths, nested snippets and scripts. Its strength is teams: shared snippet groups, admin controls and usage statistics. It has a free plan limited to 5 active snippets, then Pro at $6 and Business at $12 per user per month.
Keep TextExpander if your snippets use fill-ins, dates or scripts, or your team shares a library. Choose PandaScribe if your snippets are mostly fixed text such as an address, a sign-off or a standard reply, and you would rather say them than remember abbreviations. Many people will use both: PandaScribe for dictating, TextExpander for complex templates.
Get PandaScribe — $39 One-TimeFor fixed text, yes. Save a phrase and its text once, then say the phrase while dictating and the text is typed. For fill-in fields, date maths, scripts or team libraries, no: TextExpander does those and PandaScribe does not.
In the PandaScribe app, choose Post Process in the sidebar and scroll to the Snippet Library. Add a trigger such as “my address” and the text it should become. From then on, saying the trigger anywhere in a dictation types the saved text in its place.
No. Triggers only match whole words, so a trigger “sig” expands “thanks sig” but leaves “signature” alone. Matching ignores case and extra spaces.
No. Snippets are expanded after the AI cleanup, so the saved text is typed exactly as you wrote it.
No. Snippets are unlimited on every PandaScribe plan, including the one-time $39 license.