Every download comes with 500 words free so you can hear yourself before you decide. When they run out, TAWK asks once. Pay it and the app is yours on every Mac you own, with no internet needed to prove it.
Download free for MacThe other side of this market rents. Wispr Flow is $144 a year and does not sell a one-time licence at any price. Here is what that looks like over five years.
Half of this category will not sell you the product at any price. That is not a discount argument, it is a different kind of product.
| App | Own it outright? | Cheapest way to own it | Runs where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wispr Flow | No, rent only ($15/mo) | Not available | Their servers |
| Willow Voice | No, rent only ($15/mo) | Not available | Their servers |
| Aqua Voice | No, rent only ($8/mo) | Not available | Their servers |
| Superwhisper | Yes | $249.99 | Your Mac |
| Voibe | Yes | $149 | Your Mac |
| TAWK | Yes | $99 | Your Mac, model inside |
| MacWhisper | Yes, transcribes files rather than typing at your cursor | ~$69 | Your Mac |
| VoiceInk | Yes, open source | $39.99 | Your Mac, model downloaded on first run |
Prices checked 25 Aug 2026. Two of these are cheaper than TAWK, and we say so. What the $99 buys over them is the speech model shipped inside the app, working with no internet from the first launch, and 90+ languages detected automatically.
A small download usually means the real product lives somewhere else.
| TAWK | Wispr Flow | |
|---|---|---|
| Download | 206 MB, complete | ~12 MB, then fetches the rest |
| Installed on disk | 233 MB | 580 MB |
| Speech model included | Yes, 181 MB | No, every word goes to a server |
| Works with no internet | Always | Never |
| Built on | Native macOS | Electron, 270 MB of Chromium |
| Runs on macOS 11 | Yes | Needs 12 or later |
No. $99 once. There is no monthly or yearly plan and there never has been. Updates are included.
Yes. Every download comes with 500 words free, counted inside the app. When they run out, TAWK asks for the $99. Nothing is charged until you choose to unlock.
Every Mac you own. The licence is tied to your email, not a machine, and it verifies offline. Paste the same key on your laptop and your desktop.
15 day money back, no questions. Reply to your receipt and the money goes back.
Apple Dictation is good and free, and if it does what you need, use it. TAWK is for people who dictate all day and want Whisper-level accuracy, 90+ languages, and text that lands in any app, without a server in the loop.
Probably, as the app grows. Anyone who has already paid never pays again. That is what owning it means.