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A complete feature set
“cleanshotx - scrolling screenshots is much more robust.”Evidence: r/macapps · Shottr vs CleanShot X in 2026. Which one are you actually sticking with?
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Yap for Mac
Fast, private voice dictation for Apple Silicon Macs and Windows PCs. Turn speech into text at your cursor with on-device recognition, no audio uploads, and local history.
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“I don't think it makes sense to spend the money for Cleanshot when other apps do most of what it does for a lot less or free.”Evidence: r/macapps · Shottr vs CleanShot X in 2026. Which one are you actually sticking with?
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What Yap says it does
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Yap is private voice dictation for Apple Silicon Macs and Windows PCs. Hold a shortcut, speak, and release: Yap turns your speech into clean, punctuated text and types it where your cursor is, in email, documents, chat, browsers, terminals and coding agents.
Why Yap
- Speech recognition (NVIDIA Parakeet) runs on your Mac, so your audio is never uploaded.
- Works offline after a one-time model download.
- 25 European languages, detected automatically for each recording.
- Adds punctuation and removes filler words.
- Searchable history that stays on your device.
- One subscription covers Mac and Windows.
Requirements: macOS 13 or later on Apple Silicon (M1 or newer).
Pricing: the first 3 days are free with no account or card, then a 10-day trial, then USD 6.90 a month or USD 69 a year.
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