2026 Mac Teleprompter Comparison
How Mootch stacks up in 2026.
Why pay $79.99–$99.99/year or hit a 3-session weekly limit? Mootch gives you every pro studio feature — 100% free and offline.
| Capability | Mootch 2.0 | Avocato Notch |
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Avocato Notch | Notchy | CueNotch | NotchPrompter | PromptSmart | QPrompt | Teleprompter Premium |
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| Offline Voice Scrolling (AI) | Unlimited Free Local Whisper Neural AI | 3 / wk on Free $79.99/yr Unlimited | Yes Apple Speech API | Yes Basic STT ($29.99) | Yes Simple STT | Yes VoiceTrack ($99/yr) | No | No |
| Notch Docking + Multi-Monitor Floating | Yes Split Notch + Floating HUD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No Notch | No Notch | No Notch |
| Invisible to Screen Share | Yes Zoom / Meet / Teams / OBS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Click-Through Transparency Overlay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| 1-Click .pptx Deck Import & Slide Cue HUD | Yes Notes Import + Slide Cue HUD | No | Notes Only No Auto-Advance | No | No | No | No | No |
| Off-Script “Tangent Mode” & Live Schedule Pacer | Yes Auto-Lock + Ahead/Behind HUD | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Dual-Screen Operator Desk & Director Talkback | Yes Live Mirror + Talkback HUD | No | No | No | No | Partial Paid Remote Link | Yes Native Window | Yes Native Window |
| iOS Companion App & Web Remote | Yes Free iOS App + QR Web | Pro Only Browser Remote | Pro Only QR Browser Remote | No | No | Paid Add-on Companion App | Yes IP Web Portal | Paid Add-on iOS/Mac Link |
| Wireless iPhone Microphone | Yes 16 kHz Local Stream | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| SRT / VTT Subtitle Export | Yes Timed SRT / VTT | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Filler-Word & Rehearsal Pace Coaching | Yes WPM, Fillers & Run History | Pro Only $79.99/yr Subscription | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Markdown Rich Text & Dyslexic Font | Yes Markdown + OpenDyslexic | Partial No OpenDyslexic | Partial No OpenDyslexic | Partial No OpenDyslexic | Partial OpenDyslexic Only | Partial Rich Text Only | Partial Rich Text Only | Partial Rich Text Only |
Stream Deck / Raycast / Shortcuts (mootch://) |
Yes Native URL Automation | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Smart Script Coach & Tagged Searchable Library | Yes Auto-Breath Cues + Tag Search | 5 Scripts Max Pro Only ($79.99/yr) | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Follow-Mouse Display Switching & Zen Mode | Yes Follow Cursor + Hide HUD | No | No | Yes Paid ($29.99) | No | No | No | No |
| Mid-Take Trackpad Scroll Override | Yes Re-Anchors Whisper Live | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Privacy Guarantee | 100% Offline Local Whisper Model | Cloud Account Subscription Check | Apple Speech System STT | System STT Basic Recognition | Online API External Processing | Online API Cloud Account Sync | No Voice Logic | No Voice Logic |
| Pricing / License | 100% Free Unlimited Forever | $79.99 / yr or $9.99 / mo | Freemium Paid Pro Upgrade | $29.99 One-Time License | Paid One-Time License | $99.99 / yr Subscription | Free Donations | Paid Subscription |
Every Alternative Compared
How Mootch beats every other Mac teleprompter.
From $79/yr subscription notch apps to open-source utilities and legacy studio prompters, here is how Mootch compares across the entire ecosystem.
vs. Avocato Notch
$79.99 / yrAvocato Notch restricts free users to 3 voice-tracked sessions per week and 5 saved scripts before locking features behind a $79.99/yr subscription. Mootch gives you unlimited local Whisper AI voice tracking, Smart Script Coach auto-breath cues, 1-click .pptx deck import & slide cue alerts, Wireless iPhone Mic, and SRT export — 100% free forever.
vs. Textream
Open SourceTextream is a lightweight open-source notch prompter with basic speech recognition. Mootch goes much further with selectable neural Whisper AI models, 1-click Smart Script Coach breath cues, Filler-Word & WPM Rehearsal Reports, .pptx slide deck import & cue alerts, a native iOS companion app with Wireless iPhone Mic, and timed SRT/VTT caption export.
vs. Moody
$29 One-TimeMoody only uses a basic microphone volume gate (scrolling when loud, pausing when quiet) rather than true word-by-word speech recognition. Mootch includes both a Voice Gate mode and full Whisper AI word tracking, plus an Operator Desk, phone remote, tagged searchable library, and slide deck sync at $0.
vs. CueNotch
$29.99 One-TimeCueNotch popularized follow-mouse display switching and hiding HUD controls for $29.99, but lacks a phone remote, script coaching, rehearsal analytics, .pptx deck import, and caption export. Mootch includes Follow-Mouse Display Switching, Zen Hide-Controls Mode, and Mid-Take Trackpad Scroll Override — plus a full studio suite for free.
vs. Notchie & Notchy
$29.99 / yrNotchie and Notchy rely on system speech APIs and paid Pro tiers while lacking .pptx speaker notes import, Smart Script Coach breath cues, filler-word analytics, Wireless iPhone Mic streaming, and Stream Deck URL automation. Mootch delivers all of these with zero subscriptions.
vs. Teleprompter.com & CuePrompter
Up to $84 / yrBrowser prompters (CuePrompter, Pavonine) and mobile-first subscription apps (Teleprompter.com) don't dock into the MacBook camera notch, can't hide from Zoom/Meet screen sharing, and don't let you click through the script into your underlying apps. Mootch is native macOS from the ground up.
100% Free. Forever.
Why can Mootch give away for $0 what other Mac teleprompters charge $79–$99/year for? Because Mootch is an independent passion project with no business model and zero revenue — on purpose.
Every word of AI speech tracking runs 100% locally on your Mac’s Apple Silicon chip. It costs $0 in cloud servers when you use Mootch — so there are no subscriptions, no session limits, no accounts, and no catch.