No moat. Still in business.
Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- inlaut
A free Mac and Windows dictation app: hold a key, speak, and the text is typed where your cursor sits, all offline.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Instant
A Mac app that finds your files, photos and scans when you describe what is in them, working fully offline.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- DoNotNotify
An Android app that blocks, groups or limits phone notifications using rules on app, text or time of day, all on the device.
Since 2026
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Dictivo
Desktop app that turns your speech into text in any app, processing audio locally on Mac or Windows, paid for once.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity
- Cloudless Voice
Voice dictation that runs on your own device on Mac, Windows and iPhone and tidies filler words and formatting.
Since 2026
Free plan · Focus and productivity
- JEXXA
Hold one key and speak to type into any Mac app, with speech turned into text offline on your own machine.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Ambi
An iPhone app for mixing ambient sounds with a sleep timer, working offline with no ads or data collection.
Since 2025
Free · Health and habits · Individuals and families
- 24 Block
iPhone planner that lays out your day as coloured time blocks, works offline and needs no account.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Dictly
Turns your speech into formatted text on Mac, iPhone and iPad, processing everything offline on the device.
Since 2025
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- DictatorFlow
Speech to text dictation for Windows, Mac and Linux that runs offline for free, with paid cloud accuracy and an API.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity
- BreadCrumb
iPhone app that keeps one next step pinned on each of your projects so you can pick up work where you stopped.
Projects and tasks · Individuals and families
- Vocula
Offline Mac dictation that only listens for the languages you choose and sends nothing off the device, paid once.
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Yet Another Todo App
An offline iPhone todo list built around a daily plan, with do dates, recurrences, reminders and subtasks.
Since 2025
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Spokenly
A dictation app for Mac, Windows, Linux and iPhone that types your speech into any app, offline or with cloud models.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Vocalinux
Free open-source voice typing for Linux that turns speech into text in any app, running locally by default.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- BetterWispr
Hold a shortcut and talk, and a Mac app types tidy text into any program using speech models that run locally.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- EnviousWispr
A free dictation app for Mac and Android that turns speech into tidy text in any app, with transcription done on the device.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Typed
Mac app that turns your speech into text wherever the cursor is, processed on the device with no account.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Sayso
Press a hotkey and talk, and your words are typed into whatever app you are in, transcribed on your own computer.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Ratschn
Dictation app for Mac and Windows that turns speech into text on your computer and types it into the app you are using.
Since 2026
Free trial · Focus and productivity
- SPQRK Today
An offline Android app where you jot items through the day, then give them a date and duration so your day stays realistic.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Axiom
A Pomodoro timer for iPhone that runs focus sessions and breaks and keeps your stats and streaks on the device.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Voice Type
Mac dictation app that turns held-hotkey speech into text in any app, running fully on the device.
Since 2024
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Manzoni
A Mac word processor and hotkey writing helper that runs AI on your own machine so documents stay private.
Since 2025
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families