ClipWise

Wrenio ClipWise is an AI reading and writing assistant for Windows and macOS, built for people who read and write all day — especially in a language that is not their first. It lives in the Windows system tray or the macOS menu bar and works system-wide in almost any app, so you never have to paste your text into a chatbot tab and carry the answer back.

Select or copy text, then apply one of 10 text actions: Rewrite, Expand, Summarize, Translate (21 target languages), Clarify, Fact Check, Structure, Action Items, Shorten, or Draft Reply. Three image actions — Extract Text (OCR), Describe Image, and Summarize Screenshot — pull text and meaning out of screenshots, slides, and unselectable documents, with built-in screenshot capture by region, window, or full screen. A separate voice feature records a note of up to 60 seconds and transcribes it into text you can copy, rewrite, or translate. A local clipboard history keeps recent items at hand, and every action is editable: rename it, rewrite its prompt, or rebind its shortcut.

Getting started takes a minute: install the signed build, sign in, then press Alt+V (Cmd+Shift+V on macOS) or simply select text anywhere to bring up the action palette. No API key is required — ClipWise Managed AI includes a free daily allowance (currently 10 actions per day). You can also bring your own OpenAI or Anthropic API key, or run a compatible local Ollama model that keeps processing on your own machine.

Privacy is built in: clipboard history is stored only in a local SQLite database on your device, secret detection keeps passwords and API tokens out of AI requests, your own API keys live in the OS keyring, and copies from password managers are skipped automatically. The interface is available in 21 languages, including right-to-left Arabic and Persian.

Built with Tauri 2. Windows: per-user installer, Authenticode-signed, also available on the Microsoft Store. macOS: notarized DMG, Apple Silicon, macOS 12 or later. Free plan with no time limit; paid plans from $4.99/month, or $29.99/year if you bring your own AI key.

Honest scope: ClipWise does not do live as-you-type grammar checking, document or webpage translation, or dictation straight into the cursor, and there is no mobile app, clipboard search, or cross-device sync. It trades the depth of five single-purpose tools for one app that does the everyday version of each job at the point of copy.