Scribba turns your voice into text, instantly and entirely on your Mac. Press one hotkey, speak, and your words land wherever your cursor is.
$2.99/month · 7-day free trial · No account, ever
So why is everyone still typing? Because most dictation tools ask too much in return.
ScribbaThe same three steps in every app on your Mac. Claude, Mail, Slack, Notion, anywhere you can type.
A small recording pill appears on screen. Scribba is listening.
Think out loud, switch apps, take your time. Scribba keeps listening until you're done.
The pill glows green. Your words are on your clipboard, or pasted right at your cursor.
Everything you need from dictation, and none of the bloat.
Tap Option+A to start, tap again to stop. No holding keys down, no UI to fiddle with.
Your words land at your cursor in whatever app you're in. Speak, and it's typed.
Powered by Apple's native speech engine. Works in airplane mode. There is no cloud mode.
Every transcription is saved locally, so a thought you spoke an hour ago is never lost.
Lives quietly in your menu bar. Always ready, never in your dock or your way.
1.9 MB. No gigabyte models to download, no fans spinning, no battery drain.
Prompts are conversations, so speak them. Dictate into Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor and think out loud instead of typing paragraphs.
Legal, medical, security. When your work is sensitive, it should stay on your Mac, and with Scribba it always does.
First drafts at speaking speed. Get the words out while they're fresh, then edit with your hands.
Give your wrists a break. Scribba replaces long typing stretches with a single keypress and your voice.
If you want private, fast dictation on a Mac, this is the easy pick.
| Scribba | Apple Dictation | Cloud apps Wispr Flow, Willow… |
On-device apps superwhisper, MacWhisper… |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99/mo | Free | $8–15/mo | $8–15/mo, some one-time |
| On-device | Always. No cloud path exists | Partial (some server processing) | Cloud by default | ✓ via downloaded AI models |
| Account required | None | None | Email signup | Usually none |
| Works in every app | ✓ Keeps listening across apps | Stops when you click away | ✓ | ✓ |
| Works offline | ✓ | Partial | Mostly ✗ | ✓ |
| Install | 1.9 MB, Mac App Store | Built in | Direct download | Gigabyte model downloads, heavier on RAM and battery |
Scribba requires macOS 26 or later on Apple Silicon (M1 or newer).
"This app is so intuitive, lightweight, and easy to use… I use it daily drafting my emails and texts."
— App Store review"This app is super sleek and doesn't eat a bunch of system resources."
— App Store reviewNo tiers, no lifetime-deal countdown timers, no "contact sales."
7-day free trial
Unlimited dictation · Auto-paste · History · Works in every app · Offline · Direct line to the developer
Yes, completely. Transcription runs on your Mac's own chip using Apple's native speech engine, so Scribba works in airplane mode. There is no cloud fallback, by design.
Your audio never leaves your Mac. Scribba has no servers, no accounts, and no analytics on your voice. It's distributed through the Mac App Store and reviewed by Apple.
Apple Dictation stops the moment you click away, and some requests are processed on Apple's servers. Scribba keeps listening while you switch apps, stays fully on-device, and keeps a history of everything you've transcribed.
$2.99/month with a 7-day free trial, billed through the App Store. Cancel anytime in your App Store subscriptions. We never have your payment details or your email.
macOS 26 or later on Apple Silicon (M1 or newer). The download is 1.9 MB, with no additional AI models to install.
All of them. Scribba copies your transcription to the clipboard and can auto-paste at your cursor, so it works anywhere you can type: Claude, ChatGPT, Mail, Slack, Notion, your terminal, everywhere.
More questions? See the full FAQ.