Write your email out loud.
Say it the way you’d say it to a colleague, false starts and all, and a clean, properly punctuated draft appears in Mail.
“um hi sam just checking we're still on for thursday no wait friday at ten”
Hold a key, say what you mean, and Yap turns it into clean, punctuated text wherever you’re typing. Everything happens on your Mac, so your voice stays private, and a single payment covers every update to come.
See how it worksSay it the way you’d say it to a colleague, false starts and all, and a clean, properly punctuated draft appears in Mail.
“um hi sam just checking we're still on for thursday no wait friday at ten”
Answer a text without breaking your stride. Yap keeps your tone and quietly drops the filler words.
“running like five minutes late sorry grab us a table”
Hold the key while the thought is fresh, and Yap turns your rambling into a note you’ll still understand tomorrow.
“idea for the launch uh we could do a a short demo video for the homepage”
Describe what you want in plain speech, and your assistant gets a clear, well-written prompt to work from.
“refactor this function so it um returns early when the list is empty”
Most AI dictation sends your voice to someone else’s servers to be transcribed and rewritten. Yap does the listening and the polishing right on your Mac, so what you say stays yours.
Speech recognition and the AI that polishes your words both run on your Mac’s own chip.
After a quick one-time setup, Yap works without an internet connection, whether you’re on a plane, on a train or somewhere with no signal at all.
There’s nothing to sign up for and nothing to log in to. Buy Yap, paste in your key and you’re ready to go.
Yap never saves your audio and has no analytics, so what you say stays between you and your Mac.
Wispr Flow is a lovely app, but it costs $144 a year and sends your voice to the cloud. Yap gives you hold-to-talk AI dictation for a single $19 payment, and your voice never leaves your Mac.
| Feature | Yap | Wispr Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19 once | $15 a month, or $144 a year |
| Where your voice goes | Stays on your Mac | To the cloud |
| Works offline | Yes | No |
| Account needed | No | Yes |
| Updates | Free, forever | While you keep paying |
Wispr Flow Pro pricing in US dollars from wisprflow.ai, October 2026. Wispr Flow is a trademark of its owner; Yap isn't affiliated with it.
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Yap runs on any Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later) and macOS 26 Tahoe or later.
Yes. Speech recognition and the AI that tidies your words both run on your Mac, and Yap never sends your audio or your text anywhere. It only goes online to finish setting up the first time you open it, to activate your licence and to check for updates.
The AI that polishes your words is built right into the app, which is what lets Yap work without sending anything to a server.
Yap works anywhere you can type, from Mail, Messages and Slack to Notes, your browser and your code editor. Your words appear wherever your cursor is.
Accessibility access lets Yap notice when you hold Right Option in other apps and put your words where you’re typing. macOS asks for your permission before any app can do either.
You can use Yap on up to 3 of your own Macs. When you move to a new one, choose Deactivate This Mac in Yap on the old one to free up its place.
Every future version of Yap is included in your licence, with no upgrade fees and no subscription.
Yap is built for English.
You can try Yap free for 7 days without a card, and if you buy it and change your mind within 30 days, we’ll give you a full refund.