Lazur vs Clicky on Mac in 2026: voice help, pricing and privacy compared

Lazur vs Clicky at a glance

Lazur and Clicky start in the same place. You are stuck in an app, you ask out loud, and the assistant looks at your screen to help. The gap shows up after that. Lazur focuses on voice help, dictation and guidance that waits for you. Clicky focuses on agent tasks and a free plan you can use for a while.

Clicky now goes by HeyClicky. Its site is heyclicky.com, and its pricing and privacy pages sit on that domain. This page says Clicky when it means the product, and HeyClicky when it means the site, the pricing page or the privacy policy.

What Lazur does on your Mac

Lazur is a voice assistant for the Mac that lives in the notch. Hold ⌥ ⌘, which is Option plus Command, to ask about anything on screen. Lazur answers out loud. Ask where something is, and it draws a circle and a label around it. That is the core loop, and it runs in any app you have open.

Ask how to do something and Lazur guides you one click at a time. It waits for each click before it gives the next step. That suits you when you are learning an app and want to make the clicks yourself. Lazur does not click buttons, edit files or operate other apps for you.

Lazur also handles everyday chores by voice. You can set timers, add Apple Reminders and Calendar events, take notes, control music and volume, open apps and links, run web searches and trigger Shortcuts. Those jobs are small. They are also the ones you repeat every day.

What the Clicky AI assistant does and where it runs

Clicky is a voice-first assistant that sees your screen when you press the hotkey. It answers spoken questions with on-screen guidance and runs agent tasks. Its homepage also lists dictation, step-by-step teaching and drawn on-screen pointers. It works with any visible app and needs no plugins or integrations.

The agent feature is the real difference. An agent carries out a task for you, instead of only explaining the steps. Clicky counts those tasks as agent messages. The free plan gives you 25 a month, Pro gives you 150 and Max gives you 1,000. Plan around those numbers before you rely on agents for daily work.

HeyClicky pricing: what each plan costs per month

Lazur Pro costs $18 a month. Billed annually, it drops to $15 a month. Power costs $120 a month, or $96 a month billed annually. Both Lazur paid plans include unlimited dictation. Pro includes 150 AI actions and Power includes 1,000.

Clicky lists Free at $0, Pro at $20 per month billed monthly, and Max at $100 per month billed monthly. Its pricing page shows a monthly and yearly toggle with a -20% label. It lists no yearly prices, so compare monthly to monthly until you can see them.

Worked example: the entry plans side by side

Put the monthly figures next to each other first. Lazur Pro billed annually is $15 a month. Lazur Pro billed monthly is $18 a month. Clicky Pro billed monthly is $20 a month. Clicky shows no yearly price, so you cannot match Lazur's annual rate yet. Ask Clicky for its yearly figure before you assume which plan is cheaper over a year.

Then look at what each allowance counts. Lazur counts AI actions, and Pro includes 150 of them. Clicky Pro includes unlimited talk and dictation, plus 150 agent messages. Those are different units, so a plain price comparison misses the point. Count how often you ask questions and how often you hand off a task, then pick the plan that matches that pattern.

Annual billing is a bet on keeping the app. Pay yearly only after your first two weeks show that you use it most days. If you drop it after a month, the monthly plan costs you less in the end. Check that you can cancel and what happens to your history before you pay.

At the top tier, Clicky Max is $100 a month billed monthly. Lazur Power is $120 a month, or $96 a month billed annually. Those figures matter only if you need the largest allowance. Lazur Power allows 1,000 AI actions. Clicky Max allows 1,000 agent messages, with unlimited talk and dictation. Lazur Power's annual rate is the lowest top-tier figure in this comparison, but it is billed once a year.

Free trial and free plan: which one lets you test longer

Lazur gives you a 3-day Pro trial with no credit card. The trial starts the first time you open the app, not when you pay. Open it on the day you plan to use it, not the day before a trip.

Clicky's free plan has no time limit and needs no card. It includes 25 talk messages and 25 agent messages a month. For light use, that lasts. For someone who talks to the assistant all day, 25 talk messages can run out early in the month.

Students get 50% off the first month of Pro with a school email or student ID, according to the pricing page. Lazur's product facts do not list a student discount, so ask before you assume one.

Pointing at the screen: explain or guide

Both apps point at things on the screen. Lazur draws a circle and a label when you ask where something is. Clicky draws on-screen pointers and teaches tools step by step. The Rundown AI reviewer says spoken explanations with visual pointing are more usable than text-only answers. The same reviewer warns that pointing can select the wrong control.

Test pointing on an app you know well. Ask where a control is, then check whether the circle lands on the right one. A wrong circle costs you a minute. A wrong click in a file can cost you much more. Lazur waits for each click, so you stay in control of every step.

1. Open an app you use daily, such as Numbers or Keynote.
2. Hold ⌥ ⌘ and ask Lazur where the export or share control is.
3. Check the circle and the label before you click anything.
4. Repeat with a control you have never used, and note how often the pointer is right.
5. Run the same test in Clicky and compare how often its pointer lands on the right control.

