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Speak freely.
Sound polished.

Press a key, talk naturally, and LittleWhisper types the polished version into any app.

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Listening...

How it works

Three seconds from thought to typed text

No setup, no context switching. LittleWhisper lives in your menu bar and works in any app.

Press your hotkey

Tap to start — or hold to record and release to stop.

Speak naturally

Stumble, ramble, use filler words — it doesn't matter.

Clean text appears

Transcribed, polished by AI, typed into your app.

Works everywhere

Your voice, any app

LittleWhisper types directly into whatever application is focused.

Slack

Mail

Notes

Cursor

Notion

VS Code

Docs

iMessage

Linear

+ any app

Editor modes

Same voice,
different outputs

Choose how your text sounds. Switch modes on the fly, or build your own.

Clean Text

Message

Professional

Create your own mode

What you said

"Um hey so like I wanted to follow up on the desgin review from yesterday, uh can you like look into that?"

What gets typed Clean Text

I wanted to follow up on the design review from yesterday — can you look into that?

For developers

Better prompts,
better code

When you speak instead of type, you give AI tools the context they actually need.

Typed into Cursor

fix the auth bug

Spoken with LittleWhisper

The auth middleware returns a 401 because the refresh token logic in the interceptor isn't waiting for the new token before retrying failed requests. We need to implement a request queue that holds pending requests until the token refresh completes.

Your keys, your choice

Bring your own AI

Use your existing API keys — or run everything on-device for free, forever.

Transcription

OpenAI— Whisper, GPT-4o Transcribe

Deepgram— Nova-3, Nova-2

Groq— Whisper Large v3 Turbo

Local— whisper.cpp (5 models, free forever)

Editor AI

OpenAI— GPT-4o, 4.1, o4-mini

Anthropic— Haiku 3.5, Sonnet 4, Opus 4

Google— Gemini 2.5 Flash, Pro

xAI— Grok 3

No API key needed. On-device transcription via whisper.cpp works offline with zero cost.

Languages

Transcribe in nearly any language

Recording modes

Tap to toggle or hold to speak

100%

Local & private

No accounts, no servers, no tracking

How we compare

Fully free. No catch.

Every feature, no gating. Bring your own key or run local models. See how LittleWhisper compares.

	LittleWhisperFree to start	Typical competitorsSuperWhisper, Wispr Flow, Sotto, etc.
Pricing & model
Pricing model	Free — $19.99 if you love it	$8–10/mo or $49 one-time
No subscription required	Yes	Varies
Bring your own API keys	Yes	Some
No usage fees from us	Ever	Often metered
Transcription
Transcription providers	4 (OpenAI, Deepgram, Groq, Local)	1–2 typically
100% on-device transcription	Yes, free forever	Some apps
Works completely offline	Yes	Some apps
Languages supported	99	90–100+
AI text editing
AI editor post-processing	Yes	Some apps
Editor AI providers	4 (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok)	0–2 typically
Built-in editor modes	3 included	Varies
Custom modes with your own prompts	Unlimited	Rare
Per-mode model override	Yes	No
App experience
Rich text support (bold, italic, lists)	Yes	Rare
All data stored locally	Always	Varies
No account required	Yes	Most need one
Features gated behind paid tiers	None	Common

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Download Free for macOS

macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon & Intel · No sign-up required

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One-time purchase · $19.99 · No subscription · 3 Macs

Speak freely.Sound polished.