# Flit vs Wispr Flow

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Flit keeps every word on your Mac, and you pay once. Checked against Wispr Flow's own site in October 2026. Flit is ours.

**Short answer:** Flit is the local alternative to Wispr Flow: the same instant, formatted dictation on a Mac, without the cloud, the account, or the monthly bill. Flow processes your voice and your screen context on its servers, and Pro is $12 per user a month, with a free tier capped at 2,000 words a week on desktop. Flit does the same job entirely on your machine, adds a codebase index and formatting that cannot drift, and costs $19 once. If you dictate on a Mac and would rather your words stayed there, Flit is the one to switch to. Flow keeps the edge only if you also dictate on Windows, iPhone, or Android.

| | Flit | Wispr Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Where transcription happens | Your Mac, always | Cloud |
| Price | $19 once, up to 2 Macs | Pro $12/user/mo annually, $15 monthly. Growth $18. Free tier is capped |
| Account required | No | Yes |
| Platforms | macOS today, Windows in the works | Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android |
| Text appears as you speak | Yes | Yes |
| Works with no internet | Fully | No |
| Words are metered | No | Free tier: 2,000/week desktop, 1,000/week mobile |
| Reads screen context | Locally, in memory only | Yes, for personalization |
| Knows your codebase | Indexes it locally | No |
| Exact times and commands | Fixed rules | Model decides |

## Why people pick Flit

- Nothing leaves your Mac. No audio, no text, no screen context. You can verify that with a network monitor.
- One payment, and Flit is yours to keep. Flow is $12 a month per person for as long as you use it.
- No account. Flit never asks who you are.
- It works on a plane, in a tunnel, and on the day their service has an outage.
- Times, spoken punctuation, and your dictionary are handled by fixed rules, so they cannot drift.

## Where Wispr Flow differs

- Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android.
- Dictionary and snippets sync between devices through the account.
- SSO, admin controls, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and HIPAA with a BAA.
- A meeting notetaker on Mac and Windows, readable by other tools over MCP.

## What decides it

### The screen context difference

Both apps use what is on your screen to write better replies. Wispr Flow sends that context to its servers to do it. Flit reads the focused text field locally, keeps it in memory for exactly one dictation, and never writes it anywhere. Same feature, opposite trust model. If you dictate about customers, patients, or unreleased work, that difference is the whole decision.

### What a subscription costs over time

Flit is $19 once and it is yours. Flow Pro is $12 per user a month, or $18 on Growth, for as long as you keep using it, and its free tier stops at 2,000 words a week on desktop. A subscription is not automatically a bad deal: it buys ongoing model improvements, multi-device sync and, higher up, the admin and compliance controls a company needs. But the app you bought keeps working whether or not you pay again, and a subscription is a condition rather than a price.

## The verdict

you dictate on more than a Mac, need SSO and admin controls, or want a dictionary that follows you between devices

your writing should not leave your machine, or you would rather pay once

## Questions

**Can I switch from Wispr Flow without changing how I work?**

On a Mac, yes: both put finished text at your cursor from a keypress, in any app. The differences are where transcription happens, whether there is an account, and how you pay. On iPhone, Windows, or Android, Flit is not an option at all.

**Does Wispr Flow work offline?**

No. It processes in the cloud, so it needs a connection. Flit runs its models on your Mac and works with wifi turned off.

**What does Wispr Flow cost?**

Pro is $12 per user a month billed annually, or $15 month to month. Growth, which adds SSO and admin controls, is $18 annually or $23 monthly, and Enterprise is priced on request. The free tier is capped at 2,000 words a week on desktop and 1,000 on mobile. Flit is $19 once for up to 2 Macs, with no cap and no meter.

**Which is faster?**

Both show text as you speak, and both state 4x faster than typing, but the numbers underneath differ. Flow pairs benchmark rates: 220 words per minute of speech against 45 for a keyboard. Flit pairs measured ones: 124 words per minute across 500+ real dictations, including pauses and thinking, against about 31 for composition typing. Ours is a floor rather than a ceiling. Industry speaking benchmarks run well above 124, so a fast native English speaker should expect to beat our own figure.

## Guides for Wispr Flow users

- [Wispr Flow not working](https://flit.fyi/wispr-flow-not-working)
- [Does Wispr Flow work offline?](https://flit.fyi/does-wispr-flow-work-offline)
- [Is Wispr Flow safe?](https://flit.fyi/is-wispr-flow-safe)
- [Uninstall Wispr Flow](https://flit.fyi/uninstall-wispr-flow-mac)
- [Cancel Wispr Flow](https://flit.fyi/cancel-wispr-flow-subscription)
- [Wispr Flow pricing](https://flit.fyi/wispr-flow-pricing)

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