How to Manage Wispr Flow Notifications on iOS
Last updated: July 24, 2026
Available on: iOS, Android, Mac, Windows
Getting too many alerts from Flow — or missing the ones you want? This guide shows you how to turn push notifications on or off, explains the in-app cards inside the keyboard, and covers desktop notification behavior on Mac and Windows.
How to enable or disable push notifications
iOS
Change push notification settings from the iPhone Settings app:
Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
Scroll down and tap Apps.
Tap Wispr Flow, then tap Notifications.
Toggle Allow Notifications on or off. The toggle is green when enabled, gray when disabled.
Tip: You can also toggle Push Notifications in Wispr Flow → Settings. What happens depends on your current permission state:
If you haven't been asked yet (for example, you skipped during onboarding), toggling on shows the iOS permission dialog.
If you previously denied, toggling on redirects you to iPhone Settings to re-enable.
If currently enabled, toggling off redirects you to iPhone Settings, since iOS requires system-level changes to disable notifications. The toggle in Flow updates automatically when you return to the app.
Android
Wispr Flow on Android supports push notifications. On Android 13 and later, a permission prompt appears during onboarding — granting it enables push notifications. On Android 12 and below, notifications are auto-granted with no prompt. You can change this at any time from Android Settings:
Open the Settings app on your Android device.
Tap Apps, then find and tap Wispr Flow.
Tap Notifications.
Toggle notifications on or off.
Keyboard notification cards (iOS & Android)
Wispr Flow shows notification cards directly inside the keyboard while you're using it. These appear in-app and don't require notification permissions. Most cards start showing after you've completed at least 3 successful dictations; milestone and streak cards may appear earlier based on usage.
How the notification panel works
Opening: The panel appears as an overlay above the keyboard. Tap the menu icon to open it.
Closing: Swipe down, or tap the X button in the header. Tapping the keyboard area beneath the panel also closes it.
Badge: A small badge appears on the keyboard menu icon when you have unread cards.
Priority: Newer cards appear first. The locked stats card (shown before you reach 500 words) is lower priority and appears after other cards.
Default view: When no card is active, the panel shows your usage statistics instead.
Dismissal: Some cards remember their dismissed state and won't reappear — including the words-remaining warning, the 500-words milestone card (which also permanently suppresses the paired Referral/earn card when dismissed), the App Store rating request, the locked stats card, and the stats unlocked card. Others (such as the Referral/earn card dismissed alone, the download-link-sent card, or the Week 1 streak card via automatic dismissal) may reappear in later sessions.
Auto-open: Starting from your second Week 1 streak day, the panel opens automatically after a successful dictation to show your streak progress. This requires keyboard setup to be complete.
Card counters: When multiple cards are queued, the 500-words milestone card, the Referral/earn card, and the Referral reward card show a position indicator (e.g., 1/3, 2/3). The count excludes the locked-stats card.
Note: During onboarding, after your first dictation but before completing keyboard setup, a one-time "Congrats 🎉" message appears in the keyboard toolbar.
Card types
Words remaining warning
A heads-up when you're approaching your weekly word limit on the Basic (free) plan. The soft weekly limit is 1,000 words per week. Only appears for Basic (free) plan users. Once you cross the 1,000-word soft cap, the warning can re-fire every additional 100 words dictated that week until you hit the hard cap. Once dismissed, it won't reappear.
Weekly limit reached
Shown to Basic (free) plan users after reaching the 1,500 words per week hard cap. Displays a "No words remaining" message with an upgrade prompt.
The statistics carousel banner on the Home screen shows the same "No words remaining" title for both the soft-cap and hard-cap situations — only the message text differs.
App Store rating request (iOS)
A prompt to rate Wispr Flow. Appears after 3 or more successful dictations.
Referral/earn card
Information about your referral rewards. Dismissing this card alone may allow it to reappear later; dismissing the paired 500-words card suppresses both permanently.
500-words milestone card
Shown when your total dictated words reach 500–599. Displays a 500-words celebration message. Always appears together with the Referral/earn card. Dismiss to hide permanently.
