Pay directly, get a key, paste it into the app
There is no card checkout. You send payment by whichever method below suits you, email me the reference, and I send back a one-time subscription key that you paste into HandsFree. Pricing is $6 a month or $68 a year — see pricing.
Start with the stablecoins if you have a choice — they are the least error-prone. If none of this works for you, just email me and we will sort something out.
1. Stablecoins — USDT or USDC (recommended)
Recommended because the amount is stable: 9 USDT is 9 dollars when you read this page and still 9 dollars when it arrives, so nobody accidentally underpays because the rate moved in between.
Send on the right network, or the money is gone
A stablecoin sent on a chain the receiving address does not exist on is not refundable, recoverable, or visible to anyone — it is simply lost, and I cannot get it back for you. Each address below states the one network it accepts. Pick the row that matches the network your exchange or wallet is sending from, and check the network selector on the withdrawal screen before you confirm.
Least risk of error
Stablecoin addresses
Send 9 USDT/USDC for a month or 69 USDT/USDC for a year. The network fee is yours, so send the plan amount as the received amount — if your exchange deducts the fee from the transfer, add it on top.
USDT TRC20 · Tron
PLACEHOLDER_USDT_TRC20_ADDRESS
Usually the cheapest and quickest. Tron network only — not Ethereum, not BSC.
USDT ERC20 · Ethereum
PLACEHOLDER_USDT_ERC20_ADDRESS
Ethereum mainnet only. Gas can cost more than a month of HandsFree — check before choosing this.
USDC ERC20 · Ethereum
PLACEHOLDER_USDC_ERC20_ADDRESS
Ethereum mainnet only.
USDC Base
PLACEHOLDER_USDC_BASE_ADDRESS
Base network only. Low fees, but confirm your exchange supports Base withdrawals.
2. Bitcoin or Ethereum
These are volatile, so there is no fixed number of coins to send. Work out the amount at the moment you send, from the $6 or $68 price, and round up. A small overpayment is much safer than an underpayment: an underpayment leaves your subscription unpaid and needs a second transfer, while a few cents over is simply a few cents.
Bitcoin and Ethereum addresses
BTC Bitcoin mainnet
PLACEHOLDER_BTC_ADDRESS
Bitcoin mainnet only — not Lightning, not BTC on any wrapped or exchange chain.
ETH Ethereum mainnet
PLACEHOLDER_ETH_ADDRESS
Ethereum mainnet only — not an L2 such as Arbitrum, Optimism, or Base.
The same wrong-network warning applies here as above, and just as permanently.
3. Bank transfer or UPI
Slower to confirm than crypto — an international transfer can take two to four working days to show up — but reversible-ish and familiar. Put your account email in the transfer reference or remarks field if your bank lets you, which makes matching the payment much easier.
Bank account
- Account name
- PLACEHOLDER_BANK_ACCOUNT_NAME
- Bank and branch
- PLACEHOLDER_BANK_NAME_AND_BRANCH
- Account number
- PLACEHOLDER_BANK_ACCOUNT_NUMBER
- IFSC (domestic, India)
- PLACEHOLDER_BANK_IFSC
- SWIFT / BIC (international)
- PLACEHOLDER_BANK_SWIFT
UPI
- UPI ID
- PLACEHOLDER_UPI_ID
UPI is rupee-denominated, so send the rupee equivalent of the $6 or $68 price at the day's rate and round up. Screenshot the confirmation — the UPI reference number is what I match against.
4. Or just email
Not sure, or want another method?
Email me and we will sort it out. Wise, Revolut, PayPal, a different chain, a different currency, an invoice for your employer — ask. A human reads this mailbox.
This is also the address to send your payment reference to. Keys are issued by hand, TURNAROUND_PLACEHOLDER — for example usually within 24 hours. That is a best effort, not a guarantee; see the payment terms.
How this works
Five steps, one of which is me. Nothing here needs a card, and nothing here happens in a browser except reading this page.
- Choose a plan. $6 for a month or $68 for a year — the same two prices as always. Paying early is safe: a new key extends from your current expiry date rather than replacing it, so you never lose days you have already paid for.
- Send the payment using any method above. Stablecoins are the least error-prone; bank and UPI take longer to confirm.
- Email the reference. Send the transaction hash, UPI reference, or a screenshot of the confirmation to the support address, from the email address on your HandsFree account, and say which plan you paid for. Sending it from the account address is what lets me attach the key to the right person.
- Get your key back. Once I have confirmed the payment arrived, I generate a one-time key and email it to you — see the stated turnaround. If a crypto payment is still waiting on network confirmations, that wait is part of it.
- Paste it into the app. Open HandsFree, go to Settings → Account, paste the key, and your subscription activates immediately. Dashes and spacing do not matter, and lowercase is fine.
You do not need to have paid to start. The first 2,000 words are free and need nothing but a verified email address, so you can find out whether HandsFree works for you before any of the above is relevant. Download it first.
Questions about paying
What does a key look like?
Like this:
HF-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
An HF- prefix and then groups of letters and digits.
The alphabet leaves out I, L,
O and U, so no character is ambiguous
when it is read aloud over a phone or retyped from a screenshot,
and the last character is a checksum. That means the app can tell
you a key was mistyped right away, without a round trip
that would only be able to say "invalid" and leave you wondering
which of us got it wrong.
Paste it however it arrives — the app strips spaces and dashes and fixes case for you.
Can I use one key on two Macs?
No, and you do not need to. A key is single use: redeeming it unlocks the subscription on your account, and the key itself is spent the moment it is used. The subscription then works on up to three Macs signed in to that account — sign in on each one and they share it.
Trying the same key on a second Mac will be refused as already used, which is the correct answer rather than a bug. Redeeming it again on the same account is harmless: it reports success and does not extend anything twice.
What if I lose my key after redeeming it?
Then nothing is lost. Once redeemed, the key has done its entire job — the subscription is attached to your account and the key is spent. You never need it again, on any Mac, and there is nothing to store safely. Signing in with your email is all that is needed.
A key you have not yet redeemed is worth keeping safe, because anyone who has it can redeem it. Keys also have a shelf life if left unused, so redeem yours when it arrives.
What happens when my subscription runs out?
You get plenty of notice, and then a soft landing:
- 7 days of warnings first — in the menu bar, in the Account pane, and as a HUD notice at most once a day, so there is time to arrange payment.
- Then a 2-day grace period during which dictation still works normally, with a loud warning.
- Then dictation stops until you renew. The app keeps running and nothing on your Mac is touched — your history, dictionary, and shortcuts stay exactly where they are.
The warnings are early and repeated on purpose, because renewing involves waiting for a human being to be awake. Renew before you lapse and you lose nothing: a key extends from your existing expiry date.
I paid but haven't got a key
Email again, and include the reference — the support address is the one to use. The most likely explanations, in order:
- the payment is still waiting on network confirmations;
- the first email went to spam in one direction or the other;
- a bank or international transfer is still in transit;
- I am asleep, travelling, or simply behind.
Include the transaction hash or UPI reference, the amount, the method, roughly when you sent it, and the email address on your account. With those I can find the payment; without them I am guessing. Chasing me twice is fine and is not rude.
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detail, and turnaround figure on this page is still an unreplaced
placeholder. They all live in one marked configuration block at the top
of this file — see website/README.md for the checklist. Do
not publish this page until every one of them is a real, verified
value, and delete this notice when they are.
Related: pricing, payment and subscription terms, refunds, what a payment tells me about you, and support.