Worth more than a coffee.
Blurt is free with on-device dictation on Apple Silicon. Go Pro and we handle the cloud, the setup and the boring parts — for about the price of one good latte a month.
On-device, on your Mac
On first launch, grant the macOS permissions and follow the model setup — no account needed. On-device mode downloads its models; Cloud processing is also available, with a free account and a confirmed email address. With both local speech and clean-up models installed and selected, dictation on Apple Silicon runs on your Mac: no subscription, no card, nothing to pay. Plus, once you sign in, 200 metered cloud words to try Pro — about 100 words of speech, since the meter counts the transcript and the clean-up.
- Hold-to-talk dictation, anywhere on your Mac
- AI clean-up — fillers, punctuation, formatting
- Works in every app with a text field
- Multilingual, auto-detected
- Fully local when both local models are ready — check the app’s processing route; unavailable local clean-up may use the cloud
No account needed on-device · no card, no subscription
Just talk. We handle the rest.
€72 billed yearly · save 25%
- No daily limits — dictate as much as you want, every day
- Priority models — the fastest, sharpest transcription and clean-up
- Fully managed — nothing to set up, we run the cloud for you
- Advanced clean-up — pick a tone, restyle, or translate on the fly
- Custom dictionary — words spelled your way
- Support straight to a human
14-day trial for new subscribers · card required · cancel anytime
All prices shown are final prices. Kleinunternehmer gemäß § 19 UStG — es wird keine Umsatzsteuer ausgewiesen (small-business rule under § 19 of the German VAT Act: no VAT is charged or shown). Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled; you can cancel in the app or at Cancel contracts here, and EU consumers additionally have a 14-day right of withdrawal.
There is no daily limit and no per-dictation limit on Pro. To stop abuse there is a ceiling of 5,000,000 metered words a month — the meter counts each dictation twice, once as the transcript and once as the cleaned-up text, so that is about 2.5 million words you actually speak, roughly 277 hours of speech — plus 30 requests a minute and 25 MiB per recording. Reaching one refuses that request; nothing is slowed down and nothing extra is charged. The detail is in Terms § 8.
On the Cloud plan, your audio is sent to Blurt's server and relayed to a speech provider (Soniox or ElevenLabs for the live row of words; Groq or OpenAI for the recording), and the transcript to a text provider (OpenRouter or OpenAI). They are listed on our processor page, together with the providers behind hosting, backups, payment, email, the support desk and sign-in; see the privacy policy for details.
Free vs Pro, line by line.
5M words/mo fair use
30-day money-back
Not for you? Email us within 30 days of your first payment for a full refund — no forms, no friction.
14-day free trial
New subscribers get 14 days of Pro free. A card is required. Cancel before the trial ends to avoid the first charge; returning subscribers pay immediately.
Cancel anytime
Drop to Free whenever — your dictation keeps working on-device on Apple Silicon.
The fine print, unfined.
Is Blurt really free?
Yes — the app is free, and on-device dictation needs no account. Follow the guided permissions and model setup. Nothing to pay, no card. On-device mode downloads its models, then dictation runs on your Apple Silicon Mac at no cost; Cloud processing is also available, with a free account and a confirmed email address. That account also gets you a free taste of the managed Cloud plan: 200 metered words, which is about 100 words you actually speak — the meter counts the transcript and the cleaned-up text separately, the same way it does on Pro. Pro is entirely optional.
What does Pro actually add?
The big one: managed Cloud transcription that we run for you, with no daily limit — nothing to set up, no API key, no per-word bill. On top of that you get priority models: the faster, sharper speech and clean-up models the free tier cannot send. Everything else — the clean-up itself, tones and translation, your custom dictionary, hands-free — is in the free app already, and stays there.
Where does my audio go on Pro?
On the Cloud plan, your audio is uploaded to Blurt's server, which relays it to a speech provider and returns the text. The live row of words while you hold the key comes from Soniox (default) or ElevenLabs; the recording sent after you release goes to Groq (default) or OpenAI. The transcript is then cleaned up by a text model at OpenRouter or OpenAI. The audio isn't kept after the request. To keep dictation content on your Mac, install and select both local speech and clean-up models and verify that both stages show as local in Blurt. The providers are listed on our processor page, and the privacy policy has the full detail.
Is there a limit on how much I can dictate?
No daily limit, and no limit per dictation. There is an anti-abuse ceiling, and we would rather name it — and show the arithmetic — than call the plan "unlimited". The ceiling is 5,000,000 metered words a calendar month. The meter charges each dictation twice: once for the transcript, once for the cleaned-up text the model returns. So in words you actually say it is about 2.5 million a month — at 150 words a minute, roughly 277 hours of speech, or 9 hours of non-stop dictation every day of the month. On top of that: 30 requests a minute and 25 MiB per recording. Hitting one refuses that single request; nothing is throttled and nothing extra is charged. If you ever reach the monthly figure by simply talking, write to us — that means we set the number wrong. See Terms § 8.
How does the free trial work?
New subscribers get 14 days of full Pro free, with a card required. Cancel before the trial ends to avoid the first charge; otherwise the subscription renews at the selected plan price. Returning subscribers are charged immediately and do not receive another trial.
Monthly or yearly — what's the difference?
Same Pro either way. Yearly is billed once at €72 and works out to €6/mo — three months free versus paying monthly.
Can I cancel anytime?
Anytime. You keep Pro until the end of the period you've paid for, then return to the free tier — on-device on Apple Silicon.
What's your refund policy?
30-day money-back guarantee. If Pro isn't pulling its weight, email us within 30 days of your first payment and we'll refund you in full. It comes on top of your statutory 14-day right of withdrawal — the full terms of both are on our refund policy page.
Is there a plan for teams?
Team billing and shared dictionaries are in the works. Drop us a line and we'll get you set up early.
Less than your coffee habit.
New subscribers can try Pro free for 14 days with a card. Cancel before the trial ends to avoid the first charge. Returning subscribers pay when they subscribe.