Simple pricing

Choose the pace that fits your voice.

Start free. Upgrade whenever the weekly limit gets in your way.

Curious why most dictation apps bill monthly and this one has a permanent free tier? It comes down to where the model runs — Mac dictation without a subscription explains the arithmetic. Weighing the one-time licence against paying monthly? The dictation app you buy once does that sum, including when not to buy it.

Free

For everyday dictation

$0Forever

What's included

  • 10,000 words per week
  • Full on-device pipeline
  • Works in every app
  • Custom vocabulary

Pro

For people who write all day

Most popular
$4/ month

Billed $48 once a year — save $12.

Everything in Free, plus

  • Unlimited on-device words
  • Priority support

Lifetime

For people done with subscriptions

$99one time

About 20 months of monthly, then free.

Everything in Free, plus

  • Unlimited on-device words
  • Priority support
  • No renewal, ever
100% private, on-device
Works on Mac and Windows
Works fully offline

Answers, without the fine print

Pricing questions.

Is the free plan really free?+

Yes. The free plan is permanent, not a trial: 10,000 dictated words per week with the full on-device pipeline, working in any Mac app. At a typical speaking rate of around 150 words a minute that is roughly an hour of dictation every week. No credit card is needed to start.

What does Pro add?+

Pro removes the weekly word limit and comes with priority support. Everything else — the on-device pipeline, system-wide dictation, custom vocabulary — is in the free plan too.

What happens when I hit the weekly limit?+

Dictation pauses and Dictro opens with a note explaining why. Nothing you've already dictated is lost, and your counter resets at the start of the next week — so you can wait it out or upgrade to Pro to remove the limit entirely.

How much do I save on the annual plan?+

Annual billing is $48 a year, which works out to $4 a month — $12 less than the $60 you'd pay at $5 monthly, or 20% off.

What is the lifetime plan?+

A single payment of $99 for Pro that never renews. It is a licence for the lifetime of the app, not a subscription — there is no second charge and nothing to cancel. At $5 a month it pays for itself in about 20 months, and it costs nothing to run on our side because Dictro does all its work on your own machine.

Which plan should I pick?+

Monthly if you want to try Pro without committing — cancel any time. Annual if you already know you'll keep it, for 20% off. Lifetime if you would rather never think about it again and expect to use Dictro for more than about two years.

Can I switch from monthly to annual later?+

Yes. Open your account page and choose to switch to annual billing. You'll see exactly what's due today before you confirm — Paddle credits the unused part of your current month against the annual charge.

Can I cancel anytime?+

Yes. Cancel from the billing portal on your account page at any time. You keep Pro until the end of the period you've already paid for.

Does Pro cover both Mac and Windows?+

Yes — it's one subscription for both. Pro is tied to your account rather than to a machine, so buying it on a Mac makes you Pro on Windows too, and the other way round. Just sign in with the same account. The free plan works the same way: 10,000 words a week across both apps, not 10,000 each.