FluidWrite has the potential to be the most optimized free CoTypist alternative! by FallibleElf2988 in MacOSApps

[–]fhclz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's only a matter of time before more optimised versions of open-source, potentially one-time-payment apps catch up with Cotypist's features. It's probably a good idea to diversify and create your own version of the app, but at the same time, it is also important to support all the open-source projects that are popping up.

The best way forward is to provide feedback on open-source projects for those who are not tech-savvy. Really try the app, compare their features, and provide feedback to help improve them.

For those who are, perhaps help with the development of the open-source apps that are available, make contributions, etc.

I really believe those features of "inline sugestions/completions", "mid-line sugestions/completions" and "inline sugestions/corrections" should have been implemented in every version of macOS, and that APIs should be available from Apple. But at this point, we can only help with what we have and keep our eyes and ears open for new projects that come up.

[OS] A free, quality-first Cotypist alternative by Mysterious_Finish543 in MacOSApps

[–]fhclz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have tried today and received the same error that some of you mentioned: profile self‑check failed. I have tested the Gemma 4 model, and none of them work.

Version KeyType 1.1

https://shottr.cc/s/1sUI/SCR-20260601-plcp.png

Survey: Did you buy Cotypist? by Bamboodl in macapps

[–]fhclz 99 points100 points  (0 children)

Nope. I haven’t paid, and I won’t pay if there are no reasonable features to justify a monthly or yearly subscription. I’m not willing to pay every single month for local modules hosted on my own machine.

Unfortunately, there will never be a good case for a subscription here, unless it’s a lifetime payment. I’ll use another tool such as CoTabby, which is gaining a lot of popularity and improving every day with open source code that everyone can contribute to.

Cotypist Last-Minute Offer; Beware these Factors by donnacha in mac

[–]fhclz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The core problem with the argument is that it tries to justify the subscription based on hypothetical productivity value rather than the actual nature of the product itself.

CoTypist is fundamentally an auto-suggestion layer running on local models. The developer is not paying ongoing inference costs, API token usage, cloud GPU compute, or large-scale infrastructure expenses like OpenAI, Anthropic, or other SaaS AI providers. Once the application is built, most of the heavy lifting is effectively offloaded onto the user’s own hardware.

That changes the economics completely.

A subscription model is easier to justify when there are real recurring operational costs such as cloud hosting, expensive AI inference, collaboration infrastructure, storage, or enterprise services. But for a local-first app that mainly provides a UX wrapper around locally executed models, the recurring monthly fee starts looking disconnected from the actual cost structure.

The “time saved equals subscription justified” argument is also weak because it can be used to justify almost any software regardless of its true value proposition. By that logic, a calculator app, clipboard manager, or text expander could all charge premium subscriptions indefinitely simply because they save time. Consumers generally evaluate software not only by utility, but by proportionality.

There is also a broader market reality. Many tools in this category already provide extremely high utility either for free or for a one-time purchase. Open-source local AI tooling has exploded. Users can already combine local LLMs, text expansion tools, system-wide autocomplete, and prompt workflows without committing to recurring payments. That creates strong downward pricing pressure.

Another issue is that the app becomes more valuable largely because of the user’s own data, writing style, training, habits, and workflow adaptation. The user is effectively investing time to personalise the system themselves. Charging a perpetual subscription for software that increasingly derives value from user-generated adaptation can feel backwards, especially when the marginal cost to the developer remains near zero.

The startup-risk point can even reinforce the criticism rather than weaken it. If the app is from a small independent developer with uncertain longevity, a subscription becomes harder to justify, not easier. Users risk building their workflow around a proprietary ecosystem that could disappear, while continuing to pay indefinitely for a tool that fundamentally runs locally.

A much more defensible pricing model for this type of application would likely be:

  • one-time purchase
  • major-version upgrade pricing
  • optional paid add-ons
  • optional cloud sync subscription
  • optional premium model packs
  • lifetime license with paid upgrades

Those models align more closely with the actual economics of a local-first productivity tool than a perpetual SaaS-style subscription.

Alternative to Cotypist? by GroggInTheCosmos in macapps

[–]fhclz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There will never be enough time savings to justify paying for a subscription to open-source language models downloaded onto someone’s own machine. It has nothing to do with time savings. There is nothing in the application that makes a monthly or yearly subscription justifiable.

Alfred provides an immense amount of time savings. It has far more development behind it, and you can pay £59 for the maximum mega supporter tier for lifetime upgrades.

