Cotypist is ghost-text suggestions in every Mac app, from models that run on the Mac. Flowwrite is a notebook that suggests the next few words as you write. Here is how they compare.
| Flowwrite | Cotypist | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on | Any modern browser: Windows, Mac, Linux and Chromebooks | Macs with Apple Silicon; Windows has a waitlist |
| Free plan | 100 kept suggestions a day (dismissed ones don’t count) and 20 chat messages | 100 accepted words a day |
| Paid plan | Writer: $10 a month or $96 a year, 2,000 suggestions and 300 chat messages a day | Plus: $72 a year for 1 Mac. Pro: $108 a year for 3 Macs |
| Suggestions | The next few words in grey as you write your notes; Tab keeps them | In any app you type in |
| Your text | The text around your cursor goes to an AI model provider (OpenAI) for each suggestion | Stays on your Mac (local Gemma and Qwen models) |
| Also | Chat about the note you’re on, LaTeX equations, Markdown, Word and PDF export | Works across your other apps |
Which to pick
Pick Cotypist if you write on an Apple Silicon Mac, want suggestions in every app, and want your text to stay on your machine.
Pick Flowwrite if you write on Windows, Linux or a Chromebook, or want one notebook with chat, equations and export, and a free plan that counts kept suggestions rather than words.
Try Flowwrite free. Cotypist’s details are from its own site, checked October 14, 2026. Prices change; check cotypist.app for Cotypist’s current ones.