Both help you live, during the call, without a bot. Cluely answers from what’s on screen and what’s being said; Smart Jelly answers from a memory of your chats, mail and calls, kept on your Mac.
An “undetectable” AI that answers for you during calls, from your screen and the conversation. Built for professionals on calls: sales, support, interviews.
Smart Jelly goes furtherA memory for your working life: formed on your Mac, kept on your Mac, handed back the moment you need it.
| Smart Jelly | Cluely | |
|---|---|---|
| Joins your call as a bot | Never. It listens on your Mac | Never. Runs on your computer |
| What it answers from | Your memory of chats, mail and calls; general knowledge; the web | Your screen, the live transcript and files you upload |
| Hidden from screen shares | A setting, on by default | On the Pro + Undetectability plan ($149.99 a month) |
| Before the call | From your whole history with that person: chats, mail and past calls | People Search: attendees from your calendar, researched on the web, plus what you last talked about |
| What it remembers | Chats, mail and calls in the apps you choose, read from the screen. No accounts to connect | Its own meetings and your calendar; nothing found about chats or email |
| What you owe people | One list across every app. Each closes itself when the reply, file or meeting happens, with the proof attached | Next steps listed in notes; no tracking found |
| Where your history lives | On your Mac, encrypted | Cloud, “in any country where we have facilities”; end-to-end encryption on request |
| Seeing what was sent | “What left your Mac”: every request and its exact text, on your Mac for 7 days | Not documented |
| Platforms | Mac (Apple silicon, macOS 14+) | Mac (incl. Intel), Windows, iPhone |
A tick marks the side that does more on that row. Where Cluely’s documentation says nothing, we say “not documented” rather than guess.
Its cards are hidden from screen shares and recordings by default, and no bot joins, on every plan. It’s built to remember for you and help you answer well.
It reads the text of the apps you choose, through macOS Accessibility, to build your memory: not screenshots or recordings. Password managers and banking are never read.
Cluely is fast at answering from what’s on screen. Smart Jelly answers from what you already know (past conversations, promises, people), plus general knowledge, and keeps it on your Mac.
Compiled from Cluely’s publicly documented behaviour, 5 October 2026. These products ship fast — check their own site before you decide. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.