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Wispr Flow pricing: what the free plan allows and what Pro adds

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Wispr Flow pricing starts at free: the free plan allows 2,000 words a week on a Mac or Windows PC, and Pro costs $15 per user a month, or $12 a month billed yearly, on wisprflow.ai as of October 3, 2026. Plenty of people type the name as Whisper Flow, WhisperFlow or Whisper Flow AI; the app on this page is Wispr Flow, from wisprflow.ai, and other products use those spellings, so check the address before you pay. Growth, the plan with admin controls, is $23 per user a month or $18 billed yearly, and Enterprise is priced on request. Every plan transcribes in the cloud. What changes as you pay more is the word cap, the team controls, and whether your dictations help train Wispr's models by default.

I built YapToText, a free dictation app that runs on the Mac, so read the last two sections with that in mind. Everything about Wispr Flow here comes from its own pricing page, privacy pages and help center, read on October 3, 2026, and each source is listed at the end of the page.

App Store poster headed Yap it. Bam. It's typed. over the YapToText Home window and the three floating panel layouts.
Figure 1. YapToText, the free app I compare in the last two sections. One key opens the floating panel, and the words land wherever you were typing, with no weekly count.

Download YapToText on the Mac App StoreDownload for free. No account, nothing locked, macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon. Source on GitHub.

On this page: 8 sections
  1. Every Wispr Flow plan and price
  2. What the free plan allows, and what happens at the cap
  3. Paying less for Pro: students, nonprofits and trials
  4. What runs in the cloud, and what you can switch off
  5. Where Wispr Flow is the better buy
  6. Where a free on-device app fits
  7. The short version
  8. Questions

Every Wispr Flow plan and price

Checked October 3, 2026, on wisprflow.ai. Prices are in US dollars per user; the help center says each supported currency has its own fixed prices. Prices change, so check before you buy.

PlanBilled monthlyBilled yearlyWhat it adds
Free$0$0Dictation in any app on Mac, Windows, iOS and Android, more than 100 languages, a dictionary and snippets, and limited Notetaker access. Capped at 2,000 words a week on desktop and 1,000 on mobile.
Pro$15 a month$12 a month, or $144 a yearUnlimited dictation, longer Notetaker history, a shared dictionary and snippets, a team workspace with central billing, priority support and early access to new features.
Growth$23 a month$18 a monthEverything in Pro, plus SAML single sign-on, org-wide HIPAA enforcement with a signed agreement, and admin control over model training. Unlimited Notetaker access is an add-on.
EnterpriseCustomCustom, sold yearlyEverything in Growth, plus SCIM provisioning, audit logs, managed deployment, model training locked off, and support with SLAs.

The pricing page says you never need a credit card to start, and that Pro has no commitment and can be canceled at any time. Turning on Growth's Unlimited Notetaker access option raises it to $33 a month, or $26 billed yearly. Pro's yearly price works out to $144 per user, which the help center calls the $12 a month equivalent. For one person, the choice is Free or Pro, and the main difference is the weekly cap.

What the free plan allows, and what happens at the cap

The pricing page lists the free plan at 2,000 words a week on desktop and 1,000 on mobile. Wispr Flow's help center explains that the desktop number is a soft cap, with a hard cap behind it:

  • Up to 2,000 words a week. Dictation on a Mac or Windows PC works normally.
  • From 2,000 to 5,000 words. Dictation keeps working, and the card on the app's Home tab reads 0 words left.
  • Past 5,000 words. The next dictation is refused before it starts recording, until the weekly reset.
  • On a phone. iPhone and Android share one pool: 1,000 words, then a hard stop at 1,500. Desktop and mobile are counted separately.
  • The reset. Once a week, on Sunday. Paid plans, student plans and trials have no weekly limit.
  • Editing by voice. Command Mode, which takes a spoken instruction for the text you selected, is in beta, off by default, and needs a paid plan or a trial. On the free plan its shortcut does nothing.
  • One long dictation. A single dictation on a Mac or PC can run up to 20 minutes. At that point Flow stops and transcribes what it heard.

On a Mac, 2,000 words is the warning and 5,000 is the wall. Whether that is enough depends on how much you talk. Your count shows up on the app's Home tab once you get close to the cap.

Paying less for Pro: students, nonprofits and trials

Wispr Flow's own pages describe the student offer three ways on October 3, 2026, so check in the app before you count on one:

  • The pricing page. Students and educators with an education email get 50 percent off Pro, and nonprofits get a discounted Pro.
  • The students page. New subscribers who sign in with a .edu email get three months free, then $6 a month billed yearly.
  • The help center. A free Student plan with everything in Pro, claimed in the Mac or Windows app, and paid student plans at $7.50 a month or $72 a year.

The help center also describes a 14-day trial for people creating or joining their first team, and says that when a trial ends, access goes back to the free plan after a 3-day grace period.

What runs in the cloud, and what you can switch off

Wispr Flow's privacy page says it plainly: transcription always happens in the cloud, on every plan. Its help center adds that an internet connection is required for transcription. Around that, there are separate switches, and some defaults depend on the plan:

WhatWhere it happensCan you change it
Turning your speech into textWispr's cloudNo
Using your dictations to improve Wispr's modelsOn by default on Free and Pro; off on Growth and EnterpriseYes on Free and Pro, with Improve the model for everyone in Settings, Data & Privacy. Turning it off does not stop cloud processing.
Keeping your transcripts, audio and history on Wispr's serversDictation Cloud StorageYes, it is a switch. Signing out turns it back on.
The app you are in and the text around your cursorUsed to format each dictationContext Awareness, which can read more of the active window, is a switch
Your dictation history on your own computerOn your deviceKept separately from the cloud switches
Meetings you record with the NotetakerRecorded on your computer, with no bot in the call; transcripts and summaries are stored in Wispr's cloudNo opt-out of that storage

Wispr Flow says your data is encrypted in transit and at rest, lists SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, and says its third-party AI providers are under zero data retention agreements for Flow Dictation. It also says it may collect usage statistics, such as how many words you dictate, whatever your data settings. Paying more changes the training default, not where your words are transcribed.

