For hands-free use and RSI
Write without touching the keyboard.
7 days free · Then $19 once · No account · macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon
0
keypresses needed
4×
faster than typing
0
bytes leave your Mac
0.7s
to finished text
If typing hurts, every tool that says “just type less” is missing the point. Flit can run without a keypress at all: arm it once and it listens for your voice, starts when you speak, and stops when you pause. The text arrives finished, so there is no cleanup pass to type either.
You said
“um so I wanted to uh check in about the the timeline for next week”
Flit wrote · Notes
I wanted to check in about the timeline for next week.
Finished text, so there is no cleanup pass to type afterwards.
Notes 9:41 Weekly check-in
I wanted to check in about the timeline for next week.
no keypress needed
um so I wanted to uh check in about the the timeline for next week
Wispr Flow sends your voice to its servers. Flit transcribes and formats on your Mac, and keeps working with no internet.
Wispr Flow is a monthly subscription. Flit is one payment, and it is yours to keep. No account either.
If you depend on dictation, it should not depend on a server or a subscription. Flit works with no internet, and there is no monthly payment whose lapse takes your voice input away.
No integration, no plugin, no waiting for support. Flit types wherever your cursor already is.
Wherever you would normally type: any app on your Mac. Flit has no window of its own to switch to.
Speak normally, fillers and all. A small bar shows the words arriving as you say them, so you can see it working.
Finished text appears at your cursor about 0.7 seconds later, punctuated and formatted. No copying, no cleanup, no second window.
Prefer not to hold a key? Tap once to lock it on, or arm hands-free mode and Flit starts when you speak. Escape cancels any dictation.
Typing is painful, and the workaround is more typing.
Push-to-talk still means holding a key down.
Cleaning up a raw transcript costs more keystrokes than it saved.
Tools that call themselves accessible still assume you reach a keyboard.
Arm voice activation once from the menu bar and Flit starts the moment you speak and stops when you pause. Nothing is recorded until it hears you, and arming never persists across launches.
Hold a key while you talk, or tap once to lock recording on for as long as you want. Whichever costs your hands the least.
Fillers gone, punctuation right, times and emails written properly. The text arrives ready, which matters most when every correction costs you something.
Any app with a cursor, including browser and Electron apps. One way of working across your whole Mac rather than app by app.
The vocabulary Push-to-talkVoice activity detectionWake wordAccessibility permission
From each product's own published information. Every alternative, one by one, is on the alternatives page.
 Flit
| Wispr Flow | Superwhisper | SpeakMac | Yaps | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs on your Mac | Always | Cloud | Local | Local | Local |
| Price | | $12/user/mo | $8.49/mo · $250 once | $29 once | $12/mo billed yearly |
| Built for macOS only | Yes | No | No, 4 platforms | Yes | No, 5 platforms |
| Text appears as you speak | Yes | Yes | No | Not stated | Not stated |
| Languages | 1,600+ | 100+ | Many | 25, plus packs | Around 25 |
| Account required | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Exact times and commands | Fixed rules | Model decides | Model decides | Not stated | Not stated |
| Personal dictionary | Learns, asks first | Learns on its own | Yes | Yes | Not stated |
| Knows your codebase | Indexes it | No | No | Not stated | Not stated |
| Style rule per app | Yes | Yes | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Words and time saved | Counted locally | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Transcribes audio files | Yes, SRT and VTT too | No | Yes, on Pro | Yes | Yes |
“Not stated” means the product does not publish that detail.
Something else? Email hi@flit.fyi and a person replies.
Yes. Flit does the same job as Wispr Flow, but it runs on your Mac instead of a server and is paid once instead of every month. If you depend on dictation, it should not depend on a server or a subscription. Flit works with no internet, and there is no monthly payment whose lapse takes your voice input away.
Yes. Voice activation starts and stops on your speech, so a full dictation needs no keypress. Arming and disarming is a menu bar click.
Only while armed, and arming lasts for that session only and never survives a restart. Audio is processed on your Mac and never uploaded, and locking your screen cancels any dictation in flight.
Escape cancels a dictation before it inserts. Review mode can park the text for you to check first, and words you correct twice are offered to your dictionary so the same mistake stops happening.
$19 during the launch, $49 after it. 7 days free first, no card.
$19
was $49
Save 61%once, for up to 2 Macs, with a year of updates
macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon · 30-day refund
$59
was $99
Save 40%once, for up to 2 Macs, with updates for life
Vitals comes free. $39 value Our system monitor for Mac, used by 1,350+ people. Claim it with your Flit key after you buy. macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon · 30-day refund
$195
$39 a Mac, once, for 5 Macs on one key
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macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon · 30-day refund
The trial needs no card. Your key arrives by email the moment you pay, and Paddle handles checkout. Already own Flit Lifetime? Claim your Vitals license.
Questions? The pricing page answers the usual ones.
Developers
Spoken code names, spelled right
Writers
First drafts at speaking speed
Founders & execs
Clear the inbox by talking
Agencies
Client work at speaking speed
Sales
CRM notes without the typing
Support teams
Canned replies, spoken
Lawyers
Privileged notes that never upload
Therapists & clinicians
Session notes that never upload
Doctors & medical
Chart notes that stay on the Mac
Students
Essays at speaking speed
Multilingual
Switch languages mid-thought