Side Whisper vs Wavebox:what is different on Windows?
If you want a full browser built around your web apps, with Chrome extensions and team features, Wavebox is one.
If you want your web apps and Windows apps on a rail beside your work or over your game, with dictation on your PC, Side Whisper is one.
Side Whisper and Wavebox, row by row.
Wavebox is a full Chromium browser that supports extensions. Side Whisper is a sidebar at the edge of the screen: each web app opens in its own compact browser window beside it, and browser extensions are not supported.
| Feature | Side Whisper | Wavebox |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Windows 10 (1809 or later) and Windows 11, 64-bit; no macOS, Linux, ARM64, mobile or browser-extension version | Windows, macOS and Linux |
| Yearly price | $39 a year (Pro) | $8.33 a month, paid annually, on the pricing page; $99 a year in Wavebox’s plans article |
| Free plan | Free, with no time limit and no account: the sidebar, Windows apps, the browser windows, ad blocking, all four window modes and four speech models | Basic, free: Work and Home spaces, 2 groups of 2 apps, 1 extension, one dashboard |
| Free trial | No Pro trial; Free has no time limit, and one refund per account within 14 days of a purchase | 7 days of Pro, no credit card; a 30-day money-back guarantee |
| Web apps in a sidebar or workspaces | A rail at the left or right edge of the screen; each web app opens in its own compact browser window beside it (Free) | Yes: spaces and groups of apps, unlimited on Pro |
| Separate profiles for the same app | Separate accounts for the same app (Pro) | Yes: its FAQ gives two Gmail accounts, work and home, on the free plan as the example |
| Browser extensions | Not supported | Chrome extensions: 1 on Basic, all on Pro |
| Cloud sync of settings | Pro: web apps, bookmarks, templates, themes, Dictionary, Snippets and portable settings between your PCs; with a lifetime license 12 months, then $12 a year | Cloud Sync, a Pro feature |
| Every plan and price | Side Whisper pricing | Wavebox pricing (opens in a new tab) |
Verified on 23 October 2026 on Wavebox’s pricing page and plans article: Pricing (opens in a new tab) and Wavebox plans (opens in a new tab).
Prices in each vendor’s currency and billing model, as its pages show them: Wavebox in US dollars, Pro paid annually; Side Whisper in US dollars, taxes included, paid monthly, yearly or once. They may change.
Found a mistake? Email support@sidewhisper.app.
Where Wavebox wins
- A full Chromium browser with Chrome extensions: 1 on Basic, all on Pro.
- Builds for macOS and Linux, beside Windows.
- Team features: Connect, shared dashboards and Wavebox Live.
- A 7-day Pro trial with no credit card, and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
- 70% off for education and non-profits.
Where Side Whisper is different
- Windows apps sit on the same rail as your web apps, in Free: a click starts one or brings it forward.
- Gaming View keeps the rail and its windows over a game in Borderless windowed mode, and clicks pass through to the game.
- Dictation runs on your PC with downloaded speech models; with Pro it can also use your own provider and API key.
- Nine built-in themes in Dark, Light and Auto, all in Free.
- Free runs on any PC with no account and no time limit; Pro covers 3 PCs on one account.
- Help center on Free, and priority email support on Pro.
- Pro by the month at $4.99, or once for a lifetime license: $99 for the first 100 licenses, then $149.
Try it beside your work.Free to start.
Side Whisper Free has no time limit and needs no account.