Yakki

Write at the speed of your thoughts

About Yakki

Yakki is a Mac dictation app that lets you write at the speed of your thoughts, 100% locally on your Mac: hold the global hotkey in any app, speak, and release to get cleaned text with filler words and false starts removed, in 25+ languages with instant switching. Unlike other dictation apps it also captures any audio playing on your Mac - Zoom and Teams meetings, podcasts, YouTube, voice memos - and transcribes it with speaker diarization, then generates AI meeting summaries with key points, decisions and action items. A full searchable history with audio playback keeps everything you have dictated.

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Yakki: strengths & things to check

Strengths

Free tier available — you can start without paying (freemium model).
Covers dictation, transcription, macos, local, meetings — see the focus areas listed in its key facts.
Has 6 close alternatives in the same category on this page, so switching or comparing is easy.

Things to check

The full feature set sits behind a paid plan — check which limits the free tier carries on the official site before committing.
Current plan prices are not listed here (they change too often to print reliably) — confirm the exact price on the official site.
It is one of 879 tools in the Utilities & Security category here — compare it against the alternatives below before you commit.

Derived from this listing's own data (pricing model, focus areas and category) — not a hands-on review score.

Yakki pricing

Pricing model	Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more.
Free access	Yes — free tier, paid upgrades available
Current plan prices	Listed on the official site — prices change, so this directory links out instead of printing a number that may already be stale.
Official site	yakki.ai

Yakki key facts

Category: Utilities & Security
Pricing: Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more.
Focus areas: dictation, transcription, macos, local, meetings
Official site: yakki.ai

Yakki FAQ

How much does Yakki cost?

Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more. Current plans and prices are listed on the official site (yakki.ai).

What is Yakki used for?

Write at the speed of your thoughts Its focus areas in the Utilities & Security category: dictation, transcription, macos, local, meetings.

Where can I try Yakki?

On its official site, yakki.ai — the Visit Official Site button above goes straight there.

Yakki vs alternatives

	Yakki	Amethyst	AppCleaner	Bartender
Pricing	Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Paid — this directory does not list a free tier for it.
Focus areas	dictation, transcription, macos, local, meetings	window manager, macos, tiling, open source	uninstaller, macos, cleanup, free	menu bar, macos, organization, utility
Official site	yakki.ai	ianyh.com	freemacsoft.net	macbartender.com
Directory status	Listed	Listed	Listed	Listed

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About the Utilities & Security category

Password managers, cloud storage, and VPNs for everyday digital security. The Utilities & Security category on Tools Hub currently lists 879 tools. Alongside Yakki, it includes EzSignly, Passport Photo Ready.com, Transpic AI, EditTextImage.

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