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Commit Garden vs Halopen

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Commit Garden compared with Halopen
DetailCommit Garden logo Commit GardenHalopen logo Halopen
What it doesGrow a plant with every commit to build your daily coding habit Mac dictation that types exactly what you said
StageNot given Startup
FoundedNot given 2026
Based inNot given US
Pricing modelFreemium Free trial
PricingFree trial for 7 days with no credit card required. Monthly: €5/month. Forever: €15 one-time payment. Free trial for 14 days, no card required. Then Pro Monthly at $19/month, Pro Annual at $179/year (saving $49 vs monthly), or Pro Lifetime at $499 one-time. Educational discount: 50% off Monthly or Annual with a .edu email address. Cancel anytime.
Key features
  • Grow plants with commits on any branch
  • 16 plants to unlock in different growth stages
  • Earn gems from daily quests
  • Plant withers after missing a full day without commits
  • Collect 35 achievements
  • Pushes counted instantly without waiting for GitHub profile update
  • Public profile and friends feature
  • Customizable time zone for day start and end
  • Sign in with GitHub, Google, or email
  • Gem quests reward 10 commits (1 gem), 25 commits (3 gems), or 3 repos in a day (1 gem)
  • Hold-to-talk hotkey dictation in Mail, Slack, editors, terminal and browser
  • Verbatim transcription by default with optional cleanup settings per app
  • Live partial transcript caption visible while speaking
  • On-device speech processing on Apple Silicon after model download
  • Personal dictionary to bias transcription toward names and technical terms
  • Voice snippets—short trigger words that expand to full text before insertion
  • Lost-dictation recovery—transcripts and audio preserved if delivery fails
  • Long-form dictation up to 10 minutes per hold without word limits
  • Menu-bar native Swift app with no Dock icon or notification popups
  • Choice of cloud or local transcription with audit log of network activity
What makes it different
  • Only counts commits after signup, not historical activity
  • Never reads your code or stores messages, diffs or file names
  • Free 7-day trial with no credit card required
  • Verbatim by default—leaves grammar and slang alone, unlike most AI dictation that automatically tidies speech
  • On-device recognition option on Apple Silicon keeps your speech processing entirely on your Mac
  • Transparent claims you can verify—signed, notarized, listed frameworks, and audit log visible in the app
  • Built by one maker as a native Swift app designed to feel natural with the keyboard
  • Works system-wide in your text fields without floating windows or interruptions
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)Not checked yet no change since last check6 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)06
Citation Flow (Majestic)1321
Referring domains (Majestic)58

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