An Avocado Alternative with no voice-scroll cap
Avocado is a thoughtful notch teleprompter: notch and floating modes, script markers, a focus guide, PowerPoint import, on-device voice scrolling and invisibility during screen sharing. The free tier includes three voice-scrolling sessions a week; unlimited voice scrolling, AI script agents, Smart Cues and a Wi-Fi Director Mode are Pro. Notchy's Cuely tab scrolls with your voice without a weekly limit, for a one-time $24.99.
Looking for Avocado itself? It lives at avocadonotch.com.
- Avocado price
- Free core; Pro plan (price not listed on homepage)
- Avocado requires
- macOS 14 Sonoma or later
- Notchy price
- $24.99 one-time, 7-day free trial
Why use Notchy instead of Avocado?
- Voice scrolling without a weekly count
Cuely's voice mode follows your speech every time you use it, and falls back to auto-scroll if speech permission isn't granted.
- Saved scripts under the camera
Keep a library of scripts and read them from the notch, right beside the camera.
- Runs on macOS 13
Avocado needs Sonoma 14; Notchy runs from Ventura. Notchy can also hide the notch while you mirror or share your screen.
- Where Avocado does more
Floating mode on any display, script markers, PowerPoint import, AI script writing and remote Director Mode. Cuely is simpler.
Everything Notchy does, in one app
- Fluid Dynamic Island animations on the Mac notch
- Command palette (⌃⌥K) — every action one keystroke away
- Knock — double-tap a modifier key to open the notch
- AI usage tracker (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot)
- Detach any tab into a menu-bar popover
- Now Playing music controls (Apple Music & Spotify)
- Time-synced karaoke lyrics under the notch
- Mac clipboard history shelf (password-manager safe)
- Searchable clipboard — filter by text, file name, or OCR'd words
- On-device OCR — copy a screenshot, get its text (Apple Vision)
- Window snapping — drag a window to the notch to tile it
- App Launcher — pin apps to the notch, open with one tap
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- Text snippets — TextExpander-style pastes from the ⌘K palette
- One-tap screen capture to clipboard + shelf
- Color eyedropper — sample any pixel, hex auto-copied
- System-wide mic mute for every meeting app at once
- Keystroke HUD for demos & screencasts (secure-input safe)
- Keyboard cleaning lock with countdown island (⌘⎋ unlocks)
- Menu-bar icon hiding — Bartender-style separator & chevron
- Live CPU / memory / network stats flyout
- Custom islands through the local developer API (off by default)
- iPhone-style call island — Answer/Decline FaceTime on the notch
- Notch Terminal — real VT100/xterm shell in a PTY, its own tab
- Camera Guard — alert (or block) when any app opens your camera
- Caps Lock HUD — brief island on every toggle
- Full Charge island with adjustable threshold + low-battery sound
- Alt HUD styles — edge-pinned bar or circular gauge off the notch
- Audio-reactive Now Playing visualizer (real FFT of system audio)
- Custom closed-notch idle animation — drop in your own Lottie JSON
- Drag-and-drop file drop shelf — persists across relaunches
- Zip & unzip files right from the shelf
- Image converter (HEIC, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, PDF) + video → GIF
- Run Apple Shortcuts with one tap
- Screenshots auto-staged on the shelf, ready to drag
- Download finished alerts with Reveal in Finder
- USB drive mount island with one-tap Eject
- Apple Reminders quick capture & due list
- macOS Pomodoro notch timer & stopwatch — streaks + 7-day chart
- Resizable expanded panel (width & height, live preview)
- System HUDs (volume, brightness, battery)
- Audio output switcher (speakers, AirPods, monitor)
- AirPods connection manager & battery
- Magic Mouse, Keyboard & Trackpad battery + low-battery alerts
- Quick notes & Calendar widgets
- Camera Mirror (check your appearance)
- Keep Awake (caffeine toggle)
- Teleprompter (Cuely) for Zoom calls
- Focus-aware alerts & native haptic feedback
- Lock screen widgets & hide-the-notch mode
- 134 languages, fully localized
- Native SwiftUI, tuned for Apple silicon
The honest verdict on Avocado
Avocado is the richer prompter, especially for presenters using slides. If you just want unlimited voice-follow scrolling in the notch without a plan, Notchy's Cuely does it.
Avocado alternative — FAQ
Is Avocado free?
The core is free, with three voice-scrolling sessions a week. A Pro plan unlocks unlimited voice scrolling and AI features; its price isn't listed on the homepage.
What macOS does Avocado need?
macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Notchy runs on macOS 13 and later.
Can Notchy import PowerPoint notes?
No. Avocado imports PowerPoint; in Notchy you paste or type a script.
Is Notchy free?
No. Notchy is a one-time $24.99 purchase for one Mac with a 7-day free trial — no subscription or in-app purchase.