Smart JellySmart Jelly vs HeyClicky
HeyClicky looks at your screen when you press a hotkey, talks you through it and runs agents. Smart Jelly reads your chats, mail, meetings and screen as text and keeps one memory of your work, encrypted on your Mac.
Checked 19 October 2026 against HeyClicky’s own pages. Sources ↓An AI buddy beside your cursor: press a hotkey, it looks at your screen, and you talk to it. It points and draws on screen to walk you through things, and runs agents. Built for people who want spoken help with the app in front of them, and voice-started agents in their connected apps.
A memory for your working life: formed on your Mac, kept on your Mac, handed back the moment you need it.
Where they overlap
Side by side
| Smart Jelly | HeyClicky | |
|---|---|---|
| How it sees your work | Reads the apps you choose as text, through macOS Accessibility. No screenshots | Takes a screenshot when you press the hotkey; doesn’t watch your screen otherwise |
| Memory | ●One memory, built over time from everything it reads: people, projects, your days | A profile file, a current-project file, recent conversations, and a memory for each Clicky |
| Walkthroughs | Answers questions about your work, typed or spoken | ●Points and draws on your screen to walk you through a tool, with skills for 89 apps |
| Acting for you | Agents in their own browser (Plus and Pro, early access); documents and decks | ●Agents in your connected apps, computer use once you allow it, and routines |
| Meetings | ●Notes without a bot, prep before calls, live help during them | Not documented |
| What you owe people | ●One list across every app. Each closes itself when the reply, file or meeting happens, with the proof attached | Not documented |
| Where your data lives | ●On your Mac, encrypted | On its servers: screenshots deleted after processing; text summaries and prompts kept |
| Model training | What is sent to answer a question is never used to train any model, and never stored by Smart Jelly | Says it never trains on your data, and its model providers don’t either |
| Platforms | Mac (Apple silicon, macOS 14+) | Mac (macOS 14.2 or later); Windows waitlist |
What each costs
Smart Jelly: Free plan; paid plans for heavier use See pricingHeyClicky · Free: 25 talk messages and 25 agent messages a monthHeyClicky · Pro: $20 a month, unlimited talk and dictation, 150 agent messagesHeyClicky · Max: $100 a month, 1,000 agent messagesHeyClicky · 20% off yearlyHeyClicky’s siteSmart Jelly or HeyClicky?
Does HeyClicky watch my screen all the time?
No. HeyClicky says it looks at your screen only when you press the hotkey. Smart Jelly reads the apps and sites you let it read, as text, so it can build a memory of your work.
Where is my data kept?
HeyClicky processes in the cloud and keeps text summaries and prompts on its servers; screenshots are not stored. Smart Jelly keeps its memory encrypted on your Mac.
Which is better for learning a new app?
HeyClicky: it points and draws on your screen as it explains. Smart Jelly is built to remember your work and help you with it: what you promised, who said what, what’s next.
Compiled from HeyClicky’s publicly documented behaviour. These products ship fast, so check their own site before you decide. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.
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