Where did
it go?

The pricing you promised. The idea in the shower. The thing you promised on your third call today.

Ducktate is a Mac app that turns your speech and meetings into private Markdown notes, transcribed on your Mac, with no bot in your calls.

Here.

Everything you think, say, and do. Caught, cleaned, and filed on your Mac.

Get DucktateSee it work
Slack · 4:52pmnever sent
yeah send them the annual pric
You got pulled into a call. The draft is still there. Acme is still waiting.
Filed · Action item
Shower · Tuesdaygone
The onboarding fix. The good one.
You had the whole thing. By breakfast you had the word "onboarding."
Filed · Ideas
Call · 2:10pmwhich friday
"I'll follow up Friday."
You meant it. You said it on two other calls today too.
Filed · Meetings
Voice Memos04:12 · unplayed
New Recording 37
Something important, in the car, on Wednesday. Nobody will ever listen to it. Including you.
Filed · Dictations
Notes.app2 lines
asdf mtg notes
"blocker = audio?? ask J" That is the whole note.
Filed · Meetings
Sticky notebehind the desk
call back re: pricing
Whose pricing. It was yellow. It was load-bearing.
Filed · Action item
Your head · 11:40pmyou will not
"I'll remember it tomorrow."
The one idea. The big one. You will remember it tomorrow.
Filed · Ideas
Ducktate Home: reminders, action items, and recent notes, all on your Mac
Scroll to tidy up

Since you opened this page

You could have said all of this by now.

Talking runs about three and a half times faster than typing. Every minute you spend typing a thought is a minute the next thought has to wait, and most of them don't.

On this page
0:00
minutes:seconds
Words you could have spoken
0
at 150 words a minute
Words you could have typed
0
at 40 words a minute
Left your Mac
0 bytes
on-device transcription

Rates are common averages for conversational speech and everyday typing. Try yours: ducktate.com/tools/speaking-vs-typing-speed-test

Sound familiar?

You said it. Now you can't find it.

Each of these chats is you looking for something you already said out loud.

Them · 9:14am
Hey, did you send Acme the pricing?
You · 9:31am
Yes! Sending now. (You are still looking for the number.)
Them · Standup
Didn't you say you had a fix for onboarding?
You · Standup
I did. I had a whole plan. Give me a sec.
Them · 2:02pm
What did we decide about the audio on Tuesday?
You · 2:40pm
Let me check my notes. (Your notes say "audio?? ask J".)
Them · 6:10pm
Can you write up the call for the people who missed it?
You · 6:11pm
...
You, to you · 11:40pm
I'll remember it in the morning.

Hold a key and talk.
It's already a note.
Next time, just search.

Replaces Wispr Flow

You had it. The perfect way to say it. Then the moment passed.

Talk. It catches the clean version.

Hold a key, talk in any app, and the filler is gone before it lands. On device. Just ducktate it.

Hold Right ⌥ to talk ↘
You say
Ducktate types into Slack
Slack · #product
Send
3:00pm · Zoom

The call starts. So does Ducktate.

It sees the meeting, pops out, and listens from your Mac's own audio. No bot joins. Nobody gets the "recording" banner.

0 bytes of audio uploaded
3:31pm · One minute after you hang up

The call becomes a note. Filed for you.

When the call ends, Ducktate writes the summary, decisions, and action items, labels the speakers, and files it. Plain Markdown you own, in the same vault as your dictation.

Meetings / Acme Discovery Call.md
Tomorrow · 8:05am

Your morning already knows what you promised.

Reminders and action items from every call and every voice note, in one place. You become the person who never forgets.

Reminder · Send Acme the annual pricing
Ducktate meeting pop-out recording a call The finished meeting note in Ducktate Ducktate Home the next morning Live · recording

And the part they can't match

Someone takes
your laptop.

This is what they get.

Encryption Mode
Call with the landlord about the lease

Rent stays at $2,150 through the renewal.

Landlord will fix the water heater by Friday.

Ask about the parking spot before signing.

Send the signed copy back by the 10th.

Follow up if the fix isn't done in time.

