Liltio Review (2026)Local Mac Dictation, $49 Once
By Daan Haket · Researched and written with an AI assistant · who does what
Liltio runs only on Apple silicon Macs with macOS 15.5 or later, so Windows users and owners of Intel Macs are out, and one licence covers 2 Macs.
Mac users on Apple silicon who dictate emails, notes and first drafts every day and want speech recognition on their own machine, paid for once instead of monthly.
you work on Windows or an Intel Mac, or you need dictation on more than two Macs per licence.
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Pricing (2026)
✓ Pricing re-verified 23 Oct 2026
Liltio sells one product, Liltio Local, as a one-time lifetime licence: $49 standard price, with no recurring subscription. A founding offer takes it to $29 for the first 100 paid licences, applied automatically while available; on 23 October 2026 the page counted 100 of 100 left and said availability is final at checkout. The licence covers 2 Macs and future Liltio updates; separately branded products are not included.
Before buying there is a 14-day full local trial in the app, with no card and no automatic charge when it ends. It is a trial, not a free plan. The page showed the same amounts on 12 October 2026. Plans change — always verify the live price on their site.
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What the pricing page doesn’t say
Speech recognition is local, but if you switch on a configured remote AI for text transforms, your prompts, text and relevant context go to that provider. We found no refund terms on the pricing page.
What Liltio does
Mac dictation app that runs speech recognition locally: hold the Fn or Globe key, speak, and the text lands in the field you are typing in, with optional AI to shorten, polish or translate. One-time licence for Apple silicon Macs.
One product, so the only choice is when to buy
There is no tier ladder: Liltio Local is the only paid product, and every buyer gets the same local dictation, dictionary and snippets. The decision is timing. The founding price of $29 instead of $49 runs only for the first 100 paid licences, and the page shows a live counter, so the saving is real while it lasts and gone once the counter reaches zero. The optional AI text transforms (shorten, polish, translate) can run locally, through a remote AI you configure yourself, or be switched off.
The pricing section lists no AI usage charges; a remote provider you configure has its own terms.
How to actually use Liltio
Check the requirements first: an Apple silicon Mac with macOS 15.5 or later, about 1.05 GB for the speech setup, and an internet connection for the initial model download and for trial or licence activation. Liltio asks for Microphone and Accessibility permissions. Then start the 14-day full local trial from inside the app; no card is needed and nothing is charged when it ends. Dictation works by holding the Fn or Globe key, speaking, and releasing to insert the text into a supported field, so test it in the apps you write in most before you buy. After activation, a paid Local licence keeps local dictation available offline.
Distilled from Liltio's own website, liltio.com: the homepage, pricing section, requirements and FAQ, read on 23 October 2026 (and on 12 October 2026). Liltio is an affiliate partner of ours through Lemon Squeezy. We have not used the software ourselves.
The natural comparison is Apple Dictation — the dictation built into macOS costs nothing extra, so Liltio has to earn its price with what it adds: a hold-to-talk hotkey that inserts at your cursor, a personal dictionary and snippets, local history and optional AI transforms to shorten, polish or translate.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Liltio cost?
$49 once for a lifetime Liltio Local licence, read on 23 October 2026, or $29 while the founding offer for the first 100 paid licences lasts. There is no subscription. Prices are in US dollars before tax.
Does Liltio send my voice to a server?
Liltio says no: speech recognition runs on your Mac and recordings are not kept in history. Only if you configure a remote AI for text transforms do your prompts, text and relevant context go to that provider.
Which Macs does it run on?
Apple silicon Macs with macOS 15.5 or later. One licence covers 2 Macs.
Is there a free version?
No free plan. You can try everything for 14 days inside the app; Liltio asks for no card and charges nothing when the trial is over.
Is this a hands-on review of Liltio?
This is a researched assessment, not a hands-on test — where we've used a tool ourselves, we say so explicitly. We name what each tool is good and bad at, and we earn a commission only if you sign up, at no cost to you.
- Read 2026-10-23 on liltio.com/#pricing; US dollars, before applicable taxes.
- A dated screenshot of that pricing page, kept on this site as the receipt.
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