Personal
Most people$29
was $49
Yours forever, on 2 Macs. Updates for a year.
Comparison
Flit vs Dragon
The modern Mac answer
The legacy incumbent, not for Mac
The short answer
If you searched for Dragon on a Mac, Flit is the modern answer: Nuance discontinued the Mac product, so there is no current version to buy. Flit is built for macOS specifically, runs entirely on your Mac, formats as it goes, and costs $49 once. Dragon on Windows remains the serious option for certified medical and legal vocabularies and full voice control of the computer, which Flit does not attempt.
Side by side
 Flit
| Dragon | |
|---|---|---|
| macOS support | Built for macOS only | Mac product discontinued |
| Where transcription happens | Your Mac | Varies, cloud in modern products |
| Pricing model | $49 once | Professional licensing, historically costly |
| Account required | No | Typically yes |
| Text appears as you speak | Yes | Yes, historically |
| Deep command and control | Dictation focused | Yes, extensive |
| Specialist vocabularies | Personal dictionary | Yes, medical and legal |
| Knows your codebase | Indexes it locally | No |
| Modern macOS integration | Native | No |
Compared against Dragon’s own published information. “Not stated” means they do not publish that detail. Prices change, so confirm before you buy.
Why people pick Flit
- It exists on macOS, which is the decisive point if you use a Mac.
- Native macOS integration, including Apple silicon and the accessibility layer.
- One payment, no account, no server.
- Modern formatting: fillers removed, per-app tone, snippets, a codebase index.
In fairness
- Specialist medical and legal vocabularies, decades deep.
- Extensive voice control for driving a computer, not just dictating.
- Enterprise deployment for regulated industries.
- On Windows, it is still a serious tool.
Listed because they are true. None of them changes the answer if you dictate on a Mac and want your words to stay there.
What actually decides it
If you searched “Dragon for Mac”, here is the situation
Nuance discontinued Dragon Professional Individual for Mac, so there is no current Mac product to buy. People searching this term are usually long-time Dragon users who changed machines. What they miss most is the custom vocabulary and the command control. Flit covers the vocabulary need with a learning personal dictionary and more than 60 spoken commands; it does not attempt full voice control of the operating system.
Where Flit is not the answer
If you need to drive a whole computer by voice, including navigation and clicking, Flit is not that tool and Talon is a better place to look. If you need certified medical or legal vocabularies, Dragon on Windows remains the serious option. Flit is dictation into apps, done very well, on one platform.
The verdict
Choose Flit if
you are on a Mac and want modern dictation that formats as it goes.
Join the waitlist7 days free · $29 once, up to 2 Macs · macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon
Choose Dragon if
you are on Windows and need specialist vocabularies or full command and control.
Questions
Is there a Dragon for Mac in 2026?
Nuance discontinued the Mac product, so there is no current version to buy. Mac users looking for a replacement are choosing among the modern Mac dictation apps, including Flit.
Can Flit do medical or legal dictation?
You can add any terminology to the personal dictionary and it will be spelled correctly. Flit does not ship certified specialist vocabularies, and we would not claim parity with Dragon on that.
Can Flit control my Mac by voice?
No. It dictates text and handles spoken punctuation and formatting. For full voice control, look at Talon or the accessibility features built into macOS.
Pricing
One price. Yours forever.
You will buy Flit once and it is yours permanently, on up to 2 Macs, with 12 months of updates. No subscription, no account, no upsell.
Launch pricing
First 100 licenses
Once they are gone, Personal steps to $39, then $49. Lifetime goes to $99.
Lifetime
$79
was $99
Yours forever, on 2 Macs. Every update, forever.
Not on sale yet. These are the prices Flit will launch at. macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon. 7 days free first, no card, and a 30-day refund.
Both include
- Every feature. There is no Pro tier and nothing is held back.
- All 99 languages and every local model, downloadable free.
- Developer mode, snippets, the dictionary that learns, a style per app.
- No account. Flit never asks who you are.
Team
Per Mac$195
$39 per Mac, once, with a year of updates. One key for everyone.
$34 per Mac from 10.
Join the waitlist
More than 50? Let us talk.
How a team license works
- Licensed per Mac. Ten people with one Mac each is 10 Macs. A laptop and a desktop count as 2.
- One key with exactly that many activations. Free a seat yourself when a Mac is replaced.
- Nothing to provision and nothing to audit. No accounts, and nothing leaves any Mac.
12 months of updates, one renewal date for the whole key.
macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon
Questions? The pricing page answers the usual ones. If a future major version is ever a paid upgrade, you will hear it from us before you pay for anything.
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