Where Wispr Flow is the better buy

Wispr Flow is good software, and for some people it is worth the money. It is the better choice if you need any of these:

  • More than one kind of device. Dictation on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android with one account. YapToText is a Mac app only.
  • An older or Intel Mac. Wispr Flow supports macOS 12 Monterey or later, on Apple silicon or Intel. YapToText needs macOS 14 and Apple silicon.
  • Many languages. More than 100, with automatic detection. YapToText lists 29 plus auto-detect.
  • A team or regulated work. Shared dictionaries, SAML single sign-on, admin controls, and a HIPAA agreement that the privacy page says any plan can accept.
  • Meeting notes. The Notetaker records meetings on Mac and Windows without a bot joining the call.

If you dictate on a PC or a phone as well as a Mac, Wispr Flow covers ground YapToText does not. If cloud processing and a subscription are fine with you, those are real reasons to pay.

Where a free on-device app fits

YapToText is free with no paid tier, no word cap and no account. The speech model and the cleanup model run on your Mac, so your voice never leaves it, and the only network use is a model download you start yourself. The App Store download ships both models, so it works with Wi-Fi off from the first launch. Tips are optional and add no features.

App Store poster headed Nothing leaves your Mac, over YapToText's AI Models page with both models marked Included.
Figure 2. The opposite of cloud on every plan: both models show as Included on the AI Models page, so the App Store version transcribes on the Mac with Wi-Fi off.

The trade is real. It runs only on an Apple silicon Mac with macOS 14 or later, the download is about 2.9 GB, it lists 29 languages plus auto-detect, and there is nothing for teams. My hands make typing difficult, so I dictate every day with YapToText, and I wanted something I would never have to ration. YapToText does count your words, on its Statistics page, but only to show how much typing you skipped, never to send you a bill.

YapToText's Statistics page: dictation count, words spoken, time speaking, a words per day chart, and insights.
Figure 3. The only word count in YapToText, shown here with demo numbers: the Statistics page tallies words and time saved on your Mac and never limits anything.

Climb this ladder, smallest commitment first:

  1. Apple Dictation. Built into macOS, so there is nothing to install. It stops after 30 seconds without speech. The Mac dictation vs Wispr Flow comparison covers what it can and cannot do.
  2. YapToText. A free download for an Apple silicon Mac, with cleanup, editing by voice and no cap, all on device.
  3. Wispr Flow Free. An account and the cloud, up to 2,000 words a week on desktop, on your phone and PC as well.
  4. Wispr Flow Pro. $12 to $15 a month for unlimited dictation on every device, plus Command Mode on Mac and Windows.

If all your dictation happens on one Mac, there is no weekly count to watch. The free Wispr Flow alternative page walks through the switch, offline dictation on a Mac explains what on device means app by app, and the roundup of free dictation apps for Mac puts the free choices side by side.

The short version

  • Free. $0, with an account and the cloud: 2,000 words a week on a Mac or PC before the warning, 5,000 before dictation stops, and 1,000 on a phone.
  • Pro. $15 per user a month, or $12 billed yearly, for unlimited dictation and Command Mode.
  • Teams. Growth at $23, or $18 billed yearly, adds single sign-on and admin controls. Enterprise is priced on request.
  • Cloud on every plan. Model training is on by default on Free and Pro, and you can turn it off.

Wispr Flow charges for volume and teams; YapToText charges nothing and stays on one Mac. If a price or limit here no longer matches Wispr Flow's site, open an issue on GitHub and I will fix it. Every one gets read.

Download YapToText on the Mac App StoreDownload for free. No account, nothing locked, macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon. 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

How much does Wispr Flow cost?

$15 per user a month for Pro, or $12 a month billed yearly, which is $144 a year, on wisprflow.ai on October 3, 2026. The free plan costs nothing and allows 2,000 words a week on desktop. Growth is $23 or $18 per user a month, and Enterprise is priced on request.

Is Wispr Flow free?

Yes, with a weekly cap. The free plan allows 2,000 words a week on a Mac or Windows PC and 1,000 on a phone, it needs an account, and it transcribes in the cloud like every plan.

What happens when you reach the Wispr Flow word limit?

Dictation keeps working past 2,000 words on a Mac or Windows PC, and once you pass 5,000 the next dictation is refused until the weekly reset on Sunday, according to Wispr Flow's help center. A paid plan removes the limit.

Does Wispr Flow work offline?

No. Wispr Flow's help center says an internet connection is required for transcription, and its privacy page says transcription always happens in the cloud. YapToText transcribes on the Mac, with Wi-Fi on or off.

Is Whisper Flow the same as Wispr Flow?

Usually. Whisper Flow, WhisperFlow and Whisper Flow AI are common ways of typing Wispr Flow, the dictation app from wisprflow.ai, though other products use those spellings too. It is not the same thing as Whisper, the speech model from OpenAI that YapToText runs on your Mac.

Is there a free alternative to Wispr Flow?

Yes. YapToText is free for Apple silicon Macs, with no word cap, no account and no cloud, and Apple Dictation is built into macOS. Wispr Flow's own free plan is real too, with a 2,000-word weekly cap on desktop.