DraftKey: local Mac writing help, from typo cleanup to reviewed rewrites

Disclosure: we are Aura Technologies, the publisher of DraftKey. This introduction was prepared with AI assistance using our official product documentation.

DraftKey is for the small writing tasks that happen between the rest of your work: fixing a sentence, finishing a thought, or making a paragraph shorter in the Mac app where you are already typing.

It offers spelling and grammar cleanup when you pause, optional completion suggestions, and Writing tools opened with Command + Option. Writing tools lets you request a rewrite, tone change, shorter paragraph, or correction, then read the edit before it goes back into your draft. The writing AI runs on your Mac.

A useful way to evaluate that workflow is to bring a short, non-sensitive paragraph to an editor you actually use. Try a correction and a shortening request separately. Check whether names, dates, numbers, and the intended meaning survive the edit, and whether the result returns to the right place. Editor support varies; secure fields are excluded.

The setup requirements matter: Apple Silicon, macOS 14 or later, and 8 GB memory for AI. The writing model is a separate approximately 1.12 GB download; allow at least 2.2 GB free plus room for the app. The current license is $4.99 once for up to three Macs, verified October 3, 2026. A license is required.

There is also a browser typing room with keyboard sound previews and a WPM/accuracy test. That is a way to explore the typing experience, not the Mac app's AI writing functionality.

Product and setup links: https://getdraftkey.com/

For Mac writers and builders here: where would you most want help while writing—quiet typo cleanup, suggestions to finish a sentence, or an explicit rewrite you can review?