Fact · Dictation software
Yes
JustScribe's home page says the app is free and open source, with no subscriptions.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 23, 2026
In the source's own words
“JustScribe is free and open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0. There are no subscriptions, accounts or usage limits.”
JustScribe: Free Voice Dictation and Speech to Text for Mac, Quassum, 2026, Home page, FAQ.
Open the original- What it measures
- The FAQ also says there are no accounts and no usage limits.
- What it does not show
- The free status is the maker's statement; the licence is GPL v3.0.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as JustScribe: free plan: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- JustScribe
- Feature
- Free plan
- Detail
- Free, open source, no subscription
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this.
A row of Dictation Software Prices: What Each App Costs, as JustScribe, free app: 0 US dollars.
- App
- JustScribe
- Plan
- Free
- Billing
- Free
- Platforms
- Mac
- Where speech is processed
- On device
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- The FAQ says the app is free with no subscriptions; recorded as 0 US dollars. Speech is transcribed on the Mac.
Source
Used to calculate
- In the dictation and voice typing app prices dataset, the 150 published figures for “Free” have a median of 0 US dollars, ranging from 0 to 0.
- The dictation and voice typing app prices dataset holds 392 data points, each a published figure traced to its source.
- The dictation and voice typing app prices dataset draws on 201 distinct sources.
- The features of dictation and voice typing apps dataset holds 1348 data points, each a published figure traced to its source.
- The features of dictation and voice typing apps dataset draws on 459 distinct sources.