What's new
Lighter, release by release.
Featherweight Dictation updates itself, so you're always on the newest one.
- 0.5.1October 2, 2026
- Sign-in comes back to the app on its own link, and updates arrive from download.featherweightsoftware.com.
- 0.5.0October 2, 2026
- Featherweight Dictation now has its own identity on your Mac, and its folder is named Featherweight Dictation.
- After the update, sign in once more and allow the microphone and accessibility again. macOS asks because, to it, this is a new app. Your account, plan and settings carry over.
- 0.4.1October 2, 2026
- Finder and Launchpad show the new name, and the app gets ready for its own identity.
- 0.4.0October 2, 2026
- A new name, Featherweight Dictation, with the quill as its icon and in the menu bar.
- Sign-in and your account live at dictation.featherweightsoftware.com.
- Your account, settings, Macs and plan carry over; the update installs itself.
- 0.3.0October 1, 2026
- A short welcome guide walks a new Mac through signing in, the two permissions and a first try.
- A new menu bar icon, with a small dot when the app needs you.
- Room for up to 7 Macs on one account, each with its own sign-out on the website.
- 0.2.0October 1, 2026
- Sign in on the website, with a free trial and then $5 a month for unlimited dictation.
- Runs on Intel Macs as well as Apple silicon.
- 0.1.2October 1, 2026
- Updates install themselves while you're not dictating, and only builds signed by us and checked by Apple get in.
- 0.1.1October 1, 2026
- A new recording pill, a proper menu bar icon, and a way back in when macOS hides the icon.
- 0.1.0October 1, 2026
- The first version: hold fn, talk, let go.