Krisp
9.1DexScoreBoth directions, every app, both desktops. The one to beat.
- Win · Mac
- Paid
- Real-time
AI audio cleanup tools, indexed and verified
- Podcastlesee Async
- SoliCall5.4
- Utterly6.2
- IRIS Clarity6.6
- Async6.9
- Supertone Clear7.2
- Audacity7.3
- SteelSeries Sonar7.5
- Auphonic7.7
- Cleanvoice7.8
- macOS Voice Isolation7.9
- OBS noise filters8.0
- Descript8.2
- Adobe Podcast Enhance8.6
- NVIDIA Broadcast8.8
KRIKrisp9.1 DexScore
Both directions, every app, both desktops. The one to beat.
Win · Mac — Paid — Real-time
15 listed · 1 moved · 0 dead
Fifteen noise-removal tools that are alive, maintained and worth filing. Every fact on every card was checked against the vendor. Dead projects, zombie freeware and abandoned apps get removed, not listed.
The drawer, card by card
NVIDIA Broadcast
8.8DexScoreFree and uncapped — behind one gate: RTX hardware on Windows.
- Windows · RTX
- Free tier
- Real-time
Adobe Podcast Enhance
8.6DexScoreThe strongest free fix for rough recordings. Assertive by default.
- Web
- Free tier
- Post-production
Descript
8.2DexScoreOne-click cleanup, but you're buying the whole editor around it.
- Win · Mac · Web
- Free tier
- Post-production
OBS noise filters
8.0DexScoreRNNoise is already in OBS. Two clicks, any source, $0.
- Win · Mac · Linux
- Free tier
- Real-time
macOS Voice Isolation
7.9DexScoreOne toggle in Control Center. Free, local, already installed.
- macOS · iOS
- Free tier
- Real-time
Cleanvoice
7.8DexScoreMetered podcast cleanup: noise, fillers, mouth sounds, dead air.
- Web
- Paid
- Post-production
Auphonic
7.7DexScoreNoise, hum and loudness in one pass. Two free hours a month.
- Web
- Free tier
- Post-production
SteelSeries Sonar
7.5DexScoreFree ClearCast NC plus a per-app mixer. Windows, no hardware rule.
- Windows
- Free tier
- Real-time
Audacity
7.3DexScoreFree forever, manual by design. Strong on steady hiss.
- Win · Mac · Linux
- Free tier
- Post-production
Supertone Clear
7.2DexScore$99 once: voice, noise and reverb on sliders. DAW required.
- Win · Mac · DAW
- Paid
- Post-production
Async
6.9DexScoreFormerly Podcastle, same product: record and clean anywhere, Magic Dust in one tap.
- Web · iOS
- Free tier
- Post-production
IRIS Clarity
6.6DexScoreTwo-way isolation built for call centres — and priced like it.
- Win · Mac
- Paid
- Real-time
Utterly
6.2DexScoreA virtual mic that mutes noise outbound. That's the whole product.
- Win · Mac
- Free tier
- Real-time
SoliCall
5.4DexScoreTelephony-era reduction that still ships; PBX is the real use case.
- Windows · PBX
- Free tier
- Real-time
The drawer, counted
| Card | Win | Mac | Lnx | Web | iOS | Free | Live | Post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krisp | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | no |
| NVIDIA Broadcast | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | no |
| Adobe Podcast Enhance | no | no | no | yes | no | yes | no | yes |
| Descript | yes | yes | no | yes | no | yes | no | yes |
| OBS noise filters | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no |
| macOS Voice Isolation | no | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Cleanvoice | no | no | no | yes | no | no | no | yes |
| Auphonic | no | no | no | yes | no | yes | no | yes |
| SteelSeries Sonar | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | no |
| Audacity | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | yes |
| Supertone Clear | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | yes |
| Async | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes | no | yes |
| IRIS Clarity | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | no |
| Utterly | yes | yes | no | no | no | yes | yes | no |
| SoliCall | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | no |
| Notched | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 |
- Krisp9.1
- NVIDIA Broadcast8.8
- Adobe Podcast Enhance8.6
- Descript8.2
- OBS noise filters8.0
- macOS Voice Isolation7.9
- Cleanvoice7.8
- Auphonic7.7
- SteelSeries Sonar7.5
- Audacity7.3
- Supertone Clear7.2
- Async6.9
- IRIS Clarity6.6
- Utterly6.2
- SoliCall5.4
How this directory works. A tool qualifies if it removes background noise from speech using AI/ML or serious DSP, fits ordinary calling, recording or streaming workflows, and shows a maintenance record we can verify. Prices, limits, platforms and release activity are re-checked quarterly. Anything dead or unreachable is removed within days.
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