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Local AI Autocomplete in your voice, anywhere on your Mac

4.5•22 reviews•

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Local AI Autocomplete in your voice, anywhere on your Mac

4.5•22 reviews•

251 followers

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Cotypist is smart autocomplete for the Mac apps you already write in: Mail, Slack, Notes, docs, even AI prompts. Press Tab when a suggestion fits, or keep typing and watch it update in real time. Runs locally on your Mac. No cloud, no API calls.

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Name: Cotypist
Rating: 4.45 (22 reviews)

The community submitted 22 reviews to tell us what they like about Cotypist, what Cotypist can do better, and more.

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Reviewers say Cotypist is fast, unobtrusive, and quickly becomes part of daily writing, with repeated praise for accurate autocomplete, spell checking, mid-line completion, multilingual use, and fully local offline performance on Apple silicon Macs. Several say it boosts speed, helps with clarity, and is especially useful for dyslexia. The clearest complaint is pricing and model restrictions: some like the app but dislike the subscription and limits on larger models. A few also note missing support for Intel Macs and wish it worked on iPhone.

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It is amazing how much this app helps with my daily writing. No matter where I am writing (email, Slack, texts, blog posts, documents, etc.) Cotypist helps me type/write faster. When I first started using Cotypist, I thought it was primarily to help me type faster. However, it ended up being more than that. It suggests not only the finish of the word I am typing, but the next word, and also the rest of that sentence.

The suggestions are clearly based on the context of what I have been writing. It's not out in left field. It's very applicable and many times the suggestion is exactly what I was about to type. Being able to hit <tab> to accept each word is a huge time saver vs needing to type each word out. Other times, the suggestion is better than what I was going to type, so I accept it.

I also like that there are different models to choose from. I have a Mac with a huge amount of RAM and processing power, so I am able to use the large Qwen 3 30B model, which is 13.7GB. That model has a noticeable advantage over the smaller models I tested out. Honestly, I thought the smaller models weren't very usable at all.

What needs improvement

Holy smokes! The price needs to be more reasonable. It's seriously out of whack compared to other tools. I was shocked when I saw how much it costs. I use a model that forces me to the highest $108/yr plan. Why are the models restricted in the other plans? I could use the $72/yr plan, except for the arbitrary model restrictions.

It's not reasonable to force someone into the highest cost plan for a model that we are hosting on our own computer. There are no additional processing costs for Cotypist if we use a different model, since all the AI processing is done on our own computer. This just feels like a money grab.

In addition to the pricing, there are some issues with the app consistently working. Sometimes it will not complete the word after hitting <tab>. Sometimes it will leave a space in the word. It's frustrating, especially at that price point.

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What's great

I have been using Cotypist for a few months now, and I absolutely love it. It makes typing across my mac so much easier and faster, and it often pre-empts what I am going to type and suggestions even improve my writing, before I even finish what I'm writing. It's intuitive and non-intrusive, and adapts to different applications fairly seamlessly. Despite getting into voice-to-text recently, there are still plenty of times when I prefer to type (or need to, depending on the situation), and Cotypist is a great tool for that. Hats off to the developer, who has consistently shipped improvements and fixes during the early access period. Recently, they introduced an autocorrect feature which is fantastic.

What needs improvement

The integration within some applications isn't perfect, but the developer is usually quick to fix it. It doesn't bother me, and you can configure where Cotypist appears and quickly dismiss it from a given app or page in a given instance if it becomes intrusive.

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What's great

feels like magic sometimes and thats without spending much time tweaking or optimizing it. great out of the box! its helping me write this now! im a good writer but this just levels up my speed and efficiency...

What needs improvement

if only this could work on iphone as well it would be golden!

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Wispr Flow

i actually use wisprflow as well but just have not been able to ingrain the habit as much as cotypist just blends in. my instinct has always been to type over dictation though i think the combo is a killer. raycast is also a great dictation option now on macos too.

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What's great

Cotypist work very well on my Macbook Pro with M3 Pro. It is fast, well designed and easy to use. Updates are frequent and the settings are easy to understand. I quite like what Cotypist has to offer from a performance and functionality perspective.

What needs improvement

This pricing is horrendous. I would gladly pay 49-59 dollars for the app in a one-time purchase, but 108 dollars for a single year? Cotypist is not even close to being worth that much, even less 8 dollars with the monthly subscription.

vs Alternatives

Cotypist is the first of its kind with the AI-powered autocomplete and auto-correction, at least what I know. That is the only reason I actually use it right now. That is the sole reason I use it right now. When competitors catch up, I will switch to a one-time purchase option instead.

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I have been using Cotypist for a while now and I must say that it has helped expand my vocabulary and improve my writing skills, improving my ability to express myself in a clear and concise manner. Unlocking ways to express myself in a different way.

What needs improvement

I know that the developer needs to make money from the app, but i still dont like it that it restricts me from using it, since it uses my computer’s resources and opens source code ai models, i would prefer if it restricted other tools and models but keep the basic ones for free

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What's great

It helps you write faster based on analysis of your own writing. It's using AI models running locally on your Mac and it's taking screenshots of your screen to analyze the content and text your use/read.

What needs improvement

Don't enforce a $100/year paywall (TO USE MY OWN COMPUTE POWER AND OWN GENERATE CONTENT) on a product that was free to use. Let users stay on the beta version at the current feature set if they want. Forcing an "upgrade" that removes functionality is not a great user experience and loses customer trust. This product is worth $30/year or a maybe a $150 lifetime cost. The subscription model will destroy the user base.

vs Alternatives

I originally liked it a lot, but the author decided to put it behind a subscription paywall.

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What's great

Works great even on my old M1 Pro with only 16 GB of RAM. Really cool that everyone can choose their own model and great privacy. I tried the application also without internet after downloading the model and can confirm it works offline and fully local. Great coder from Germany, great quality, good GDPR compliance. Very happy overall, would recommend!

What needs improvement

The new pricing structure is sad to see that models are restricted. Completions and everything else, with stronger suggestions and adapting to the wording, make sense, but restricting people from using larger or better models feels sad, especially because the models are open source and can be downloaded for free...

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I have been using the beta version of Cotypist for several months now. While it had a few early bugs, the developers were quick to fix them. Its impact on my writing has been more than I expected. It completes sentences and corrects grammar. What's more, it seems to have learned how I think. What comes out is my voice. I congratulate the developers on a job well done! I recommend this product.

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Cotypist is really inexpensive, and fits on my Mac. I own the writing.

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During my extensive experience using the tool, I have observed that"Cotypist has evolved from a initially appealing gimmick into an integral component of my workflow. I am particularly impressed with the recent updates in the last two versions, which now include spell checking and suggestions. I feel quite dissatisfied when I find myself reverting to the rudimentary suggestions of the built-in solution on my iPhone.
Really nice work! However, it represents a significant added value for me in my daily work. (300 - 500 words a day and rising)

What needs improvement

I found it regrettable that I am unable to use Cotypist on my older Mac with an Intel processor, as the system is no longer supported there.

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I’ve been using Cotypist for quite some time now, and from day one, it’s been my ultimate productivity booster. I used to speed up my writing via dictation, but since I started using Cotypist, it’s been a game-changer because of its accuracy, speed, and context-awareness. And since I discovered Cotypist's Mid-Line Completion feature recently, it felt like a game-changer. Excellent piece of software! 🤩🚀

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