Looking for a Typeahead alternative? Retext suggests your own snippets as you type, and short on-device AI suggestions when none fits (both in beta), inside a native Mac text expander.
Retext is a Typeahead alternative if you want suggestions from your own snippets (beta) and a full text expander in the same app. If you want longer AI-written suggestions, Typeahead goes further.
Typeahead writes fuller AI suggestions than Retext, with per-app writing styles, from a local model that works offline. In beta, Retext suggests your own snippets first, adds up to eight words from Apple's on-device model when none fits, and needs no model download. Pick Typeahead for open-ended AI help, and Retext for saved wording and a text expander in one app.
Your snippets come first, so saved answers read exactly the way you wrote them
Tab accepts, the right arrow takes one word, Esc dismisses
Accepting a trigger runs the full snippet, fill-in fields and {cursor} included
Off in password fields, terminals, password managers and remote desktops
A full text expander in the same app
| Feature | Retext | Typeahead |
|---|---|---|
| Inline Autocomplete | Beta | |
| Snippet Expansion | Not available | |
| Grammar & Rewriting | Not available | |
| Privacy & Local Storage | ||
| Cross-Platform |
| Product | Pricing Model | Price | Free Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retext | Freemium | Autocomplete comes with every plan. See the pricing page. | Snippet and AI suggestions, plus 5 snippets |
| Typeahead | Flat Rate | $96/year, or Lifetime $149 once with every future update; monthly plan available |
Migration difficulty: easy
Typeahead doesn't store snippets. Save the phrases you repeat as Retext snippets.
Retext suggests your own snippets as you type, and short on-device AI suggestions when none fits (both in beta), inside a native Mac text expander. Typeahead writes fuller AI suggestions than Retext, with per-app writing styles, from a local model that works offline. In beta, Retext suggests your own snippets first, adds up to eight words from Apple's on-device model when none fits, and needs no model download. Pick Typeahead for open-ended AI help, and Retext for saved wording and a text expander in one app.
No free tier to try it; Large model download.
No. $96/year, or Lifetime $149 once with every future update; monthly plan available.
Yes. Retext's free plan includes snippet and AI suggestions, plus 5 snippets. Autocomplete comes with every plan. See the pricing page.
Typeahead is the better choice for offline AI autocomplete, different writing styles in different apps and autocomplete in languages other than English.
Typeahead doesn't store snippets. Save the phrases you repeat as Retext snippets.
Download Retext, turn on autocomplete in Settings, and press Tab to accept.
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Typeahead, checked October 28, 2026: Typeahead
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