The private Cluely alternative for Mac

If you're looking for a Cluely alternative, LiveCue is a real-time AI meeting assistant for macOS built around one idea: live help that stays private to you. It listens to your call and surfaces the right question to ask, the detail to clarify, and the action item to capture — in an overlay screen-share-safe, with no bot ever joining your meeting.

LiveCue vs. Cluely at a glance

Cluely and LiveCue are closer than most comparison pages admit: both are desktop apps, both listen to the call from your machine, and neither adds a bot to the participant list. The differences are in what invisibility costs, what gets stored, and what each product is for. Pricing below is from cluely.com/pricing as of September 2026.

Why people switch to LiveCue

Screen-share invisibility is included, not a $149.99 upsell

Cluely advertises that it never shows up in shared screens — but on its pricing page that capability belongs to the Pro + Undetectability tier at $149.99/month. On the free Starter and $19.99 Pro plans, the overlay is an ordinary window that can appear when you share your screen. LiveCue's overlay is excluded from macOS screen capture on every plan, including the free trial. If you share your screen on sales calls or demos, that is the whole comparison.

Nothing is stored

Cluely's paid plans include access to past meeting history, which means your meeting data is retained in its cloud. LiveCue streams audio to a speech-to-text provider and sends short transcript snippets to an AI provider to generate each cue, then discards them — no meeting audio or transcripts are stored. Both products use cloud AI; the difference is retention. Details are in our privacy policy.

Built for calls you are allowed to be good at

Cluely's "cheat on everything" brand is memorable, and it is also a liability: many interview processes and employers prohibit undisclosed AI assistance, and using a product whose pitch is going undetected puts you on the wrong side of those rules if it comes out. LiveCue is positioned as meeting help for permitted use — sales, client work, customer calls, internal meetings, and interviews where assistance is allowed — and says so on every page.

It helps during the call, not just after

LiveCue surfaces sharp follow-ups, points to clarify, and action items while the conversation is happening, with the first cue in about six seconds, then produces a recap of decisions and owners afterward. In interview mode it draws on your own profile; on sales calls it points at the concern behind an objection; in team meetings it tracks who committed to what.

Lower, simpler pricing

Start with a free 30-minute trial. Lite is $9.99/month, Pro is $19/month with 30 hours, and Max is $79/month; top-up hour packs never expire. Cluely's comparable Pro plan is $19.99/month, and the tier with screen-share invisibility is $149.99/month. See full pricing.

When Cluely is the better fit

Fairness cuts both ways. Choose Cluely if you need a mature Windows build or a phone app today (LiveCue's Windows version is in beta and there is no mobile app), if you want your meeting history kept in the cloud to search later, or if you never share your screen and the $19.99 Pro plan covers what you need. Read our Cluely review and Is Cluely safe? for the detailed breakdown.

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