Agents and background research

Clicky goes further when the job is a task, not a question. Its agents run tasks when you press the hotkey, and the homepage says they work with any visible app. If you want the assistant to carry out a multi-step job, Clicky is the closer fit.

Lazur's background work is narrower. Research runs in Lazur's own Chrome tabs through the Lazur for Chrome extension. It comes back with a summary and a report. You ask for the research, then go back to what you were doing. It does not act in your own apps.

Clicky's privacy policy also has a Chrome extension section. It says task content may be kept in that task's conversation history. Read that section before you run research tasks on sensitive pages.

Dictation, snippets and everyday tasks

Hold fn to dictate. Lazur types clean, formatted text at the cursor in any app. It also keeps snippets, a personal dictionary and clipboard slots. Dictation is unlimited on both Lazur plans, so a heavy dictation user does not watch a counter.

Clicky also lists dictation. Pro and Max include unlimited talk and dictation. The sources for this page do not describe snippets or a personal dictionary in Clicky, so do not assume those exist. Check the app's feature list before you switch.

Worked example: an hour of dictation a day

Say you answer client email in Mail for about an hour a day. Hold fn and dictate each reply, then fix names once in your personal dictionary. On Lazur, dictation stays unlimited on either plan, so your cost is the $18 Pro plan or the $15 annual rate. Clicky lists unlimited dictation on Pro and Max, and its free plan does not list dictation. Price the Clicky option at the $20 Pro plan before you compare.

Privacy on Mac: what each app sees and keeps

Both apps send your questions to AI providers to get an answer. Lazur says it listens and looks only while you hold the shortcut. Audio and the screenshot go to AI providers to answer, and Lazur says they are not stored. Lazur also says content is never used to train AI models. Its memory of what you asked and did stays on the Mac.

Clicky's pricing page says it sees your screen only when you press the hotkey, and that screenshots are never stored. It keeps basic text summaries so the assistant has context. Its privacy policy names Anthropic, OpenAI, Deepgram and Cerebras as AI providers. It says deletion takes up to 14 days after you confirm a request.

Clicky's own documents disagree in one place. The privacy policy says screenshots and voice input are captured locally on your computer. The Chrome section says task content may be kept in conversation history. That conflicts with the pricing page line that screenshots are never stored. Ask the company in writing before you use it on client or legal files.

The Rundown AI reviewer calls trust the tradeoff with Clicky. The reviewer cites broad Mac permissions, cloud processing and retained analysis. Any app that sees your screen needs Screen Recording permission on macOS. Check the Screen Recording list under System Settings > Privacy & Security before you approve either app.

Platforms: Mac only or Windows too?

Lazur runs on macOS, on Apple silicon and Intel Macs. Windows is planned, not available. If your work runs on a Windows PC, Lazur will not help you yet.

Clicky's homepage lists Mac (Sonoma 14.2 or higher) and Windows 10 or higher. Its FAQ says Windows 10 and 11. The Rundown AI review says Windows is waitlist-only, and that community ports are separate projects. XDA Developers says the app is currently available only on macOS. The sources disagree, so ask the company which version you can download before you pay.

Check your Mac version with Apple menu > About This Mac. Clicky asks for Sonoma 14.2 or later. Lazur's product facts do not list a minimum macOS version, so check the download page before you install.

Who should pick Lazur and who should pick Clicky

• Pick Lazur if you want voice help and fn dictation at the lowest monthly price.
• Pick Lazur if you want guidance that waits for each click and never clicks for you.
• Pick Clicky if you want a free plan you can keep using while you decide.
• Pick Clicky if you want agent tasks that run in your apps.
• Pick either one only after you have read its privacy page.

Mistakes people make when they choose

• Buying the top tier first. Start on Pro or the free plan, then move up when a limit slows you down.
• Treating the two counts as equal. Lazur counts AI actions, and Clicky counts agent and talk messages. Test both with your real work.
• Assuming Lazur runs the steps for you. It guides, points and waits, and it does not click buttons or operate other apps.
• Trusting the first circle. Pointing can land on the wrong control, so read the label before you click.
• Skipping the Windows check. Lazur is Mac only today, and Clicky's sources disagree on Windows.
• Reading the screenshot line on a homepage and skipping the privacy policy.

A two-day test you can run this week

1. Day one: start the Lazur trial from the download page. Hold ⌥ ⌘ and ask three questions about apps you use daily.
2. Day one: dictate a full email with fn in your main app. Count how many words you fix by hand.
3. Day two: sign up for Clicky's free plan at heyclicky.com/pricing and ask the same three questions.
4. Day two: note how many talk and agent messages you used. Compare that with the 25 on the free plan.
5. End of day two: pick the app you would keep after the trial, and read its privacy page before you pay.

If you want a third option, read Best AI buddy apps for Mac 2026. It compares Lazur, HeyClicky and Muse for daily work.