# LocalFlow for Mac

Canonical page: https://macbase.app/apps/localflow

> Hold Fn, speak, let go: private dictation that types anywher

- Price: Free, with paid features
- Requires: macOS 26 Tahoe or later
- Apple silicon: runs natively
- Notarized by Apple: yes
- Works offline: yes
- Developer: LocalFlow
- Categories: [Dictation](https://macbase.app/categories/dictation), [Transcription](https://macbase.app/categories/transcription), [Menu Bar & Notch](https://macbase.app/categories/menu-bar-notch)

## About

LocalFlow is dictation for Mac that runs entirely on your Mac. Hold the Fn key in any app, speak, and let go: your words are typed at the cursor. Speech becomes text on the device, so audio is never uploaded or stored, and after a one-time speech model download it works offline. No word or minute limits. Music goes quiet while you talk, and a word you fix once stays fixed. English only.

Free download: the full app, an easy install, no email or credit card. Setup asks for microphone and Accessibility permissions and takes a couple of minutes.

## An alternative to

- [superwhisper](https://macbase.app/alternatives/superwhisper): 13 alternatives on MacBase
- [VoiceInk](https://macbase.app/alternatives/voiceink): 9 alternatives on MacBase
- [Wispr Flow](https://macbase.app/alternatives/wispr-flow): 12 alternatives on MacBase
- [MacWhisper](https://macbase.app/alternatives/macwhisper): 6 alternatives on MacBase

## Get it

- Website: https://localflowmac.app

Listed by [LocalFlow](https://macbase.app/@localflow).

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