Rephrase anything
on your Mac.
Privately.
Select text in Slack, Mail, anywhere.A panel appears instantly. Pick a tone. Done.Your text never leaves your Mac.
One-time purchase · 7-day free trial · macOS 14+
No API keysNo setupWorks offlinemacOS 14+, Apple Silicon
Try it yourself
Pick a tone and the sentence is rewritten where it sits. The rewrites are scripted; the interaction is exactly the app's.
hey can we chat tmrw about the proposal? i think there are a few things we should talk through before we send it
Built for the way you actually work
Everything included. Nothing to configure.
Local model included
A fine-tuned model downloads automatically on first launch. No API key, no account, no setup required.
Works offline
On a plane. In a café with no signal. Doesn't matter. The model runs entirely on your Mac, always available.
Works in any app
Slack, Mail, Notes, Notion, VS Code, Safari. Any app with standard text selection works with BetterPhrase.
Tone control
Four built-in tones: Formal, Casual, Concise, Expand. Plus a custom tone field in Settings for power users.
Zero setup
One line in Terminal, grant Accessibility permission, done. No config files, no manual steps, no waiting.
Private by design
Privacy isn't a setting or an upgrade. Local-first is the default. Cloud is opt-in, and always will be.
Privacy
“In local model mode, no text ever leaves your Mac. Ever.”
The AI model runs on-device using Apple's MLX framework, optimised for Apple Silicon. Your text is processed in memory and immediately discarded. No logs, no telemetry on content, no server ever sees it.
Open-source inference layer (coming soon)Other tools support local AI.
We include it.
- Require you to install Ollama and pull a model yourself
- Demand an API key and a paid cloud account
- Privacy is an optional mode, not the default
- Fine-tuned model downloads automatically, with zero setup
- No API key, no account needed to use local mode
- Private by default. Cloud is opt-in, never required
Simple. One-time. Yours forever.
No subscription. No recurring fees. Buy once, use forever.
- Local AI model included
- All 4 tone modes
- Unlimited use, offline
- Free updates for life
Try BetterPhrase free.
7-day trial, no credit card.
Paste this into Terminal. No account, no email required.
curl -fsSL https://betterphrase.app/install.sh | bashWhy a terminal install?
BetterPhrase isn't notarized by Apple yet (that requires a paid Apple Developer account we haven't set up for this early release). A regular browser download would trigger macOS's “Apple could not verify” warning. Installing via this command avoids that entirely. It's the same approach tools like Homebrew 🍺 use, and it installs the exact same app.
Questions, answered.
- In local model mode, no text ever leaves your Mac. Ever. The AI model runs entirely on-device using Apple's MLX framework. An optional BYOK mode for OpenAI or Ollama is available if you prefer cloud inference, but it's always opt-in and never the default.
- BetterPhrase requires macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later. The local AI model requires Apple Silicon (M1 or newer), because it's optimised for the Neural Engine. On Intel Macs, the app gracefully falls back to BYOK API mode.
- BetterPhrase is available now. Download and get started today. Join now and the first 200 signups get 30% off the launch price.
- Yes. BetterPhrase uses macOS Accessibility APIs to read and replace text system-wide. It works in Slack, Mail, Notes, Notion, VS Code, browsers, and virtually any app that supports standard text selection.
- Yes. Four built-in tones: Formal, Casual, Concise, and Expand. A custom tone field is available in Settings for power users who want to define their own style instruction.
- Yes. BYOK mode supports OpenAI and Ollama as optional backends. API keys are stored securely in the macOS Keychain, never in plain text or a config file.
- 30-day refund, no questions asked. One license covers your personal Macs. For team licensing, email hello@betterphrase.app.
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