Yap is a private, on-device dictation app for Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android. Plans start at $6.90/month after a free trial. See features and verdict.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
Yap is a dictation app from O-mega Enterprise Inc. that turns speech into text and types it wherever your cursor is. That can be an email, a chat message, a document or a prompt in ChatGPT. It runs on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, and one subscription covers every device.
The company positions Yap around three claims: speed, privacy and price. Speech recognition runs on your own device, so recordings are not uploaded. Built-in cleanup removes hesitation sounds and keeps the words you chose, which means less editing after you finish speaking.
The workflow has three steps. Hold the shortcut, which is Fn (Globe) by default in the Mac website edition, say what you want to write, then let go. Yap transcribes the speech on your computer and types the text into the app in front of you, with no separate editor to open.
During setup, Yap downloads its speech models once, about 1.4 GB on Mac. After that, dictation works offline, though the app needs internet for first launch, activation and periodic access checks. Offline access lasts up to 24 hours. Yap reports a median response of 0.56 seconds on an Apple M5 Pro Mac, and older Macs take longer.
Every plan includes unlimited on-device dictation, 25 languages detected as you speak, custom shortcuts, hands-free recording, a local history and automatic app updates. The history stays on your device, and you can read, copy or delete it even after your access ends.
Developers get specific attention. Yap says it types into any terminal, editor or agent, including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor and VS Code, and works over SSH. A browser demo also lets anyone test English dictation for up to 60 seconds with no download, keeping audio and text inside the browser tab.
Yap is a dictation app from O-mega Enterprise Inc. that types your speech at the cursor in any app. It runs on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android. Speech recognition happens on the device.
Yap costs $6.90 a month or $69 a year, and both plans include the same features. The yearly plan saves $13.80 compared with paying monthly. One subscription covers all supported devices.
Yes. Creating a free account in the app gives 3 days free with no card. To continue, you can start a 10-day trial with a card on either plan and cancel before it ends to avoid being charged.
According to Yap, no. Recordings are transcribed on your computer and are not uploaded or saved as audio, and dictation history stays on your device until you delete it. Internet is still needed for activation and periodic access checks.
Yap supports Macs with Apple silicon on macOS 13 or later, Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit), iPhone 12 Pro, 13 Pro, 14 or newer on iOS 17 or later, and Android 10 or later with 3 GB of memory or more. It supports 25 languages, detected as you speak.
Yes. Yap says it types into any terminal, editor or agent, including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor and VS Code, and works over SSH. It states that audio, code and screen text do not leave the computer.
After the speech models are downloaded during setup, dictation works offline. Offline access lasts up to 24 hours, and the app needs internet for first launch, activation and periodic access checks.
The edition downloaded from the Yap website types straight into the app you are using. The Mac App Store edition cannot type into other apps under Apple's rules, so it copies the text and you paste it with Command-V. Each edition has its own subscription.