| What it does | Your Today Layer for Mac, Always on Top
| Mac dictation that types exactly what you said
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| Stage | Not given
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| Founded | Not given
| 2026
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| Based in | Not given
| US
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| Pricing model | Freemium
| Free trial
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| Pricing | Free: $0 forever. Pro: $9.99 one-time (early bird $7.99). Free tier includes Today panel, quick capture, search, plain Markdown notes, edge dock and always-on-top float, one-shot reminders, pinyin search, and git version history with Shortcuts. Pro adds floating above fullscreen apps, recurring remi
| 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.
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| Key features | - Floating notes above fullscreen apps and across Spaces (Pro)
- Adjustable unfocused opacity from 40% to 100%
- Global hotkey quick capture from any app
- Plain Markdown files stored on your Mac
- Reminders with daily or weekly repeat (Pro)
- Apple Reminders and Calendar sync (Pro)
- Point to any folder including Obsidian vault (Pro)
- Trilingual interface: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
- Pinyin search with Simplified and Traditional variant matching
- Hidden by default in screen sharing, recordings and screenshots
| - 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
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| What makes it different | - Plain Markdown files you own with no account or server required
- Stays on top of fullscreen apps and across Spaces
- Notes synced with Apple Reminders reach your iPhone without a separate iOS app
- Compatible with Obsidian vaults as native Markdown files
| - 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
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| Free plan | Not given
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| Open source | Not given
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| Platforms | Not given
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| Public API | Not given
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| Community votes | 0 | 0 |
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| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | 6 ▲ +1 (up) since last check | 6 ● no change since last check |
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| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 0 | 6 |
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| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 22 | 21 |
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| Referring domains (Majestic) | 4 | 8 |
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