Plans and pricing
Voxstr offers three plans:
- Monthly — $2/month. Recurring subscription.
- Yearly — $10/year. Recurring subscription.
- Lifetime — $20 once. One-time purchase, includes updates for the foreseeable life of the product.
The first 1,000 customers get beta pricing: $1/month, $5/year, $10 lifetime. The beta tier is honored for the life of the subscription (or forever, for lifetime). Once the cap is hit, public pricing applies to new customers.
See the pricing section on the homepage for the current plan and the live beta-cohort counter.
How the trial works
The trial gives you 3,000 words of dictation before you need an active license. A few details worth knowing:
- Counted at successful injection. The counter only increments when text is actually injected into your focused app. Silent dictations, failed injections, and dictations you cancel before completion do not count against your trial.
- On-device counter. The counter lives on your Mac. We do not run a server-side trial usage database.
- Card required upfront. Trial signup collects a payment method via LemonSqueezy. You are not charged until the trial ends. You can cancel before the first charge from your LemonSqueezy customer portal.
- You can see your remaining words in the menu bar tooltip and in Settings → License.
When the trial counter reaches zero, dictation pauses. You stay in this state until you activate a license. Voxstr stays installed and your settings, vocabulary, and history are preserved.
Entering your license key
After purchase, LemonSqueezy emails you a license key. Activate it from Settings → License → Enter key. Voxstr contacts LemonSqueezy to verify the key and claim a device slot, then unlocks dictation.
You can also manage your subscription, payment method, and invoices from the LemonSqueezy customer portal — the link is in your purchase email and is also linked from the in-app dashboard at Settings → License → Manage subscription.
Device limits and self-deactivation
Each Voxstr license covers two active devices. If you want to use Voxstr on a third Mac (or you replaced an old Mac and need to reclaim its slot), free a slot from Settings → License → Devices. Pick the device you no longer use and click Deactivate. The slot is released within a few seconds and the new device can activate.
If you no longer have access to the old Mac (lost, stolen, or wiped), use the same screen — self-deactivation works without needing the original device online.
Renewal and the 7-day grace period
Subscriptions renew automatically. If a renewal payment fails (expired card, declined transaction, etc.), Voxstr enters a 7-day grace period:
- From day 1 of the grace period, Voxstr shows an in-app notice with a link to update your payment method.
- Your tier and dictation are not downgraded during the grace window. You keep using Voxstr normally.
- If the renewal succeeds within 7 days, the notice clears and nothing else changes.
- If 7 days pass without a successful renewal, your license expires and dictation pauses. Voxstr stays installed; you can re-activate by updating payment in the LemonSqueezy customer portal.
Cancellation
Cancel your subscription at any time from the LemonSqueezy customer portal. After cancellation:
- Your subscription remains active until the end of the current period. If you cancel a yearly plan in month 6, you keep dictating until month 12.
- At the end of the current period, the license expires and dictation pauses.
- Voxstr stays installed and your local data (history, vocabulary, settings) is untouched. You can re-purchase at any time and pick up where you left off.
Lifetime purchases do not need to be cancelled — there is no recurring charge.
Refunds
Email [email protected] within 30 days of purchase to request a refund. A few mechanics worth knowing in advance:
- No grace period after a refund. Once LemonSqueezy processes the refund and the webhook fires, your license is revoked immediately. Dictation pauses on next launch.
- Subscription refund. A refunded subscription cancels and access ends on processing — not at the end of the current period (that path is the cancellation flow above, which is different).
- Lifetime refund. The lifetime license is revoked, dictation is disabled, and Voxstr returns to the unlicensed state. You can re-purchase at any time.
Local data (history, vocabulary, settings) is yours regardless of license state. A refund does not delete anything from your Mac.
Founders licenses
Explicit pre-launch testers and Wave 1 promo code holders receive a Founders license. Founders pricing is honored for the life of the product, regardless of changes to public pricing. If you have one, the in-app license screen will show Founders as your tier and the customer portal will show your beta plan.
License troubleshooting
License is stuck on “Validating”
Voxstr is waiting on a response from LemonSqueezy. If it does not clear within 60 seconds, click Re-validate from Settings → License. If that fails, click Re-enter key and paste the key again. If it still fails, your network may be blocking the connection — see the troubleshooting article.
“Device limit reached” on activation
Your two device slots are taken. Open Settings → License → Devices on either of the active devices, deactivate one, then retry activation here. If neither device is reachable, use the same screen on the device you are activating — self-deactivation works remotely.
License says “Expired” right after I renewed
Voxstr has not re-validated yet. Wait up to 60 seconds and try again, or click Re-validate from Settings → License to force the check.
I cancelled but Voxstr still works
That is correct. Cancellation lets you keep dictating until the end of the current period. The license expires when the period ends; dictation pauses on the next launch after that.