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WELTEN compared with Kekoso
DetailWELTEN logo WELTENKekoso logo Kekoso
What it doesMac focus timer that grows a forest behind your desktop icons Voice to text on your Mac: dictate into any app, transcribe audio and video, record calls, and run a local transcription server for AI agents.
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Pricing modelFreemium Paid
PricingFree: 10 focus sessions. One-time purchase: €24.99 includes Waldlichtung forest world, two personal installations and published 1.x updates. $29 once, not per month. No subscription, no recurring billing.
Key features
  • Customizable focus sessions from 1 to 180 minutes
  • Desktop forest visualization with seven tree families
  • Background sound options including forest ambience and white, pink or brown noise
  • Pomodoro timer with customizable breaks and rounds
  • Integration with Apple Reminders
  • Mac Focus automation with Do Not Disturb
  • Multi-display support
  • Persistent forest that never withers
  • Optional Wurzel companion on desktop
  • Automatic forest archiving after 500 sessions
  • On-device dictation into any macOS application
  • Transcription of audio and video files with timestamps
  • YouTube link transcription
  • Call recording with speaker separation
  • Local MCP server for AI agents
  • Custom vocabulary and terminology correction
  • Five speech recognition models
  • Support for up to 99 languages
  • Dictation with translation through OpenRouter
  • Export transcripts as TXT, SRT or VTT
What makes it different
  • Forest visualization grows behind desktop icons without changing wallpaper
  • No account or subscription required, data stays on your Mac
  • All processing runs locally on your Mac with no cloud uploads or server dependencies
  • One-time $29 purchase with no subscriptions or recurring fees
  • Warm model with no cold start delay for instant recognition
  • Custom vocabulary applies across all features and languages
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Open sourceNot given Not given
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Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)Not checked yet no change since last check17 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)07
Citation Flow (Majestic)127
Referring domains (Majestic)683

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