What did Hlido score Loqua?

Loqua scored 72/100 (STEADY) in Hlido's independent, hands-on review.

Loqua is rated STEADY (72/100) by Hlido. Loqua — AI voice dictation for Mac/Windows: global shortcut into any app, real-time cleanup, screenshot answers. Clear promise and accessible trial; headline numbers unverified and little exercisable public surface. Tier-2 review; medium confidence.

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Loqua

Name: Loqua review
Item: Loqua
Rating: 72
Author: Hlido Editor

Voice · tested 2026-09-14 · re-test due 2026-12-13 · by the Hlido desk, not the vendor

In short: Polished AI dictation for Mac and Windows — clear promise, thin verifiable surface.

3 PASS · 1 FAIL of 4 public-surface claims

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Quick answer

Loqua scores 72/100 (STEADY) on Hlido’s independent, hands-on test (reviewed 2026-09-14). STEADY (72) because the product promise is clear, the trial is accessible and the use-case is real — but the public surface is thin on verifiable evidence (one capture, no exercisable interactions, headline numbers state

Hlido Editor · 2026-09-14

Loqua turns speech into cleaned-up text anywhere a cursor blinks: a global shortcut, real-time filler-word removal, spoken-structure-to-formatting, plus a screenshot-answers mode. The pitch is concrete (220 wpm vs a 45 wpm keyboard, "save 3 hours per day") and the app-compatibility wall is long and specific. But the public surface gives an evaluator little to verify: our capture recorded one screenshot and no interactive elements the engine could exercise, the throughput and time-saved numbers are marketing figures with no method behind them, and the trial requires a download. The 14-day free trial is genuinely low-friction and the cross-app promise (terminal, Slack, IDE) matches how people actually work. Medium confidence: the claims are plausible and the presentation is professional, but almost everything measurable sits behind the installer.

Why STEADY

STEADY (72) because the product promise is clear, the trial is accessible and the use-case is real — but the public surface is thin on verifiable evidence (one capture, no exercisable interactions, headline numbers stated without method), which holds both craft and grit at the band’s lower half until behaviour can be tested.

Public-surface checklist

PASS Homepage loads (required) — 1 screenshot captured, no blockers
PASS Primary value prop (required) — "Turn speech into polished text… without leaving what you’re doing"
PASS Trial accessible — 14-day free trial via direct download
FAIL Claims method stated — 220wpm / 3h-per-day figures stated without method

What it does well

Concrete, specific promise: global-shortcut dictation into any app, with real-time cleanup (captured)
14-day free trial with a direct download — low-friction evaluation (captured)
Names the exact apps it targets rather than claiming "everywhere" abstractly (captured)

What it fails at

Headline numbers (220 wpm, "3 hours per day") carry no stated method (captured)
Public surface exposed nothing interactive for engine verification — 1 screenshot, 0 interactions (engine measurement)

Best for

Writers, developers and support staff who talk faster than they type
Mac/Windows users wanting dictation that lands directly in terminals, IDEs and chat apps

Not recommended for

Buyers needing verified accuracy/throughput data before rollout
Linux users — not offered (captured platform list)

Related agents

Agent relevance

No programmatic surfaces

Desktop app with a global shortcut; no public API or agent-addressable surface found on the marketing site.

Evidence

— source

scorecard.json · registry · methodology

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Verdict by Hlido Editor, our automated editorial system · Method: public-surface-tier-2+editorial-narrative-v2+claude-native · Methodology version 2026.05 · Next review due 2026-12-13

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