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title: "Mac AI agents that see your screen — 17 compared"
description: "Compare 17 macOS AI agents by screen access, inference location, actions, approval model, license, and where Pace is honestly behind."
canonical: https://heypace.app/compared/
last-updated: 2026-08-27
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# Mac AI agents that see your screen — 17 compared

Compare 17 macOS AI agents by screen access, inference location, actions, approval model, license, and where Pace is honestly behind.

## How to choose

Follow the data path, separate observation from action, check the control model, inspect approval and recovery, and verify license and distribution evidence.

## The field

- [Pace vs Ora](https://heypace.app/compared/ora/): tier picker + trust surfaces vs single-tier local.
- [Pace vs OpenFelix](https://heypace.app/compared/openfelix/): MCP + journals vs cron + proactive alerts.
- [Pace vs ORB](https://heypace.app/compared/orb/): heavier reasoner + trust surfaces vs lean single-purpose.
- [Pace vs Impulse](https://heypace.app/compared/impulse/): conversation-wide memory vs per-project SwiftData.
- [Pace vs Agent! (macOS26)](https://heypace.app/compared/agent-macos26/): on-device-first default vs 18-provider breadth + hotword.
- [Pace vs Cursor Voice](https://heypace.app/compared/cursor-voice/): fully on-device vs OpenAI Realtime per turn.
- [Pace vs Dottie](https://heypace.app/compared/dottie/): open source + tier picker vs closed 134-tool app.
- [Pace vs Fazm](https://heypace.app/compared/fazm/): on-device speech vs Deepgram-cloud STT/TTS.
- [Pace vs Vox](https://heypace.app/compared/vox/): tier picker + memory + watch mode vs 48 tools.
- [Pace vs RCLI](https://heypace.app/compared/rcli/): tier picker + trust surfaces vs MetalRT speed + RAG.
- [Pace vs Samuel](https://heypace.app/compared/samuel/): fully on-device vs cloud self-modifying plugins.
- [Pace vs Shiro](https://heypace.app/compared/shiro/): tier picker + recipes vs parallel sub-agents + RAG.
- [Pace vs LocalNotch](https://heypace.app/compared/localnotch/): voice-first vs hover-and-type notch.
- [Pace vs Cyclop One](https://heypace.app/compared/cyclop-one/): on-device inference vs Claude-powered desktop automation.
- [Pace vs Peepbox](https://heypace.app/compared/peepbox/): voice-first local requests vs persistent region watchers.
- [Pace vs BoBe](https://heypace.app/compared/bobe/): voice-first explicit requests vs proactive goals and memory.
- [Pace vs Project Minimi](https://heypace.app/compared/project-minimi/): ambient Claude memory vs on-device voice agent.

Rechecked https://heypace.app/compared/ against the linked product sources. No review scores or rankings are invented.