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Choose once. Keep it.
Two one-time licenses. No AI credit packs, no team-plan tax, and no mandatory subscription.
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Pro Founder License
$19once
Regular price: $39
- The purchased version is yours forever
- Twelve months of updates included
- Twelve months of customer support
- Full app; no feature downgrade
Lifetime Updates
$99once
- The purchased version is yours forever
- Every future product update
- All major version upgrades
- No recurring license payment
The $19 Founder launch price is available for a limited time; regular price is $39.
A dedicated dictation app alone can cost more than $140 a year. Hibiscus includes deep dictation, system-wide capture, Markdown ownership, reversible AI edits, note lock, and your choice of AI.
Private by default. Powerful without assembly.
| Capability | Hibiscus | Traditional cloud AI notes | Plugin-built Markdown setup |
|---|---|---|---|
| System-wide capture | Built in | Varies | Varies |
| Offline dictation | Built in | Rare | Varies |
| Multiple speech engine families | Seven | Varies | Varies |
| Direct, checkpointed AI edits | Built in | Varies | Varies |
| Markdown-authoritative storage | Built in | Varies | Built in |
| Locked notes excluded from AI | Built in | Varies | Varies |
| On-device, local, or bring-your-own AI | Built in | Varies | Varies |
| One-time purchase option | Yes | Rare | Varies |
There are cheaper local notes apps, and we like them. Hibiscus combines system-wide capture, deep dictation, document transforms, checkpointed AI edits, note lock, and bring-your-own AI in one native app. Depth is the price.