2026-09-02-landlord-lease.md
Anyone with the file can read it

Encrypted: 62%

AES-256. The key lives in your Mac's Keychain. Not in iCloud. Not with us.

2:04am.
The idea.7:15am.
Already on your Mac.

Hold the mic on your iPhone, say it, go back to sleep. It lands in your vault, cleaned and filed, before you're up.

Ducktate on iPhone: hold to talk, with recent captures syncing

Do the math

Stop paying for three.

Wispr Flow
$15 / month
renews the 14th
card ending 4421
Cancelled
Granola
$14 / month
renews the 2nd
card ending 4421
Cancelled
Notion
$10 / month
renews the 9th
card ending 4421
Cancelled
All three, in one app Ducktate $8.99/mo or $89.99/yr

12 months

Month 12: three apps $468, Ducktate $89.99.

Cheaper from month 3.

You keep $378.

Three apps
2026-09-02   #000391
Wispr Flow$15 x 12
Granola$14 x 12
Notion$10 x 12
TOTAL$468
Still billing
Ducktate
2026-09-02   #000392
1 year$89.99
TOTAL$89.99

Competitor prices from their public pricing pages, 2026.

Ducktate vs the rest

Same job. Nothing leaves your Mac.

Wispr Flow, Granola, and Notion each do one piece. Ducktate does the whole job, on-device.

 DucktateWispr FlowGranolaNotion
Dictation in any appYesYesNoNo
Meeting notes, no bot joinsYesNoYesNo
Editable notes you own (Markdown)YesNo-Yes
Audio and notes stay on deviceYesCloudCloudCloud
Runs AI locally, or offYesNoNoNo
Encryption at restYes---
One-time lifetime price$149$79Sold outNoNoNo
or
Monthly price$8.99/mo$15/mo$14/mo$10/mo

Based on each product's public pages, August 2026.

ducktate

verb · /ˈdək·teɪt/

to think out loud to your computer and get back clean, filed notes.

Pricing

Lifetime access, or monthly.

LIFETIME FOUNDING BETA

The founding beta is full.

Early beta, half price. Every Pro feature, for life. All 100 seats are gone.

100 of 100 founding seats claimed
$149$79 once
Sold out
or go month to month
FREE
$0
  • On-device dictation
  • All transcription models
  • Bring your own ChatGPT
  • Notes you own
Get the app
PRO · MONTHLY
$8.99/mo · or $89.99/yr
  • Everything in Free
  • Meeting capture, no bot
  • Local meeting AI
  • Encryption mode
Get monthly

Questions

Things people ask.

What is Ducktate?

Ducktate is a Mac app for push-to-talk dictation and no-bot meeting capture. It transcribes on your Mac and files everything as Markdown notes you own.

Is Ducktate free? How much does it cost?

Ducktate has a free plan. Pro is $8.99 per month or $89.99 per year. The founding lifetime license was limited to 100 seats and is sold out.

Does my audio go to the cloud?

No. Transcription runs on your computer and the audio never leaves it. If you turn on AI cleanup, you can keep that local too with a local model.

Does a bot join my meetings?

No. Ducktate records through your computer's audio system, so it captures both sides without a bot. Nobody in the call sees anything join.

Which meetings can it detect?

Slack Huddles, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet in a supported browser (Chrome, Safari, Arc, Brave, or Edge), and Discord. It always asks before recording. Meeting capture needs macOS 14.4 or later.

Do I have to pay for an AI API?

No. AI cleanup is optional and works with the Claude or ChatGPT account you already have, with no API key and no per-word bills. Pro adds local models via Ollama and any model via OpenRouter. Or turn AI off and keep raw transcripts.

Where are my notes stored?

As plain Markdown in a folder you choose. No account is needed to read your own notes.

Does it work offline?

Yes for transcription, using the bundled model. Bigger, more accurate models download on demand. Offline AI cleanup uses a local model on your computer, available on Pro.

How long does setup take?

About two minutes. Install the app, sign in, pick the folder your notes live in, and grant two permissions: microphone and Accessibility. Then hold the hotkey and talk, or take your next call.

What do I need to run it?

A Mac with Apple Silicon on macOS 14 or later. Meeting capture needs macOS 14.4 or later.