Plans, upgrades and word limits on Android
Last updated: October 26, 2026
Available on: Android
Seeing “No words remaining,” Free after upgrading, or a subscription you want to cancel? Check your allowance, then use Plans to upgrade or manage your subscription with the store that bills you.
Check your plan
Open Flow’s navigation drawer using the menu button.
Tap your profile card or Account under General.
Tap Manage plan to open Plans, which shows Current plan and, for Free accounts, a Pro upgrade card.
Account shows “Flow Pro” or “Flow Student”; the drawer shows Pro, Pro Trial or Student. Free has no label in either place, and a plan that has never loaded shows Error in Account and No plan info in the drawer.
Plans checks for changes when opened or revisited, so no restart is needed, but changes made elsewhere can take a few minutes to appear.
Note: Eligible Free accounts can also open Plans through Settings → GENERAL → Upgrade to Pro, the drawer’s Get unlimited words or Upgrade now, or a Home upgrade card. These entry points open Plans, not checkout.
Weekly word limits
Free includes a weekly mobile allowance shared between Android and iOS, plus a separate desktop allowance; Pro has unlimited dictated words on any device.
On Android, Free accounts can dictate up to 3,000 words per week. Usage appears under Your free usage this week, below the drawer profile, and does not decrease within the week.
Note: In-app copy may still mention a 1,000-word weekly limit. Your true totals appear on iOS, desktop, leaderboards, stats pages and exports — and your Android words still count toward those allowances.
Allowances can differ by account, so check your drawer’s current numbers.
Stage and real words used | Message | What happens |
Warning: 2,300 words | “You're approaching your weekly free limit” | “Flow will slow down once you reach your limit.” |
Soft limit: 2,500 words | “You have reached your weekly limit.” | “Flow will slow down until next week.” |
Hard cap: 3,000 words | “No words remaining” | Every press is blocked until the weekly reset or an upgrade. |
Limit notices appear only when you press the bubble to start, never during or after dictation.
Everyone’s allowance resets weekly — on Sunday or Monday locally, not local midnight or seven days after first use. Usage returns to zero, limit messages clear immediately while Flow is running (even offline), and notices and dismissed cards can appear again in the new week.
Where limit notices appear
Flow sends a notification first; if notifications or Word limit alerts are off, a sheet appears over your current app, and Home shows a card from the warning stage. Each offers Get unlimited words to open Plans.
On Home, X dismisses warning and soft-limit cards until reset; the hard-cap card cannot be dismissed. Sheets have a close button except at the warning stage, close when dictation starts, and clear automatically once outdated, including after upgrades.
Toggle Word limit alerts (“Weekly word limit and subscription updates”) in Android Settings → Notifications → Wispr Flow.
Missing usage and restarts
Restarting does not reset this week’s cap, which applies again after you sign back into the same account.
If plan information fails to load, the drawer shows an empty usage bar without Upgrade now, and screen readers announce “Word usage unavailable”.
Upgrade to Pro
Note: Sign in to the Flow account you want to upgrade or restore. Checkout requires sign-in and a purchase does not unlock another account; signing out clears subscription access in the app and closes checkout.
Tap Explore plan on the Pro upgrade card in Plans — not the card itself.
Choose monthly or annual Pro.
Confirm the purchase in the Google Play payment sheet.
Check for Flow Pro in Account or Pro in the drawer.
Google Play confirmation unlocks Pro immediately, even while other plan details update, and active paid access removes weekly limits, Free usage displays and upgrade prompts. To leave checkout without buying, use its close control or Back; if an organization invite or desktop upgrade makes your account paid while checkout is open, it closes to prevent a duplicate purchase.
Pro bought on iOS or granted elsewhere works on Android with the same Flow account. Student plans from other platforms are honored, but never sold through Google Play.
Tip: If a word limit still blocks you after upgrading, press the bubble again. Flow also checks when you return to the app or finish dictating. Once the update arrives, press again to dictate.
If checkout does not open
Explore plan is disabled while prices load, pricing is unavailable, or Flow checks your plan.
“Pricing unavailable”: Tap Try again; Explore plan enables only after prices load successfully for an eligible Free account.
“Your plan is up to date.”: You already have paid access, so checkout does not open.
“Couldn't verify your plan. Try again.”: The check failed or took too long; tap Explore plan again when it re-enables.
“Couldn't load plans. Please try again.”: Checkout closes; tap Explore plan again to reopen it and retry.
Plans and checkout block taps beneath another app’s overlay: “Another app is showing over Wispr Flow, so taps here are blocked. Pause screen dimmers or other overlays and try again.”
If Pro still shows Free
Restoring unlocks Pro only if an active Pro subscription is found.
Return to Plans; if your paid plan appears, stop here.
Tap Explore plan if you still see Free.
Use the restore control inside the purchase sheet.
The sheet stays open through the restore: a “Purchases restored” confirmation appears and Pro unlocks there. If no subscription is found or the restore fails, the sheet stays open so you can try again or close it.
Cancel or resubscribe
Only Google Play-billed subscriptions can be managed through Google Play.
Note: If an organization or desktop plan coexists with an active Play subscription, use Manage your Google Play subscription under the plan card to find and cancel that separate charge.
Tap Cancel plan for a renewing subscription, or Resubscribe on Google Play for a cancelled one, in Plans.
Complete the cancellation or resubscription in Google Play.
Return to Plans, which re-checks for your change, to confirm the updated subscription.
If Cancel, Resubscribe or the management link shows “Couldn't open Google Play. Try again.”, Google Play did not open; retry that action.
Dates and access after cancellation
Date labels distinguish trials, renewal and the end of access:
Trials: “Trial ends on” takes precedence, including after cancelling a Play trial.
Cancelled Play plans outside a trial: “Expires on” marks the date Pro access ends.
Renewing Play plans: “Billed monthly on” or “Billed annually on” appears when pricing for that cadence has loaded; otherwise, “Renews on” appears.
Desktop, App Store, other-store or promotional plans outside a trial: When a date is available, “Ends on” means cancelled or inactive; otherwise, “Renews on” appears.
When your account returns to Free after expiry, the paid label disappears and usage and upgrade options return.
Subscriptions billed elsewhere
For non-Play subscriptions, Plans shows instructions rather than opening the billing service:
Where billed | Instruction in Plans |
Desktop or organization | Go to the desktop app to manage plan |
App Store | Manage your plan in the App Store on your iPhone or iPad |
Other or unknown store (including a Mac App Store purchase) | Manage your plan on the device you purchased it on |
Promotional grant | No billing action is shown. |
Still stuck?
Contact support with your Android device, the plan shown in Account, what you saw and what you tried if:
Flow and Google Play still show different plans after you revisit Plans or restore.
Account keeps showing Error instead of your plan.
Dictation remains blocked after upgrading and following the retry steps above.
Your usage looks wrong for the dictations you made.