I.Pricing

One price.
Your Macs.

$2/ month

Unlimited on-device meeting transcription, Live Captions translation, app hotkeys, and input modes. Up to five Macs, household sharing included.

Upgrade — $2 / monthBilled annually · Cancel anytime · Free plan stays free foreverTeam plans — coming soon.

II.What you get

Freevs.Personalvs.Pro

Free vs. Personal vs. Pro
FeatureFreePersonalPro
Keyboard
Move, resize & snap gesturesIncludedIncludedIncluded
Command → input switchingIncludedIncludedIncluded
App hotkeys1UnlimitedUnlimited
App-specific input modes1UnlimitedUnlimited
Voice
Recording (Mic + Speaker)IncludedIncludedIncluded
Transcription per recordingUp to 75 minutesUnlimited in appUnlimited in app + CLI
Meeting summaryUp to 75 minutesIncluded in appIncluded in app + CLI
Live CaptionsIncludedIncludedIncluded
Live Captions translation75 min / rolling weekUnlimitedUnlimited
iCloud Drive sync—IncludedIncluded
Watched folder automation——Coming soon
MCP server——Coming soon
Additional summary templates—Coming soonComing soon
Cross-session search across your recordings—Coming soonComing soon
Calendar-driven auto-capture—Coming soonComing soon
Account
Install on your MacsUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
Signed-in devices per license—55
Household sharing (one account, many Macs)—IncludedIncluded
Email support—IncludedIncluded
PriceFree$2 / mo$8 / mo

* On Free, the meeting summary covers only the transcribed portion when a recording exceeds 1 hour 15 minutes. Pro unlocks full-length transcript and summary access through the CLI.

II.Household policy

Five Macs. One household.

A Personal license covers up to five active Macs. Your home Mac, travel laptop, partner’s, your kids’ — sign into the same Kanary account on each and they all stay licensed.

No per-seat math, no family invites to manage. Hit the limit, revoke a Mac from the account page, continue on a new one. Commercial team use gets its own plan when Teams ships.

III.Questions

Before you upgrade

01Do I need to buy anything to use Kanary?
No. Command-based input switching, move-resize-and-snap gestures, one app hotkey, and one app-specific input mode are permanently free. So are recording, Live Captions, on-device transcription up to 1 hour 15 minutes per recording, 75 minutes of Live Captions translation per rolling week, and the default meeting summary. Upgrade only when you want unlimited hotkeys, unlimited input modes, full-length transcripts, unlimited live translation, or iCloud Drive sync for recordings.
02Personal or Pro — which do I need?
Personal ($2/mo) unlocks everything inside the Kanary app: unlimited hotkeys and input modes, full-length on-device transcription and summaries, unlimited Live Captions translation, iCloud Drive sync, and five Macs with household sharing. Pro ($8/mo) is the automation tier — it adds full-length transcripts and summaries through the Kanary CLI, so agents and scripts can read your recordings at any length. Pick Personal for the menu-bar app; pick Pro if you drive Kanary from the command line or AI workflows.
03What counts as a household?
It's a gentleman's agreement: immediate family sharing a home. We enforce the five-device limit, not a bloodline check. Use your slots for your own Macs, your partner's, your kids', or a shared home Mac.
04Is my audio uploaded to your servers?
No. Recording, transcription, Live Captions, and Live Captions translation run on your Mac. Audio files and transcripts live under your user library and never leave the device unless you export, copy, or explicitly enable iCloud Drive sync yourself. Free or paid, the local-first promise is the same.
05How does Live Captions translation work on Free?
Live Captions themselves are free and unlimited. Translating those captions is included for 75 minutes per rolling week on Free; Personal removes that weekly translation limit inside the app, and Pro includes the same app access.
06What happens if my recording is longer than 1 hour 15 minutes?
The full audio is always saved — there’s no recording cap. Free transcribes the first 1 hour 15 minutes; for longer recordings (workshops, long interviews, podcasts), Personal transcribes the full length in the app (or Pro through the CLI). You can upgrade later and re-transcribe the same audio without re-recording.
07What happens to my full-length transcripts if I cancel?
They stay. Anything Kanary has already written to your Mac — including the full-length transcripts you generated on a paid plan — remains readable, copyable, and exportable forever. Cancelling stops new full-length work from being generated; it never locks you out of work that already exists.
08What happens when my subscription ends?
Kanary keeps working. You fall back to the free tier: your first app hotkey and first app-specific input mode stay active, while any additional items you saved are disabled until you renew. Voice keeps recording and transcribing up to the free limits; any full-length transcripts you generated while on a paid plan remain fully accessible.
09Do you offer refunds?
Our free tier lets you try Kanary on as many Macs and for as long as you like, so we don't offer refunds. You can cancel anytime and keep access until the end of your current billing period.
10Is there a team plan?
A team plan at the same per-seat price is on the roadmap. The personal plan is what we recommend until then; contact us if you need to deploy Kanary across a company now.
11What Macs does Kanary support?
macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple Silicon. Intel Macs are not supported. Voice features require macOS 26 or later.