Stats unlocked card
Appears when your total dictated word count is between 500 and 580 (inclusive). The card auto-dismisses as soon as you see it — it will not reappear even if you don't tap anything. If your word count jumps past 580 before the card is shown, it is skipped.
Locked stats card
Shown when you haven't yet reached 500 words. Indicates stats will unlock at that milestone.
Action Button setup card
The Action Button card appears in the Home screen statistics carousel on iPhones with an Action Button: iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, all iPhone 16 models (16, 16 Plus, 16e, 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max), and all iPhone 17 models (17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, and iPhone Air). iPhone 17e is excluded. The card requires 500+ words (the stats unlock threshold) and shows up to 3 times.
Referral reward card
Appears when a friend you referred reaches the qualifying word threshold. The card shows a celebration message with a See rewards button. Not shown to Business plan subscribers or to users eligible for the Student Plan Free offer. Tapping See rewards or dismissing the card removes it permanently — it will not return.
Week 1 streak card
Appears in the keyboard notification drawer when you earn a new streak day during your first week. Shows your streak progress and complements the Home screen carousel card. See the Week 1 streak cards section below for full details.
Week 1 streak cards
During your first week, Wispr Flow celebrates your progress with streak cards that appear in the keyboard notification drawer after you complete a dictation. These are not push notifications — they appear inside the app while you're using the keyboard.
When they appear: Before your first dictation, the Home screen shows a "Try Flow in any app" card prompting you to start your streak. After your first dictation, the first streak card ("1 Day Streak 🔥") appears. Subsequent cards appear after completing a dictation on each new day during your first 7 days.
Setup required: Streak tracking only starts after you've finished setting up the Flow Keyboard — dictations before setup completes don't count toward your streak days.
The goal: Dictate on 5 different days within your first week (days don't need to be consecutive). Progress is shown with a 5-dot progress indicator.
Haptic feedback: Starting from your second day, you feel a small vibration when you earn a new streak day.
Auto-open drawer: Starting from your second day, the keyboard notification drawer opens automatically to show your streak progress when you complete a dictation.
Congratulations card: After completing 5 streak days, a congratulations card titled "Congrats 🎉" with the subtitle "You've experienced the magic of Flow!" appears. It stays visible for 24 hours from when you first see it. Tap the dismiss button on the card to close it early.
End of tracking: For incomplete streaks, cards stop appearing 24 hours after the 7-day tracking window ends.
Note: The auto-open drawer and haptic feedback require keyboard setup to be complete. If you haven't finished setting up the Flow Keyboard, these features won't trigger even on day 2 or later.
Desktop notifications (Mac & Windows)
On Mac and Windows, Wispr Flow shows additional notifications related to microphone health and voice profile milestones. These appear as splash notifications on your desktop.
Dictation copied to clipboard notification
If you dictate without a text field selected, Flow shows a silent notification containing your transcribed text with the hint "Select a textbox first, then dictate". The transcribed text is automatically copied to your clipboard the moment this notification appears — you don't have to click Copy first. Clicking the Copy button (or using your Paste Last Text shortcut) shows a confirmation state and dismisses the notification. No sound plays when this notification appears.
"Microphone is not working" notification
If Flow doesn't hear any audio from your microphone during a dictation, a brief "No audio received" warning notification appears with a Contact Us button. If the silence continues, an escalated "Microphone is not working" notification appears with both a Select microphone button (opens Flow's in-app microphone picker) and a Contact Us button. The escalated notification stays on screen until you dismiss it or take action.
"Insights Eligible" notification
When you reach a voice profile word-count milestone, a desktop notification lets you know your voice profile insights are on their way. It includes a button that opens your voice profile and insights page. This notification features a celebration animation.
"Insights Ready" notification
Once your voice profile has finished generating, a desktop notification lets you know your insights are ready to view. It includes a button that opens your voice profile and insights page. This notification features a celebration animation.
FAQs
What push notifications does Wispr Flow send on iOS?
