# MicType — AI voice input, your own LLM > AI voice input, your own LLM (iPhone/iPad app by 根 李.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mictype/id6780802279 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [根 李](https://appshunter.io/developer/6779036507) - Category: Productivity, Utilities - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.0 · 2 MB - Languages: Chinese (Simplified, China) - Released: 2026-06-25 - Data updated: 2026-07-18 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mictype/id6780802279/reviews.md ## What is MicType? MicType turns your own AI into a keyboard — privately. Private by design Speech-to-text runs entirely on your iPhone; audio never leaves your device. The optional AI uses YOUR own API key and the endpoint YOU choose. There's no account, no sign-in, and no MicType server — we never receive your voice or your text. Your own LLM, anywhere you type More than dictation: MicType is a doorway to your own large language model. Tap to dictate, or hold to speak an instruction — polish, translate, rewrite, summarize, draft a reply, or ask a question — and your model's answer is typed right where you are, in any app. Buy once, no subscription Local dictation is free forever. Unlock the AI features with a single one-time purchase — no monthly, no yearly. You only ever pay your own provider for the tokens you use. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | MicType Pro | $9.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.0.5 — 2026-07-12 Dictation is now faster — and you can watch it happen. · Speed: cloud dictation typically lands in about a second. Recordings upload ~5x smaller, the cloud races your on-device engine with a hard time budget, and a slow network can never stall a result. · Accuracy: cloud recognition now runs on a higher-accuracy engine, your words stay in the language you spoke (mixed Chinese-English included), and the polish step is smarter about fixing misheard words. · Pick your transcription service: Cloud recognition (optional, off by default) now has its own provider choice — with a one-tap connection check that shows the round-trip time. Use a fast transcription provider while your AI assistant stays wherever you like; picking the same provider for both shares a single key. · Live draft: while the final text is being prepared, the keyboard shows a clearly-labeled draft inside its own panel. Your message field only ever receives the final text, once. · Custom reply (new): save a reply style in Settings (e.g. "answer with dry humor"), then copy a message and tap the wand key — a reply in your style is drafted by your own AI and inserted at the cursor. · Polish keeps your voice: fillers, stutters and misheard words get cleaned up, but your tone and phrasing stay yours — chat messages still sound like you, and every fact, number and question is kept. · Reliability: a result can no longer appear in the wrong app long after a dictation, consumed text never lingers, and empty or silent recordings say "didn't catch that" instead of inserting junk. Thanks for using MicType! ### 1.0.4 — 2026-07-07 Your keyboard just got a big upgrade. · Cloud recognition (optional): transcribe with your own AI key — automatic language detection and better punctuation. Off by default; recognition stays fully on-device unless you opt in, and any failure falls back to on-device instantly. · AirPods fixed: headphones no longer disconnect, your music keeps playing, and on supported AirPods MicType now listens through the headset mic while you dictate. · Typing feel: key press highlights and haptics, hold-to-repeat delete, long-press accents (é ü ñ), a #+= symbols layer, cursor control by sliding on the space bar, smarter auto-capitalization, and a much clearer Caps Lock. · Keep-mic-ready window is now yours: 6, 15, or 60 minutes. · Fixes: provider settings no longer reset when switching, wrong-language dictation auto-recovers, short phrases insert instantly. Local dictation is free forever. Thanks for using MicType! ### 1.0.3 — 2026-06-27 Voice commands now act on what you copied. · Hold the mic and say "translate what I copied" or "summarize my clipboard," and MicType runs the command on your clipboard — even when some text is already selected. Great for acting on something you copied from another app. Local dictation is free forever. Thanks for using MicType! ### 1.0.2 — 2026-06-27 Smarter voice commands, cleaner dictation. · Long text, handled right — copy a long passage first, then hold the mic and say "translate this" or "reply to this." MicType works on the whole thing (iOS limits how much a keyboard can read from a selection, so copying gets the full text). · Lighter cleanup — dictation now keeps your wording and length instead of over-shortening it. · Smoother — polished text appears once now, with no more text changing right after it lands. · Short Chinese sentences no longer get a forced trailing period. · Fixes — long AI replies no longer come back empty, and a brief network hiccup no longer shows a false "API not verified." Local dictation is free forever. Thanks for using MicType! ### 1.0.1 — 2026-06-25 Switch dictation language right on the keyboard — no need to open the app. · NEW: a language chip in the voice panel (EN / 中 / 日本語 / 한국어 / Español / Français / Deutsch, or follow System) — tap to switch dictation language without leaving what you're typing. · Better recognition: clearer English and mixed Chinese-English, with smarter sentence punctuation. Still 100% on-device — your audio never leaves your phone. · Smoother in the background: the mic no longer drops out when other apps play sound, and MicType no longer interrupts your music or podcasts. · In-app and keyboard language settings now stay in sync — your last choice wins. · Reliability and bug fixes. Local dictation is free forever. Thanks for using MicType! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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