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MacWhisper

Transcribe interviews and calls on your Mac without uploading audio. Nonprofit discount.

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Solid optionPrivate on-device transcription, but Mac-only.

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Price

Free plan · Pro about €64 one-off (reported)

Nonprofit offer

Yes

Available in

🌍Anywhere

Suits

Volunteer-run · Small · Medium

A discounted price for nonprofit organisations is listed on the vendor's page; third-party sources report 25% off.

Follow the nonprofit discount instructions on the MacWhisper page; the exact verification steps were not confirmed.

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Great for

Transcribing sensitive interviews, focus groups and case conversations privately
Mac-based teams who want a one-off cost instead of subscriptions
Audio stays on your computer
One-off price instead of a subscription
Nonprofit discount

Watch out for

Windows or Linux users (Mac only)
Teams wanting a shared cloud transcript library
Mac only
Accuracy varies with the model and audio quality
Prices and discount details not confirmed on an official page

Problems it solves

“I need to transcribe client interviews without uploading them to the cloud”“We record focus groups and need private transcripts”“I want to transcribe board meetings on my Mac for free”“Is there a one-off price transcription tool for charities”“I need subtitles for our videos without a subscription”

About MacWhisper+

MacWhisper is a Mac app that turns audio and video into text using OpenAI's Whisper models running on your own computer, so recordings are not uploaded to a cloud service. It suits staff who record client interviews, oral histories or sensitive meetings. There is a free version and a one-off paid Pro licence, with a nonprofit discount.

Pricing: Free version covers basic file transcription with smaller models. Pro is reported at about €64 as a one-off payment and adds batch transcription, speaker recognition, meeting recording and more. Third-party sources report a 25% discount for students, journalists and nonprofits. Exact prices were not shown on the vendor page fetched.

Key features+

Runs Whisper models on your MacAudio and video file transcriptionSpeaker recognition and batch jobs on ProExport to text and subtitle formatsOne-off Pro licence

AI features+

The product is AI: on-device speech-to-text using Whisper models.

Data & privacy+

MacWhisper emphasises on-device processing, so audio is transcribed on your Mac and is not sent to a cloud service. The exact privacy statements and any optional cloud features were not confirmed on the vendor page. As with any transcription, get consent from the people recorded and store files securely.

How sure are we?+

The vendor's pages couldn't be fully checked. Treat details as a starting point and confirm with the vendor. Prices and nonprofit programs change often, so check with MacWhisper before you commit. Rankings on Nonprofit Tools are never for sale.

Sources · last checked 2026-10-02