# MacWhisper Review

> MacWhisper review: Local-first macOS transcription and dictation app with one-time Pro pricing. Verified pricing, features, and the strongest alternatives in.

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Local-first macOS transcription and dictation app with one-time Pro pricing

Among the 43 speech-to-text tools we track, MacWhisper has the 5th-widest language coverage - a fit for multilingual and localization projects.

See pricing · facts verified Jul 20, 2026

## What we know about MacWhisper

MacWhisper sits in the speech-to-text apis category, where it is local-first macOS transcription and dictation app with one-time Pro pricing. We keep this MacWhisper profile grounded in primary sources, each fact dated to when we last confirmed it.

MacWhisper does not publish a public per-minute rate we have been able to verify, so the price figure here stays blank until we can confirm one. We would rather show nothing than a guessed number; if you have a current MacWhisper quote, it is the fastest way for us to close that gap.

On capabilities, MacWhisper covers speech translation and ai formatting / edit features. Each of those is verified against MacWhisper's own docs or dashboard, not marketing copy.

Among the 43 speech-to-text tools in our matrix, MacWhisper leads with the 5th-widest language coverage; the fact sheet below has the raw numbers behind that placement.

In total we track 13 verified facts for MacWhisper today, each linking the primary source it came from so you can check our work - and vendor claims we have not measured ourselves are labeled as such on the MacWhisper fact sheet below.

## Fact sheet

### Pricing

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pricing model | one-time | Jul 20 | [source](https://www.macwhisper.com/) |
| Free tier quota | Free version - EUR 0, free forever | Jul 20 | [source](https://www.macwhisper.com/) |
| Published volume discounts | 5/10/20/50-license packs at EUR 54/49/45/44 each | Jul 20 | [source](https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/macwhisper) |

### Capabilities

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Languages supported | 100 languages | Jul 20 | [source](https://www.macwhisper.com/) |
| Speaker diarization | ✓  Included | Jul 20 | [source](https://docs.macwhisper.com/article/32-automatic-speaker-recognition-in-macwhisper) |
| Speech translation | ✓  Yes | Jul 20 | [source](https://www.macwhisper.com/) |

### Build experience

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Supported audio formats | mp3, wav, m4a, ogg, opus, mov, mp4 | Jul 20 | [source](https://www.macwhisper.com/) |

### Commercial

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hardware to self-host | macOS app; WhisperKit models need Apple Silicon | Jul 20 | [source](https://docs.macwhisper.com/article/29-switching-to-a-whisperkit-model) |
| Platforms | macOS | Jul 20 | [source](https://docs.macwhisper.com/article/40-macwhisper-whisper-transcription-difference) |
| Local vs cloud processing | Local (on-device); cloud optional | Jul 20 | [source](https://docs.macwhisper.com/article/52-keeping-transcriptions-private) |
| App pricing (one-time vs subscription) | Free tier + EUR 64 one-time Pro license | Jul 20 | [source](https://www.macwhisper.com/) |
| AI formatting / edit features | ✓  Yes | Jul 20 | [source](https://docs.macwhisper.com/article/14-how-to-use-the-dictation-feature) |
| App integrations | System-wide; Notion, Zapier, Obsidian, n8n, Make.com, CLI | Jul 20 | [source](https://www.macwhisper.com/) |

Source: https://www.versusref.com/stt/tools/macwhisper/