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Tellie vs. Moody, honestly compared
Tellie follows the words you actually say. Moody is a focused, single-purpose prompter that scrolls to the sound of your voice. Both live in the MacBook notch and both are one-time purchases, close in price ($29 vs $39), so the real lever is following plus coaching, not cost.
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The core difference
What “follows your voice” means
Moody
Sound-paced scrolling, done cleanly
A focused, single-purpose notch prompter that does one thing: it moves while it hears you talking and waits when you go quiet. It keeps a rhythm, but it doesn't know which words you said. Skip a line or say it differently, and it keeps rolling to its own clock.
Tellie
Word-level tracking
On-device speech recognition matches your spoken words to the script, so the read line sits on the exact words you're saying. Backtrack and it follows you back. Ad-lib and it waits, then picks up where you return.
Side by side
Tellie vs. Moody, feature by feature
Both are native Mac notch teleprompters that live in the notch.
| Feature | Tellie | Moody |
|---|---|---|
| Follows your voice | Word-level: your actual words | Sound-paced: scrolls while you talk |
| Lives in the MacBook notch | Yes | Yes |
| Invisible on Zoom & recordings | Yes | Yes |
| Must-cover coaching | Yes: Stagehand marks + Take Coach | No |
| Post-take Take Coach | Yes | No |
| Runs on-device (nothing leaves your Mac) | Yes | Yes |
| Says your next line in your ear | Yes: Nudge (Pro), only in Tellie | No |
| Price | Free tier · Pro $29 once | $39 one-time |
The honest summary: Tellie leads on word-level following and coaching, and only Tellie can say your next line in your ear; Moody is a clean, focused prompter at a close one-time price.
Prices as published by each maker. Check the latest before you buy, or visit Moody and judge for yourself.
Stagehand PRO
Tellie makes sure you say the thing you came to say
Moody scrolls your script above the lens and stops there, cleanly, which is a fair choice. Tellie also knows the words you said: tag the points you must land, and Stagehand turns them green the moment you say them, in any phrasing, with a gentle nudge while there's still time to cover everything. Then Take Coach scores the run and hands you one thing to sharpen. Tellie keeps track so you don't have to. All on your Mac.
Honest advice
When Moody is the better pick
Moody is a genuinely good app, and it is honest about what it is.
Pick Moody if
- You want a focused, minimal prompter that just scrolls your script above the lens, cleanly, with nothing extra to learn.
- You don't want to think about coaching, marks or matching. It doesn't try to do them.
- $39 once feels fair to you.
Pick Tellie if
- You want a prompter that follows the words you actually say.
- You want a calm, simple prompter: one row of controls, nothing to set up, no account.
- You want every key point you came to make kept track of, so you land every point.
- You want $29 once, with 10 days of Pro included so you can put the difference to the test first.
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Tellie vs. Moody: common questions
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Is Tellie or Moody better?
Neither is better for everyone. Tellie is the pick if you want a prompter that follows the exact words you say and coaches you to cover your key points, at a one-time $29, with 10 days of Pro included. Moody is the pick if you want a focused, minimal notch prompter that just scrolls your script cleanly and $39 once feels fair to you. Both are native Mac notch prompters that live in the notch.
What is the difference between Tellie and Moody?
How they follow your voice, and their scope. Moody is a clean, single-purpose prompter that sound-paces your scroll: it moves while you talk and waits when you pause, but it does not match which words you say. Tellie matches the words you say against your script, so it follows you through skips, backtracks, and ad-libs, and can check off the points you actually made. Tellie also adds Stagehand must-cover coaching and a post-take Take Coach. And only Tellie has Nudge: lose your place and it says your next line in your ear, through AirPods or any headphones (Pro, Beta).
Is Tellie or Moody cheaper?
They are close, and both are one-time purchases. Tellie Pro is $29 once with a free teleprompter tier and 10 days of Pro included (no card); Moody is $39 once as published. Price is not the real lever here: it is word-level following and coaching versus Moody's focused simplicity. Check the latest prices before you buy.
Is Moody invisible on Zoom and screen recordings?
Yes. Moody says its prompter stays invisible on a shared screen, and Tellie is invisible on Zoom and recordings too. The real difference is how they follow you.
Tellie, head to head
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A prompter that makes sure you land the point
Download Tellie free and run your own script: it follows the words you say and keeps track of every point you came to make. Ten days of Pro on the house, no card.