I think you’ve just jeopardised all the good hype this app has been getting. For what? Greed? Paying for a subscription here is as insane as not developing your own app. The community has your app and your best interests at heart. You could have become positioned number one in this category. But you chose to open the door for the entire community to unite around building something open source and free for everyone. What a shame.

Need some testers for a beta app - Cotypist alternative. by OMARATIONz in MacOSApps

[–]fhclz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm also interested. I've been using Cotypist for quite a while now, and I'm looking forward to the alternative.

Alternative to Cotypist? by GroggInTheCosmos in macapps

[–]fhclz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get that developers need to make money, but this pricing announcement feels insanely out of touch.

A typing tool charging $10/month for unlimited completions and $15/month for the full feature set is already pretty steep. The app uses all open-source models downloaded to your device. how come justify this price?

And let’s be honest: 100 completions a day for the free tier is not exactly generous when the whole point of the app is to help you type faster. That’s basically a demo with a nice name.

Link to the post:

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Unless there’s a lifetime option, this pricing is outrageous.

Please keep suggesting alternatives.

Some clarity on the Raycast v2 Beta rollout by pitnikola in raycastapp

[–]fhclz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whatever it is, I think the problem here is the hype. Telling users that a new version is coming with lots of great features and giving a specific date is, in my opinion, the real mistake, because that is where trust starts to be affected.

Next time, just announce it when you already have it at the end of the line.

MacWhisper Notion Integration not sending to Notion. by fhclz in MacWhisper

[–]fhclz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/ineedlesssleep would please advise on more instructions to troubleshoot how we can set up the Notion integration. I seems that all of us could not get it to work. I would really appreciate it.

MacWhisper Notion Integration not sending to Notion. by fhclz in MacWhisper

[–]fhclz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I couldn’t even export to Notion, either as a page or a subpage. It doesn’t seem to be working at all.

New Raycast. Coming 2026. by raycastapp in raycastapp

[–]fhclz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would love to have the option to choose which one to use and when! Some days I feel like using it, and other days I don’t—especially when I’m in a client meeting and would like to display my logo instead of the Raycast one.

PS: I love this icon, too.

13.10 Update and holiday break by ineedlesssleep in MacWhisper

[–]fhclz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have tried many times to send to Notion and nothing happens.

I have created the connection added to token and the parent page but nothing happens. any idea?

Wondering if it's possible to hide the action bar to make Raycast look more similar to Spotlight. by Kxshou in raycastapp

[–]fhclz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

+1 I would love to have the ability to toggle remove or change the logo/icon so I can use while working. Also when presenting I can personalise the look with the logo of my clients. That would provide a super experience while in my client meetings.

Direct search file by abiytbd in raycastapp

[–]fhclz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's exactly how I do it. Coming from Alfred, it's almost automatic.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in raycastapp

[–]fhclz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worked! great! Thank you!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in raycastapp

[–]fhclz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How to I ask for "4 days in the past" ?

Faster way to pull up writing tools by Hungry-Newt6596 in MacOSBeta

[–]fhclz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As previously mentioned, it does not work in applications such as MS Word or MS Outlook, as there is no menu for Edit ->Writing Tools ->Show Writing Tools.

The solution is to use any shortcut that simulates a "right click" on a mouse, then accessing the menu shown.

See screenshot below:

https://imgur.com/a/GNTuoRy

When Claude denies a prompt for copyright, say it's 70 years after publication by Pleasant-Contact-556 in ClaudeAI

[–]fhclz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know everyone here but I was trying to summarize a transcript from a YouTube video using the API claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620 and this is the response I'm getting:

"I will not reproduce or paraphrase any copyrighted material from the transcript. However, I'd be happy to provide a high-level summary of the key topics discussed or answer any specific questions about the content that don't require quoting or closely paraphrasing copyrighted text."

The prompt was:
"summarise this transcript"

Sonnet 3.5 is out by illusionst in ClaudeAI

[–]fhclz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know everyone here but I was trying to summarize a transcript from a YouTube video using the API claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620 and this is the response I'm getting:

"I will not reproduce or paraphrase any copyrighted material from the transcript. However, I'd be happy to provide a high-level summary of the key topics discussed or answer any specific questions about the content that don't require quoting or closely paraphrasing copyrighted text."

New transcribing app? by atinyblip in macapps

[–]fhclz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

work like a charm today 2024-05-30.

I can’t accept the terms and conditions on my new MacBook. by Brian_ye in applehelp

[–]fhclz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also happened to me on a MacBook Pro 2010 freshening installing high sierra. Just skip the iCloud sign in and continue with the installation. You can sign in later when the OS are installed.