Your Mac finishes the word or phrase you’re typing, and Apple Intelligence proofreads or drafts when you ask. Typeahead suggests the rest of your sentence as you type.
Or use both: Typeahead while you write, Apple Intelligence when you want a rewrite. Just switch off inline predictions.
The same reply in Mail: macOS finishes the word, Typeahead the rest of the sentence.
macOSSpace takes a wordmacOS inline predictive text in Apple Mail: you type “Thanks for the agenda, it looks rea” and macOS finishes the word, “really”, in grey; Space takes it. You type on to “See you on Thu” and it offers “Thursday”; Space again.
Typeahead in Apple Mail: you type “Thanks for the agenda,” and Typeahead suggests “it looks really good.” in grey; Tab takes it. You type “See you” and it suggests “on Thursday.”, from the subject line; Tab again.
What each one does, from Apple’s own support and privacy pages.
| Feature | Typeahead | Apple Intelligence |
|---|---|---|
| Finishes your sentence as you type, across your Mac apps | Yes | No |
| Learns how you write | Yes | Mail and Messages |
| Grammar correction | No | Yes |
| Suggestions generated on your Mac | Yes | Not always |
| Never sends your writing to a server | Yes | No |
| Works in your Mac apps and browsers | Yes | Yes |
| No daily usage limit | Yes | Limits on Siri AI |
| Price | $149 once£109 once€129 onceCA$209 onceA$209 once | Included with macOS |
Competitor details come from each company's own website (help, product, pricing and privacy pages), checked September 28, 2026.
In System Settings, open Keyboard, then Edit next to Input Sources, and switch off “Show inline predictive text”. Typeahead reminds you if it’s on.
Typeahead’s notice reads “Turn off macOS inline predictions”, with an Open Keyboard Settings button. In Keyboard settings, under Text Input, “Show inline predictive text” is switched off.
Apple Intelligence proofreads, rewrites what you select, or drafts what you ask Siri for. We haven’t tested them side by side; if they clash in an app, switch Typeahead off there.
Predictive text and Apple Intelligence come with macOS. Typeahead is $149 once, or $10 a month.Predictive text and Apple Intelligence come with macOS. Typeahead is £109 once, or £8 a month.Predictive text and Apple Intelligence come with macOS. Typeahead is €129 once, or €9 a month.Predictive text and Apple Intelligence come with macOS. Typeahead is CA$209 once, or CA$14 a month.Predictive text and Apple Intelligence come with macOS. Typeahead is A$209 once, or A$14 a month.
Free for 14 days, then $96 a year£72 a year€84 a yearCA$132 a yearA$132 a year.Billed $96 a year£72 a year€84 a yearCA$132 a yearA$132 a year.
One payment, every update.
Special offerApple Intelligence checks your writing or writes when you ask: on macOS 27 it proofreads as you type, Write with Siri drafts or edits what you describe, and Smart Reply offers replies in Mail and Messages. Typeahead continues the sentence you’re already typing, with nothing to ask. The rest of it appears in grey at your cursor and Tab takes it, in the writing style you set for each app.
Yes. macOS can show inline predictions in many apps: it completes the word or phrase you’re typing, in grey, and Space accepts it. Typeahead suggests further ahead, often the rest of the sentence, in the style you’ve set for that app. Tab takes the whole suggestion, the right arrow takes one word, and you can keep typing to steer it.
Not on its own, as far as Apple documents it. macOS inline predictions complete the word or phrase you’re typing, and Write with Siri drafts whole messages when you ask. Typeahead suggests the rest of your sentence while you type, in Mac apps with a standard text field, and brings back the lines you write often after two words.
Open System Settings and click Keyboard. Under Text Input, click Edit next to Input Sources, then switch off “Show inline predictive text”. If it’s still on when you use Typeahead, Typeahead’s Settings › Status shows a reminder with an Open Keyboard Settings button, because the two kinds of grey suggestion get in each other’s way.
They do different jobs: Typeahead suggests while you type, and Apple Intelligence proofreads, rewrites or drafts on request. We haven’t tested them side by side yet, so if they get in each other’s way, the 30-day money-back guarantee covers you. You can also turn Typeahead off for one app from the menu bar.
No. Suggestions are made by a model on your Mac, and Typeahead never sends your writing to a server. Its only network activity is license activation, a license check each time the app starts, optional update checks, and the one-time download of your AI model. Apple says Apple Intelligence runs on your Mac when possible, and that Writing Tools may send text to Private Cloud Compute, which it doesn’t store.
Mac apps with a standard text field, including Mail, Slack, Notion, Outlook and the major browsers, with no extension to install. Google Docs and Arc need a one-time setup. The full list, with notes, is on the compatibility page.
Typeahead's menu, open from the menu bar: Slack · Friendly, Pause for 30 Minutes, Pause for 1 Hour, Pause Until Tomorrow, Settings…, Check for Updates… and Quit Typeahead.
Four short replies, one after another. Each time a few words are suggested in grey after the caret, Tab is pressed, and they become ordinary text at once.
