Wispr Flow's free plan: what you get, where it stops, and what Pro adds

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Wispr Flow has a free plan, and it is limited by words: 2,000 a week on a Mac or Windows PC and 1,000 a week on a phone. The count resets on Sunday. Pro removes the limit for $15 a month, or $144 a year. You do not need a credit card to start, and Wispr's help center describes a 14-day Pro trial at signup.

I built YapToText, a different dictation app for the Mac, so read what I say about Wispr Flow with that in mind. Every fact about Wispr Flow here comes from wisprflow.ai or its help center, read on October 9 and 10, 2026.

Download YapToText on the Mac App StoreThis app is completely free. You don't have to make an account. There are no subscriptions, no difficult downloads, and nothing is locked. Made for Apple silicon Macs. Source on GitHub.

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Free against Pro

From wisprflow.ai/pricing and Wispr Flow's help center, read October 9 and 10, 2026. US dollars.

FreePro
Price$0$15 a month, or $144 a year
Dictation on desktop2,000 words a weekUnlimited
Dictation on a phone1,000 words a weekUnlimited
Languages, dictionary, snippetsIncludedIncluded, with shared dictionary and snippets
Command Mode, editing by voiceNoYes
Notetaker meetingsLimitedKept longer
Where transcription runsWispr's cloudWispr's cloud

Students with an eligible account pay less or nothing, and yearly billing takes 20 percent off Pro. The Wispr Flow discounts page lists every discount Wispr describes.

What happens at the word cap

  • On a Mac or PC, up to 2,000 words. Dictation works normally.
  • From 2,000 to 5,000. Dictation keeps working, and the Home tab shows 0 words left.
  • Past 5,000. The next dictation is refused before it records, until the weekly reset.
  • On an iPhone. At 1,000 words dictation continues but slows down. At 1,500 a card blocks new dictations.
  • On Android. A heads-up at 800 words, a limit card at 1,000, and a hard stop at 1,500.
  • The reset. Once a week, on Sunday. Wispr's troubleshooting article gives the time as Sunday 23:45 UTC, and says app messages that read 12 a.m. Pacific do not match it. Unused words do not carry over.

Desktop and mobile are counted separately, and the limit applies to dictation only.

How far 2,000 words goes

In the Stanford study on the dictation speed page, people dictated at 153 words a minute. At that pace 2,000 words is about 13 minutes of talking a week. That covers a few emails and messages a day. It does not cover drafting documents by voice, a day of dictated prompts, or anyone who has stopped typing for health reasons. If dictation is how you write, you will meet the cap in the first day or two. The dictation speed page has the study and its limits.

The free trial

A new account starts with a 14-day Pro trial, and a referral link from an existing user makes it 30 days, per Wispr's help center. When it ends you drop to the free plan unless you subscribe. Paid plans, student plans and trials have no weekly limit.

Free without a cap

YapToText is free in a different way: there is no word quota and no weekly or monthly allowance, because the speech model runs on your Mac and there is nothing for me to meter. It has no account and no paid tier. Tips are optional and unlock nothing.

Wispr Flow from its own pages, read October 9 and 10, 2026. YapToText from its settings and its App Store listing.

Wispr Flow FreeYapToText
Weekly limit2,000 words on desktopNone
AccountRequiredNone
Where speech becomes textWispr's cloudOn your Mac
Edit selected text by voicePaid plans and trialsIncluded, on Right Option
PlatformsMac, Windows, iPhone, AndroidMac only, Apple silicon, macOS 14 or later

Wispr Flow is the one to pick if you need Windows or a phone. The full Wispr Flow pricing page covers Growth and Enterprise, and the alternatives page compares more apps.

Download YapToText on the Mac App StoreThis app is completely free. You don't have to make an account. There are no subscriptions, no difficult downloads, and nothing is locked. Made for Apple silicon Macs. Source on GitHub.

The short version

  • Free. 2,000 words a week on desktop, 1,000 on mobile, no credit card.
  • The wall. 5,000 words on desktop, 1,500 on a phone, until Sunday.
  • Pro. $15 a month or $144 a year, unlimited.
  • Trial. 14 days of Pro, 30 with a referral.
  • No cap at all. YapToText, free, Mac only.

If Wispr changes a limit or a price, open an issue on GitHub and I will update this page. Every one gets read.

Download YapToText on the Mac App StoreThis app is completely free. You don't have to make an account. There are no subscriptions, no difficult downloads, and nothing is locked. Made for Apple silicon Macs. Source on GitHub.

About the author. Ryleigh Newman is a developer whose hands make typing difficult and who dictates every day with YapToText, the app this site describes. Facts about other apps come from their own sites, with the date they were read. More about the project.

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Questions

Is Wispr Flow free?

It has a free plan capped at 2,000 words a week on desktop and 1,000 on mobile. Unlimited dictation needs Pro, at $15 a month or $144 a year.

Does Whisper Flow cost money?

The app is spelled Wispr Flow. It is free up to a weekly word cap, and Pro costs $15 a month.

What is the Wispr Flow free limit?

2,000 words a week on a Mac or PC, with a hard stop at 5,000, and 1,000 on a phone, with a hard stop at 1,500. It resets on Sunday.

What is the difference between Wispr Flow free and Pro?

Pro removes the weekly word cap, keeps Notetaker meetings longer, and includes Command Mode for editing by voice.

Is there a free Wispr Flow alternative with no word limit?

On a Mac, YapToText is free with no word quota, because it runs on the Mac itself.