Dictation with no account, and no audio leaving the Mac.
Privacy pages are easy to write. This one lists every outbound connection the app makes, so you can check the claim instead of trusting it.
If you dictate client notes, medical detail, legal drafts or unreleased product work, the question is not whether a vendor promises to keep it. It is whether the words ever leave the machine at all. On-device dictation makes that question moot, and no account means there is no profile to attach the words to in the first place.
What that means in practice.
No account, no email, no password
You download the app and use it. If you buy, you paste a licence key. There is no sign-up screen, no profile, and no password to be leaked in someone else's breach. The key check happens about once a week and carries the key and a device activation, nothing else.
Every connection, listed
Hugging Face for the one-time model download. downloads.evolveratechnologies.com for a signed update manifest. evolveratechnologies.com for the weekly licence check. feedback.evolveratechnologies.com only when you press Send feedback. No audio, no transcripts, no analytics, no crash reports.
The AI layer is local too
This is where most privacy-first apps hand off to a cloud model. Blurt runs a local model for punctuation, paragraphs and lists, and rule-based filler cleanup that needs no model. There is no API key field because nothing is called.
It stays away from secure fields
Optional context awareness reads the window title or focused field to spell things correctly. It never reads secure or password fields, and skips password managers by default. Transcripts live on your disk in a history you can search, edit, export or delete.
| Blurt | Account-based dictation | |
|---|---|---|
| Sign-up | None. Licence key only | Email and password, or SSO |
| Where speech is processed | Your Mac | Their servers, usually |
| What is transmitted | Licence key and device activation, weekly | Audio or transcripts, plus usage data |
| Analytics | None | Typically product analytics and crash reporting |
| If the vendor is breached | There is no transcript store to breach | Depends on their retention policy |
| Transcript storage | Local history you can edit or delete | Their account, under their terms |
| Works with no connection | Yes | No |
Common questions
Which dictation apps do not require an account?
Blurt and VoiceInk are the two we know of on the Mac. Superwhisper requires one for its Pro tier, Voibe creates one in the app, and Wispr Flow cannot run without one.
What exactly does the licence check send?
Your licence key and a device activation, roughly once a week. No transcript, no audio, no email address, no usage statistics. If the check cannot reach the server the app keeps working.
Is there any telemetry?
No analytics and no crash reporting. If something breaks you can send a feedback message, and that only happens when you press the button.
Can I use it under an NDA or in a regulated environment?
Speech never leaves the Mac, which removes the usual objection. Blurt has no compliance certifications, no team administration and no audit log, so if your organisation requires those, look at an enterprise product rather than this one.
Where are my transcripts stored?
On your Mac, in a history you can search, edit, export or delete. Nothing is synced anywhere, which also means nothing is recoverable if you wipe the machine.
Nothing to sign up for.
Download it, use it for 14 days, and check the connections yourself with Little Snitch running if you like.
Apple Silicon. 14-day trial, no card and no account. After the trial it keeps working at 20 dictations a day. Every paid plan, Lifetime included, carries a 30-day money-back guarantee.