Compare · vs. Notchie
Notchie is the minimal take on notch prompting, and minimal is a real virtue. The question is whether you want only the prompter, or the workflow around it too.
| Feature | Avocado | Notchie |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free · $7.99/mo · $79.99/yr | $29.99 once |
| Usable free tier | Permanent, no card | No |
| Notch placement | Free | Yes |
| Invisible on screen shares | Free | Yes |
| Voice-activated scrolling | Pro · 3 free sessions a week | Yes |
| Adaptive speed | Pro · 3 free sessions a week | No |
| Records & trims takes | Pro | No |
| Remote control by a second person | Pro | No |
| Prompt on up to 5 devices | Pro | No |
| Rehearsal history & coaching | Receipts free · full history Pro | No |
| PowerPoint (.pptx) import | Free | No |
Notchie is $29.99 up front with no free mode. Avocado's free tier has no expiry and no card: unlimited constant-speed scrolling, notch and floating modes, screen-share invisibility, Focus Guide, Script Markers, tags and search, and PowerPoint import.
Notchie keeps its surface deliberately small. Avocado handles the unglamorous work around the reading — importing a deck and getting a marker per slide, tagging and searching a script library, and jumping to any section mid-take.
Beyond following your voice, Avocado learns your natural pace and adjusts in real time. On Pro, Apple Intelligence reads the script ahead of you and marks where to pause, push or slow down — all on-device.
Director Mode passes control to a second person's phone over local Wi-Fi. The Viewer puts the same script on up to five devices at once, in sync, with nothing to install on the other end.
An honest take
If a clean, minimal prompter is exactly what you want and $29.99 once suits you better than a subscription, Notchie is a fair choice and the extras here will read as clutter. Pick Avocado if you want to start free, or if the job involves more than one screen.
Both place your script in the notch, stay invisible on screen shares and scroll with your voice. Notchie is minimal and a one-time $29.99. Avocado is free to start and goes further: adaptive speed, Smart Cues, PowerPoint import, remote control and multi-device prompting, plus rehearsal history.
No. Notchie is a $29.99 one-time purchase on the Mac App Store (also in Setapp) with no free tier, and needs macOS 14.6 or later. Avocado's free tier is permanent and requires no card or account, on macOS 14 or later.
Yes. Both use the standard macOS window flag that excludes an app from screen-capture APIs, so neither appears on Zoom, Meet, Teams, OBS or in screenshots.
Avocado, largely because of Script Markers and the Focus Guide — you can jump straight to a section mid-take, and already-read lines dim so you never lose the live line. Constant-speed scrolling is unlimited even on the free tier; voice scrolling is Pro, with three voice-scrolling sessions a week included free.
Free for Mac. No account, no card.
