Littlebird alternative
An AI that reads your screen and remembers your work in the cloud—versus Tyne’s on-device dictation and encrypted vault that stays on your Mac.
Littlebird is a work-memory assistant for Mac, Windows, web and mobile. It reads the active window on your screen, can take notes in meetings you choose, and connects to Gmail, Calendar, Outlook, Notion and Drive so it can answer questions and take actions across your work.
Captured context is encrypted and stored in Littlebird’s cloud on AWS (US-East) and sent to the AI providers listed in its Trust Center. It does not record video or log keystrokes, and it excludes passwords, card details and banking sites.
Screen context is stored on Littlebird’s servers. Its own privacy page says people who need local-only systems may not be a good fit.
Recall and answers depend on cloud storage and cloud AI providers.
Littlebird drafts text for you, but it is not documented as a hold-a-key dictation tool that types into any app.
Basic $0 · Plus $17/mo billed annually · Power $42/mo billed annually · Pro from $100/mo. Students get Plus at $15/mo. Verify at littlebird.ai.
Unlimited on-device dictation, free forever ($0). Plus is $4.99/month ($49/year); Turbo is $9.99/month ($95/year); Turbo Plus ($19.99/month) is coming soon.
Choose Tyne if you want the memory without the upload. Tyne keeps saved notes, meeting transcripts and optional screen text in an encrypted vault.enc on your Mac, transcribes your voice locally, and lets you switch to Local Only so new requests never leave the machine. On Turbo in Balanced mode, Loom Turbo receives only the relevant excerpts for an answer.
On Turbo, Balanced mode is the default. Loom Turbo can process relevant note, document or screen content for supported answers and reports. Local Only keeps new request content on your Mac.
Local voice and storage · Loom Turbo cloud AI on Turbo
Request Beta AccessQuestions
Yes. Tyne’s Free plan includes unlimited on-device dictation with no word cap. Tyne is currently invite-only, so you need to request beta access before installing it.
Yes. After the speech models are installed, dictation and cleanup run on your Mac. Local Only keeps new AI request content on your Mac; live web search and Loom Turbo cloud answers require a connection.
No. Raw dictation and meeting audio are transcribed on your Mac and are not uploaded. On Turbo in Balanced mode, selected text or an image can be sent for a supported cloud answer, but raw audio and the full vault stay on your Mac.
Littlebird is a strong choice if you value works across every app with no setup, focusing on the window you are using. Tyne is designed for people who want system-wide Mac dictation plus encrypted local notes and a document workspace.
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