A Wispr Flow alternative that stays on your Mac
Wispr Flow is a good dictation app. If you'd rather not pay every month, send your voice to a server or sign in to dictate, Precis does the same job on your Mac for one payment.
Short answer: Precis is the closer fit if you only use a Mac and want dictation that works offline, with no account and no subscription. Wispr Flow is the better fit if you also dictate on Windows or your phone, or need team features.
| Feature | Precis | Wispr Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19 once, for 2 Macs | Free up to 2,000 words a week; Pro $12 a month billed yearly, or $15 monthly |
| Where speech becomes text | On your Mac | On Wispr's servers |
| Works with Wi-Fi off | Yes | No |
| Account | None | Required |
| Rewrites for the app you're in | Yes, with Apple Intelligence on your Mac | Yes, in the cloud |
| Recorder | Beside your text cursor | A bar at the bottom of the screen |
| Runs on | Macs with Apple silicon, macOS 26.5 or later | Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android |
| Team plans | No | Growth and Enterprise |
Wispr Flow details from wisprflow.ai/pricing and its app, checked on 4 October 2026. Product names belong to their owners.
Why people look for a Wispr Flow alternative
Three reasons come up again and again.
- The subscription. Pro is $144 a year billed yearly, every year. Precis is $19 once, and every 1.x update is included.
- The cloud. Wispr Flow turns your speech into text on its servers, so it needs a connection and your recordings leave your Mac. Precis does speech recognition and Styles on your Mac. Turn Wi-Fi off and it keeps typing.
- The account. Wispr Flow asks you to sign in. Precis has nothing to sign up for.
What Precis does the same
Hold ⌥ Space in any app, talk, and let go. Clean text lands where your cursor is. Ums and false starts are taken out, and “no wait” corrections are applied before anything is typed. The text is shaped for the app you're in: short and casual in Messages, a structured prompt in ChatGPT or Claude, a list in Notes, a draft in Mail. Names you add to the Dictionary are spelled your way, and Snippets turn a short phrase into the whole thing.
What you give up
- Windows and phones. Precis is for Macs only.
- Team features. No shared dictionary, admin console or single sign-on.
- Older Macs. Precis needs Apple silicon and macOS 26.5 or later, and Styles need Apple Intelligence turned on.
Switching takes a few minutes
- Download Precis and open it. The trial is 7 days, with no card.
- Allow the microphone, and Accessibility so Precis can type into other apps.
- Pick a speech engine: Parakeet for English and 24 European languages, Whisper for 99.
- Add the names and terms you use most to the Dictionary.
- If you keep Wispr Flow installed, give each app its own shortcut.
Questions
Is there a free version of Precis?
Precis has a free 7-day trial with every feature and no card. After that it's a one-time purchase of $19, with no word limits.
Does Precis work offline?
Yes. Once the speech engine has downloaded, speech recognition and Styles run on your Mac with Wi-Fi off.
Can I use Precis on Windows or my iPhone?
No. Precis is for Macs with Apple silicon. If you dictate on Windows or your phone too, Wispr Flow covers more devices.
Will my Wispr Flow dictionary come with me?
Not automatically. Add the names and terms you use to Precis's Dictionary once, and it spells them your way from then on.
Try Precis free for 7 days
Hold ⌥ Space in any app and talk. No card and no account, then $19 once for 2 Macs.
Free for 7 days, no card. Needs macOS 26.5 on Apple silicon.