Wispr Flow uses in-app notifications rather than standard iOS push notifications for lifecycle events like referral rewards — they appear inside the keyboard notification drawer when you open Flow. A local notification ("Complete setup in Wispr Flow") may appear if you leave the app during initial setup.
What push notifications does Wispr Flow send on Android?
Wispr Flow on Android supports push notifications, including lifecycle messages such as referral rewards and account-related updates. If you skipped the onboarding permission prompt, you can enable notifications at any time in Android Settings → Apps → Wispr Flow → Notifications. Android also requires a persistent notification while Flow is dictating (this is a system requirement for microphone access). If Flow's Accessibility permission becomes disabled, you may see a recovery alert prompting you to re-enable it — if notification permission is denied, this falls back to a brief on-screen message.
Are notification sounds loud?
Push notifications use the standard iOS notification sound at your system volume. Adjust or disable notification sounds in iPhone Settings → Apps → Wispr Flow → Notifications. Keyboard notification cards are silent, and the clipboard notification shown when you dictate without a text field selected is also silent. Dictation start/stop sounds are separate and can be toggled in Wispr Flow → Settings → Interaction Sounds (in the Audio section).
What are Live Activities?
Live Activities display real-time Flow activity on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island while dictating. They include interactive buttons — stop recording or save a note directly from the Dynamic Island or Lock Screen without switching apps.
The Dynamic Island and Lock Screen show a live elapsed timer during recording. During note recording, only a Save Note button appears. During normal dictation, the Lock Screen shows both stop-recording and start-note buttons. In the Dynamic Island expanded view, both buttons are shown during normal dictation, except when Flow is displaying a "hold to stop" Action Button hint — during that hint, the Dynamic Island shows only a timer. The Lock Screen can also display your total word count during non-note dictation sessions. When recording a note, the Live Activity shows statuses like "Saving note…" and "Note saved."
Manage Live Activities in iPhone Settings → Apps → Wispr Flow, or tap Allow Live Activities in Wispr Flow → Settings to be redirected there.
Can I disable just the streak cards?
Week 1 streak cards are an in-app feature, not push notifications. They only appear during your first week and stop automatically after that. There's no separate setting to turn them off. If you've reached 5 streak days, you can dismiss the congratulations card early using the dismiss button on the card.
Can I mute all notifications from Flow?
On iOS, turn off all push notifications in iPhone Settings → Apps → Wispr Flow → Notifications, or toggle Push Notifications off in Wispr Flow → Settings (which redirects you to iPhone Settings). On Android, go to Android Settings → Apps → Wispr Flow → Notifications and toggle notifications off. Keyboard notification cards are in-app and are not affected by push notification settings on either platform.
Where can I see how many words I have left on the free plan?
Your word usage is shown in the statistics carousel at the top of the Home screen. When you approach or reach your weekly limit, a warning card ("No words remaining") appears in the carousel. In the keyboard, the statistics view shows how many words you've used this week (e.g., "750 of 1000"). If you reach the soft cap, a "X words remaining" warning card appears in the keyboard notification panel and can re-appear at each additional 100-word threshold above the soft cap until you dismiss it.
Limitations and notes
Push notification controls are managed by your device's operating system. Disabling notifications on iOS or Android always requires going through system Settings.
Keyboard notification cards are in-app only and cannot be turned off via notification permissions.
Week 1 streak cards only appear during your first 7 days and cannot be re-enabled afterward.
The Week 1 streak feature is being rolled out gradually and may not yet be available for every user.
The Action Button setup card only appears on iPhones that include an Action Button.
Referral reward cards are not shown to Business plan subscribers.
Still stuck?
Reach out to our support team if:
You've enabled notifications in your device's Settings but still aren't receiving any push notifications from Flow.
A keyboard notification card keeps reappearing after you've dismissed it.
You're seeing a notification not described in this guide.
Include your platform (iOS, Android, Mac, or Windows), device model, and a screenshot of the notification if possible. Most notification issues are resolved in one reply.