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You hit the free-plan limit and OpenWhispr told you it was a daily one, with advice to try again tomorrow. That message is wrong, and we’re fixing it. The free allowance is not daily and waiting until tomorrow may not help.

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What the limit actually is

2,000 words per rolling 7 days, on OpenWhispr Cloud, on the free plan. Rolling is the part that matters. There’s no weekly reset day. At any moment the app counts what you’ve transcribed in the previous seven days — so your allowance frees up gradually, as individual transcriptions pass the seven-day mark, rather than all at once on a particular morning. So if you used your 2,000 words on a Monday, you get them back the following Monday — not at midnight tonight, and not on whatever day you think of as the start of the week.
Elsewhere in the app the same limit is labelled correctly as “Weekly limit reached”. If you’ve seen both, they’re the same limit — one label is simply wrong, and we’re fixing it.

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What still works when you’ve hit it

The limit applies to OpenWhispr Cloud transcription only. These are unaffected:
  • Local models — unlimited, on any plan, and they never touch the allowance. See Local models.
  • Your own API keys — if you bring a key, that’s your provider’s quota, not ours.
  • Everything you’ve already transcribed — nothing is locked or deleted.
If you’re hitting the limit regularly, moving dictation to a local model is the change most people make, and it costs nothing.

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If you’re on a paid plan and still see this

Then something is wrong rather than expected. Check I paid but still see the Free plan first — it’s usually an account or session issue — and email us if that doesn’t resolve it.

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FAQ

Expected, unfortunately, and it’s exactly why the message is wrong. Waiting helps only when a transcription from seven days ago rolls out of the window.
Your usage is shown in the app, and the limit indicator appears as you approach it. Plans and limits sets out every allowance.
Yes. Usage is counted when the transcription runs, so deleting it afterwards doesn’t return the words.
See Plans and limits for what each plan includes, and Changing your plan for how to switch.