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Faster than proofreading
A 30-second take transcribes in about half a second on Apple silicon.
Your voice never leaves your Mac.
Hold a key, talk, and clean text lands at your cursor about a second later. No cloud, no subscription.
listening…
⌃1
Hold
One shortcut, anywhere on your Mac. Any app, any text field.
Talk
Say it how it comes out. Ums, restarts, and run-ons are fine.
Release
Clean, punctuated text appears at your cursor. That's the whole trick.
The Interpreter
Say it how you feel it.
Send it how you should.
Rant at your Mac, pick a voice, and the Interpreter rewrites it. You review everything before it goes anywhere.
You said
“There is NO way we're doing another round of revisions for free. This is the fourth time they've moved the goalposts and I'm losing my mind.”
Pick a voice. Click again to re-roll.
Live sample. In the app this runs on Apple's on-device model, so the rant stays between you and your Mac.
Turn Wi‑Fi off. Keep dictating.
Transcription runs on your Mac's Neural Engine. Cleanup runs on Apple's built-in model. Nothing is uploaded, ever.
- No account. Download, grant mic access, talk.
- No API key. Nothing to configure, nothing to pay per word.
- No telemetry. We collect nothing. There's nothing to collect.
Fast enough to forget it's there.
Never clips your last word
Presto keeps listening for a beat after you release the key, because people let go while they're still finishing the sentence.
Cleanup with a brain
Filler words out, punctuation in. And it never answers your dictation, it only cleans it.
Everything you said, kept
Every transcript is saved and searchable. Audio auto-deletes after 7 days, so history stays useful without hoarding recordings.
Sounds like a small spell
A custom sound set marks start, stop, and done, so you never talk into a dead mic.
The honest comparison
Same job, different deals. From public pricing pages, July 2026.
| Feature | Presto | Superwhisper | Wispr Flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $39 once | $8.49 a month, or $249 lifetime | $15 a month |
| Works offline | Always | Local modes exist, cloud by default | No, cloud only |
| Audio processed | On your Mac | Their servers by default | Their servers |
| Rewrite voices | Built in, you review first | Via modes and API keys | Auto edits as you speak |
One price
Pay once. That's it.
$49$39
- 14-day trial, full app, no account
- License covers 2 Macs
- A year of updates included
- macOS 26 or later, Apple silicon
No subscription. If it's not for you, one email gets a refund inside 14 days.
Questions, answered
Does my audio ever leave my Mac?
No. Transcription runs on the Neural Engine with NVIDIA's Parakeet model, and cleanup uses Apple's built-in on-device model. There is no server, no account, and no analytics. The app works with Wi‑Fi off.
What do I need to run it?
A Mac with Apple silicon on macOS 26 or later. The rewrite features use Apple's on-device models, which is why the requirement is strict.
Is this a subscription?
No. $39 once, and the app is yours. That includes a year of updates. If we ship a major paid upgrade someday, upgrading is optional and v1 keeps working.
Why isn't it in the Mac App Store?
Sandboxed apps can't type text into other apps, and that's the whole product. So Presto is a notarized direct download, like most serious Mac utilities.
What happens when the trial ends?
The app stops transcribing until you enter a license. Your history and settings stay put, and nothing is uploaded either way.
Does it work in every app?
Anywhere you can place a cursor: mail, docs, Slack, code editors, browser fields. It types wherever you were typing.