Pay once
Dictation for Mac with no subscription
Tired of paying every month to talk instead of type? OliType is a one-time purchase: $19 for 1 Mac, or $29 for up to 3, after a 30-day free trial.
The short answer
OliType is a dictation app for Mac that you pay for once. Try every feature free for 30 days, with no account and no card. If you keep it, it's $19 for 1 Mac or $29 for up to 3 Macs, and every future update is free. Press your hotkey, talk, and OliType types what you say into any app on your Mac. Speech becomes text on your Mac, so your voice is never uploaded, and dictation works offline after the one-time model download during setup.
Pay once vs. pay every month
Checked on October 17, 2026, against Wispr Flow's pricing and data controls pages and Superwhisper's home page (its pricing section). Prices and plans change; check theirs for the latest.
| Wispr Flow Pro | Superwhisper Pro | OliType | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Subscription | Subscription, or a lifetime license | Once |
| Price | $15 a user a month, or $12 a user a month paid yearly | $8.49 a month, $84.99 a year, or $249.99 one time | $19 for 1 Mac, or $29 for up to 3 |
| Free to start | A free plan; Pro adds unlimited dictation | A free plan | The full app for 30 days, no account, no card |
| Where speech becomes text | Their cloud servers | On your Mac with local models; Pro adds cloud models | Always on your Mac |
At those prices, a year of Wispr Flow Pro paid yearly is $144, and Superwhisper Pro is $84.99 a year. OliType is $19, once.
What you get for $19
- Dictation in any app. Mail, Messages, Word, Google Docs, Slack, Terminal, and almost anywhere you can type.
- Your voice stays on your Mac. Speech recognition (NVIDIA Parakeet) runs on your Mac. There's no cloud option at all, so there's nothing to switch off.
- No account. Nothing to sign up for, and nothing to renew.
- A hotkey that suits your hands. Any key, a middle or side mouse button, or a foot pedal.
- Optional AI cleanup, a free download that polishes your text on your Mac. It needs 16 GB of memory.
Before you buy
- OliType needs a Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or newer) and macOS 15 or later. It doesn't run on Intel Macs, Windows, iPhone, or Android.
- It's for live dictation. It doesn't transcribe recordings, meetings, or audio files; for that, see OliType vs. MacWhisper.
- Apple Dictation is built into macOS. See OliType vs. Apple Dictation for how they differ.
Try OliType free for 30 days
The full app, no account, no card. Download the free trial, or see pricing. Leaving a subscription? See OliType vs. Wispr Flow and OliType vs. Superwhisper.