# Assist

> Assist is a native Mac app for voice-powered screen annotation, full-screen screenshots, and clipboard history from the notch. Local-first: screenshots, transcripts, and history stay on your Mac.

Key facts:

- Platform: macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later
- Main features: voice-powered annotation, full-screen screenshots, and clipboard history
- Price: $20 one-time purchase, no subscription
- License: one device per license, lifetime access with 1.x updates included
- Clipboard: keeps copied text in local history alongside screenshots for copying, dragging, and reuse
- Voice: optional local Whisper transcription on Apple silicon; raw audio is never persisted
- Storage: local-first; screenshots, copied text, and transcripts stay on your Mac
- Capture: Control + Option for a full-screen screenshot with a quick crop, blur, and framing editor; hold Option to draw and optionally dictate before capture
- Reuse: drag recent screenshots, annotations, and copied text from the notch shelf into documents, chats, and design tools

## Product

- [Voice annotation](https://assistapp.dev/#voice-annotation): draw over the Mac screen and optionally add a local transcript
- [Screenshots](https://assistapp.dev/#screenshots): capture a full display and quickly crop, blur, or frame the result
- [Clipboard](https://assistapp.dev/#clipboard): keep recent copied text and screenshots ready to copy or drag
- [Pricing](https://assistapp.dev/#pricing): $20 one-time purchase for one Mac
- [FAQ](https://assistapp.dev/#faq): product behavior, privacy, requirements, and licensing

## Legal

- [Privacy Policy](https://assistapp.dev/privacy): how Assist handles local app content, purchase and license records, website analytics, and third-party services
- [Terms of Use](https://assistapp.dev/terms): license, acceptable use, purchases, updates, warranties, and other terms for using Assist