TuckyTucky vs Wispr Flow
Your voice to text. On your Mac.
Want to dictate without sending your speech to a cloud service? Tucky transcribes and processes text locally, with free core features and no account required.
Apple Silicon · macOS 14+ · No account required
Tucky vs Wispr Flow: at a glance
Compare the workflow you need, where your data goes, and what the free plan includes. Reviewed September 4, 2026; plans and features can change.
| Feature | Tucky | Wispr Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Voice to text | Hotkey dictation into Mac apps | Dictation across supported desktop and mobile apps |
| Processing | On your Mac | Cloud processing |
| Privacy approach | Core audio and text stay local | Privacy Mode and cloud-storage controls |
| Free dictation | No weekly word allowance | Desktop free plan: 2,000 words per week |
| Paid plan | No subscription for core features | Paid plans unlock unlimited dictation |
| Custom words | Included locally | Dictionary with device sync |
| AI workflow | Local formatting, notes, tasks and chat | Cloud-powered text formatting and dictation tools |
Privacy Mode controls training and retention. It does not turn cloud processing into on-device processing.
Tucky’s local workloads depend on your Mac’s storage and processing capacity. Optional external services may have their own fees.
More of your work, in one place
From a conversation
to something you can use.
Record meetings, review summaries, and ask local chat about your saved history. Dictate a note or task when an idea arrives. Keep the context on your Mac.
Explore Tucky’s capture features →
Which fits your day?
Choose Tucky if…
You work on an Apple Silicon Mac and want private, local dictation and meeting tools with free core features. You prefer keeping your history on your own device.
Consider Wispr Flow if…
You want cloud-powered dictation across desktop and mobile, with shared vocabulary and team controls.
Sources and comparison notes
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Make room for Tucky on your Mac.
Copy the command below, open Terminal, and paste it to download and install Tucky.
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/desduvauchelle/echo-scribe/main/install.sh | bashApple Silicon · macOS 14 or later · No account required
Follow setup to download your local models and grant recording permissions. Models need several GB; size varies.