Pricing
Yappy is a free download. There is no account, no credit card, and no trial timer — you install the app and hold a key.
The only money involved is the language model you point it at, and in every case you pay that provider directly rather than paying us a markup. Two of the options cost nothing at all.
The Mac app
| Free | |
|---|---|
| Price | $0 |
| Account required | No |
On-device dictation (whisper.cpp) | Included |
| On-device screen context (Apple OCR) | Included |
| Personas | Included |
| Agent Mode (Right ⌘) | Included — uses your own Claude access |
| Automatic updates | Included |
| Platform | macOS 13+, Apple Silicon |
What a backend costs
The cleanup model is the one component with an ongoing cost, and which one you pick is entirely yours:
| Backend | What you pay | Notes |
|---|---|---|
ollama | Nothing | Fully local, open-source models. Works offline. |
custom | Nothing | Any OpenAI-compatible local server: LM Studio, vLLM, llama.cpp. |
| No cleanup at all | Nothing | Turn AI Cleanup off; Yappy types the raw transcript. |
claudeCode | Your existing Claude subscription | Runs through the claude CLI. No extra key. |
grokCode | Your existing xAI subscription | Runs through the grok CLI. No extra key. |
anthropic / openai | Provider metered rates | Your own API key, billed by them. |
hosted | The Yappy plan | Hosted inference vended to the app, set up during onboarding. |
Agent Mode always runs through the claude CLI, independently of the cleanup setting, so it needs Claude access even if cleanup is local.
The web API and MCP server
Free, and no API key. The public REST API at https://yappy.biz/api/v1 and the MCP server at https://yappy.biz/mcp serve read-only public product data — releases, docs, FAQ, pricing. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to pay.
Anonymous callers are rate limited generously (see rate limits). If you need a higher ceiling, an OAuth client can be registered self-serve — no sales call — as described in authentication.
Refunds
There is nothing to refund: the app is free. If you are paying a model provider and Yappy is the reason it is not working, mail [email protected] and we will help you get it working or help you turn that backend off.
Machine-readable
GET https://yappy.biz/api/v1/pricing returns the same table as JSON, and [/pricing.md](https://yappy.biz/pricing.md) is this page in markdown.