Launched this week
Cotypist
Local AI Autocomplete in your voice, anywhere on your Mac
4.4•27 reviews•286 followers
Local AI Autocomplete in your voice, anywhere on your Mac
4.4•27 reviews•286 followers
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.
I’ve been using Cotypist for a few weeks now. Congratulations on the launch! I agree with others that it feels a bit pricey for the current product and the current feature set. I got the Pro (annual) subscription, hoping for more development and added features. I likely won't renew next year if the product doesn't improve significantly. I think, for me, the Pro subscription will be worth it if it can replace Grammarly and a dictation/transcribing tool like Meetily, Whisper, etc. - I think they all use the same models under the hood.
Also, I want to echo the comment about the lifetime subscription posted above.
And lastly, I feel like people who had been using Cotypist before the launch should have been offered more than just a three-month extension on the (currently) overpriced Pro subscription. These are the people who helped make the product what it is now.
Thank you!
ToolCat
I'm not sure what made you think the pricing is a good idea. Limiting features and usage on a software that only eats from the users resources is really an awkward choice.
I totally get that one time pricing might not be viable for a developer these days as you need to finance continous development/improvements that people expect but close to 150€ per year when billed monthly is a bit of a stretch for the full functionality.
Would you have chosen a V1 price of maybe 39-59€ and then asked for updates or even a much lower price per year I would have gotten it but at current pricing it's just not at all interesting anymore to me.
Good luck anyways.
Been using Cotypist for about a month now and it's a great app. I fully planned on upgrading to the paid version until I saw it was a subscription. I don't understand the pricing model for an app that is not a service, and I don't use it enough to warrant an ongoing payment. That said, the app is great and I'm hoping the free version is enough for my limited usage.
I’ve been looking for something like Cotypist for years, and I couldn’t be happier with the app Daniel built. This is what I needed, and then some. And this is just the beginning! I’m excited to see what else this app can do further down the road. I’m using the app on two Macs, an M1 with 16GB, and an M4 with 32GB. No problems, no lag. One more thing: I’m using the ; key to accept completions. For a touch typist, that’s the fastest method.
@tvdster Thank you for the kind words, and for the early support! I have lots of ideas on where to take Cotypist next, and am glad to have you along for the ride!
Also, happy to hear that Cotypist is working well even on an M1 Mac. In terms of your completion key, where is ; located on your keyboard (this varies depending on the keyboard layout)? I personally am using the key above the Tab key, but I could imagine that a rarely-used key in the bottom right corner of the keyboard could also be a great option to hit with your pinky finger.
@daniel_a_a It's the international keyboard layout, so the ; key is next to the L key. That means I don’t have to lift my hands, just press the ; key with my right pinky finger.
The subscription pricing feels like an insulting rug pull. The product is “ok” but not worth the price he is asking. He got a ton of community support early on only to slap on a heavy tax to use the main features. When applied as an auto update it feels like he’s been intentionally hurting his user base. Do better.
I discovered Cotypist a month ago, and it became such an integral part of my workflow that I can’t remember the days without it. It integrates so natively and seamlessly, and the suggestions are correct in the vast majority of cases. It should come with Mac by default, honesty
@vonhraban Thank you for the kind words! "This should be built into macOS" is the highest form of praise, I really appreciate it.
Great product, been using it for a few days now and it's been giving me actual value, including while writing this! :)
However, the Plus tier is a bit too expensive in my opinion, would have instantly subscribed to it if it was a bit cheaper, still thinking about it though.