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Hearsy is the better pick if local Mac dictation with fast English processing and on-device AI cleanup is the whole requirement, and $29 is the target budget. Typilot wins when voice is one part of a larger AI workflow - 27 keyboard commands, meeting transcription with diarization, ghost-text autocomplete, and cross-platform support for Windows and Linux.
Yes, for local on-device Mac dictation - and Typilot extends well beyond with 27 keyboard-triggered AI commands, ghost-text autocomplete via a local Ollama model, on-device meeting transcription with speaker diarization, and native apps for Windows and Linux. The main trade-off is price: Hearsy is $29 one-time with a permanent free tier, while Typilot is $7.99/month or $199 lifetime.
No. Hearsy is a macOS-only app with no Windows or Linux build. For local on-device dictation on Windows, Typilot, Murmur, HyperVoice, and Superwhisper all offer native Windows apps with local Whisper processing. For Linux, Typilot, Handy, and OpenWhispr provide local dictation.
No audio leaves your Mac at any point. Hearsy processes speech with Parakeet TDT or Whisper Large V3 in local RAM, and the optional Qwen 2.5 AI cleanup also runs on-device with no API call. The only network activity is a one-time model download when you first set up each engine. Typilot makes the same local-first guarantee on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Both run locally with no cloud call, but the mechanics differ. Hearsy bundles Qwen 2.5 directly - no extra installation, and cleanup is applied to each dictation. Typilot's AI polish uses whichever Ollama model you have loaded and works on any text selection, not just fresh dictations. Hearsy is simpler out of the box; Typilot gives more model choice and applies to more editing contexts.