Cluely publicly positions itself as an undetectable AI for meetings with real-time answers and meeting notes. ExtraBrain focuses on local-first desktop interview and meeting workflows with on-device AI where supported and BYO provider control. ExtraBrain is available for Mac today, with Windows and Linux planned.
You want on-device AI where compatible hardware supports it, or OpenAI, Anthropic, Claude, Codex, or compatible-provider control instead of bundled AI access.
You need coding, system design, behavioral, and meeting support in the same local-first desktop app.
You want explicit privacy, provider, and local transcription documentation on the first-party site.
You specifically want Cluely’s meeting-focused product, pricing model, App Store distribution, and its own bundled real-time meeting assistant experience.
Compare meeting assistance against ExtraBrain workflows for coding, system design, behavioral interviews, research, lectures, and meetings.
Check whether you prefer bundled AI access or on-device AI and provider access you control.
Review what each product says about local processing, external providers, transcripts, screenshots, and meeting data.
Cluely is publicly framed around meeting assistance and screen-share undetectability. ExtraBrain covers meeting support plus coding, system design, behavioral, lecture, and research workflows.
Review whether you want a vendor-managed model bundle or ExtraBrain provider setup with local AI where supported and external providers you choose.
Compare what each product says about meeting audio, transcript text, screenshots, uploaded files, notes, and past-meeting history before using sensitive content.
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Short answers for people and crawlers comparing ExtraBrain with other live AI assistants.
ExtraBrain focuses on a local-first Mac desktop workflow with on-device AI where supported, BYO providers, local transcription, and interview plus meeting use cases.
No. ExtraBrain supports meetings, coding interviews, system design interviews, behavioral interviews, lectures, customer calls, and research workflows.
Choose based on workflow scope, provider control, pricing model, privacy posture, platform support, and the product experience you want to rely on.
No. ExtraBrain currently separates the free Mac app and future workflow upgrades from external provider billing instead of copying a bundled meeting AI subscription model.
