Contextli
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveHotkey dictation for Mac, Windows, Linux and phones that reshapes what you say to fit the app it lands in
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Paid
- Paid options from
- $3.75/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
No free plan: every plan starts with a 7-day free trial that needs a card. Starter is $3.75 a month billed $45 a year (1,200 AI credits a month, one device); Pro $145 a year and Pro Plus $245 a year; monthly billing and lifetime licences are also offered. Credits reset monthly; add-on packs never expire.
Use tool ↗About Contextli
Contextli is a dictation tool: press a hotkey, speak, and the text is pasted into whatever app has focus, from Gmail and Slack to Jira, Notion, VS Code and Xcode, with tone and structure adjusted to the destination, so the same words become a chat message, an email or a bug report. Templates and workflows run AI actions on the spoken input, and a connector exposes it to Claude through MCP. The desktop app runs on macOS, Windows and Linux, with iPhone and Android apps. Dictation is unlimited on every plan; AI polish draws on monthly credits, and Pro adds a privacy mode where audio and text stay on the machine.
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing page: 7-day free trial on every plan; Starter $3.75 a month billed $45 a year with 1,200 AI credits; Pro $145 a year with on-device privacy mode; Pro Plus $245 a year; FAQ says new accounts get a trial rather than a free plan, so a card is needed (15 October 2026)contextli.com ↗
- Home page: hotkey dictation into any app, desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux, works on iPhone and Android (15 October 2026)contextli.com ↗
- Terms of service name no company or jurisdiction (15 October 2026)contextli.com ↗
Is Contextli legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Dec 30, 2025Registry record (RDAP), registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Nov 23, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
Pros & cons of Contextli
Contextli's pitch is dictation that reads the room: the same spoken sentence comes out shaped for Slack, a formal email or an issue tracker without switching modes, and it runs on every desktop and phone platform. The free plan is gone, so trying it now means entering a card for a 7-day trial, and the fully on-device privacy mode starts at Pro.
Pros
- Adjusts tone and formatting to the app that has focus
- Unlimited dictation on every paid plan, with credits only for AI polish
- Desktop apps for macOS, Windows and Linux plus iPhone and Android
- Starter is cheap on annual billing at $45 a year
Cons
- No free plan: the 7-day trial needs a card and then charges automatically
- Fully on-device privacy mode requires Pro or above
- Monthly credits do not roll over
- No company name or country found on the site or in the terms
Best for
- Professionals who dictate across many different apps daily
- Linux users, whom most dictation apps skip
- People who want on-device transcription and AI for privacy and will pay for Pro
Not for
- Anyone who wants to try dictation without entering a card
- Users who need a free tier for occasional use
Watch out: The trial bills the full plan on day 8, and annual plans charge the whole year up front, so cancel from the billing portal before the seventh day if it does not fit.
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