Translate, shorten, fix or rewrite text right where your cursor is, in any app on your Mac
Stage
Not given
MVP
Founded
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2019
Based in
US
KZ
Pricing model
Freemium
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Pricing
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Free: 5 dictations or translations per day, on-device dictation unlimited. Pro Monthly: $4.99/month, unlimited dictation and translation, up to 2 Macs. Pro Yearly: $39/year (approximately $3.25/month, save 35%), everything in Pro Monthly. Lifetime: $179 once (launch price, regular $200), all future
Key features
Lock distracting apps like Instagram, TikTok, and X until habits are completed
Earn Monk Coins by completing timed habits with customizable rates
Earn Quick Coins through photo-verified micro-habits like Drink Water or Touch Grass
Unlock apps for 1 to 15 minutes using Monk Coins
Store up to 100 Monk Coins that carry over day to day
Listen to music for sleep, focus, and during habits
Track habit time versus scroll time with Statistics
Bedtime schedule that increases hold times for unlocks near sleep
Create custom habits with your own title and coin rate
End habit sessions early and keep unused coins
In-place text translation between 13 languages
Voice dictation with punctuation and capitalization
Text shortening, fixing and rewriting with custom buttons
Works in any app including terminals and Figma
On-device speech recognition option
Customizable hotkeys
Local history file on your Mac
Cloud transcription via Cloudflare Workers AI or Groq
Works up to 2 Macs per licence
What makes it different
Real habits instead of just app blocking or willpower
Earn coins for every minute of real habit completion
Spend coins to unlock screen time you actually earned
Focus music and bedtime protections included
5.0 star App Store rating
No copy-paste or tab switching needed—edits happen in place
Works in any app, including those that block selection like terminals and Figma
Privacy-first: audio and text never stored, history stays on your Mac
Optional on-device speech recognition keeps voice entirely local
Monk Zone