Glimpse vs Cluely

Cluely is built for live calls, with notetaking and answers while the meeting runs. Glimpse is built for the rest of the day: the window you are in and the tools behind it. It never listens to a call, and hiding it from a screen share is a setting, not a plan.

How it opens
Glimpse⌃ Space from any app. Lives in the menu bar with no Dock icon.
CluelyAn overlay during calls, with custom keybinds on Pro.
Reading the screen
GlimpseOpt-in. Lifts the focused document through the Accessibility API, including text scrolled out of view, with a screenshot as the fallback. Credentials are redacted before anything leaves the Mac.
CluelyBuilt around the call in progress.
Your tools
GlimpseMail (read locally from Apple Mail), Google Calendar, to-dos, Slack, Linear, Notion, Obsidian, Granola and GitHub. Read at the same time, with each source named under the answer.
CluelyUploaded files and custom instructions.
Before it sends something
GlimpseEmails, Slack posts, issues, pull requests and deletions stop at a review card. What it carried out is kept in a ledger with its link.
CluelyNot a focus.
Meetings
GlimpseNever records or listens. Reads your Granola notes and, after a call, plans the follow-up.
CluelyNotetaking during the call. Limited on Starter, unlimited on Pro.
Models
GlimpseGPT-5.6 Luna with no key, your own provider key, or frontier Claude, GPT and Gemini on Pro.
CluelyNot specified on its pricing page.
Runs on
GlimpsemacOS 15+, Apple silicon. Windows has a waitlist.
CluelyMac and iOS.
Free to start
GlimpseYes, no card. 10 requests a day with no key, uncapped with your own.
CluelyStarter is free with limited responses.
Paid plan
GlimpsePro, $9.99/month introductory (rising to $16.99).
CluelyPro $19.99 a month. Hidden from screen sharing is $149.99 a month.

Pick Cluely if

  • Your day is mostly calls and you want help while they happen.
  • You want meeting notes taken for you.

Pick Glimpse if

  • You want an assistant that never listens to your calls.
  • You want to work across mail, Slack, Linear, Notion and GitHub, not one meeting.
  • You want to stay off a screen share without paying $149.99 a month for it.

Cluely details checked in October 2026 against Cluely pricing. Prices and features change; check their site before deciding.

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Ask your screen. And everything behind it.

Press ⌃Space anywhere in macOS. Glimpse reads the window you are in, searches the tools you already use, and stops at a review card before it writes anything.

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See what Pro adds
  • macOS 15+ · Apple silicon
  • Signed & notarized .dmg
  • Free to start, no card