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.
Yearly: $9.99/year (cancel anytime); Lifetime: $24.99 one-time payment. Both plans include every feature and work on up to 3 Macs.
Key features
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
Unload idle browser tabs in Chrome, Safari, Brave, Edge, Arc and other browsers
Calm background CPU hogs without quitting them
Clean up tabs left behind by AI agents
Offload unused apps to save disk space
Live dashboard showing memory and CPU stats
Memory autopilot for automatic tab sleeping
Works on up to 3 Macs per license
Silent auto-updates
Minimal resource usage
No admin password required for normal use
What makes it different
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
Never closes your apps or tabs, only unloads idle tabs that reload instantly when clicked
Uses only standard macOS and browser features, no system changes or kernel extensions
Automatically cleans up tabs abandoned by AI agents after 8 hours
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