sideOS.ai
A privacy-focused macOS AI desktop assistant that uses voice commands to control apps, complete tasks, transcribe meetings, manage reminders, and automate workflows.
A privacy-focused macOS AI desktop assistant that uses voice commands to control apps, complete tasks, transcribe meetings, manage reminders, and automate workflows.
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sideOS.ai is a practical fit for buyers evaluating Mac, Productivity, and Artificial Intelligence tools.
- What is sideOS.ai?
- A privacy-focused macOS AI desktop assistant that uses voice commands to control apps, complete tasks, transcribe meetings, manage reminders, and automate workflows.
- Who is it for?
- Solo founders who need to draft emails, manage reminders and generate research reports across Mac apps without switching windows manually.
- Pricing
- unknown
Product information
What this product does
sideOS lives in your Mac’s notch. Hold Control + Option, say what you want, let go! It reads your screen, opens apps, clicks, types and tells you when it’s done. Run it fully offline local models or use your own Claude, OpenAI, Gemini or Grok key.
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Platforms
- Mac
- Desktop
AI Models
- Whisper
Company & Maker
Who built sideOS.ai?
- Company
- Stockimg AI, Inc.
- Product
- A privacy-focused macOS AI desktop assistant that uses voice commands to control apps, complete tasks, transcribe meetings, manage reminders, and automate workflows.
- Live since
- Oct 2026
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Problem Solved
What problem does sideOS.ai solve?
For Mac users managing email, meetings, research, and daily tasks across multiple apps. Switching windows, typing repetitive messages, taking meeting notes, and tracking follow-ups consume time. sideOS lets them speak instructions while it reads the screen, operates apps, runs background tasks, and creates reminders. For example, after a Zoom call, it can transcribe the discussion locally, summarize decisions, and turn action items into reminders.
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sideOS is a macOS desktop AI assistant that lives in the Mac's notch and turns spoken instructions into actions across apps. Independent professionals use it to control their desktop, dictate text, summarize meetings, create documents and run background tasks using local AI models or their own cloud API keys.
Who should use
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Best-fit workflows
- Control Mac applications using voice commands
- Turn Zoom, Meet, and Teams meetings into summaries and reminders
- Drafts an email reply in the active mail app using a spoken instruction and the message already visible on screen.
- Generates a research report as a PDF by searching the web, reading local files and running a background task.
- Transcribes a Zoom, Google Meet or Teams meeting into a local transcript, summary, decisions and follow-up reminders.
- Dictates an article draft directly into a focused text field using macOS speech recognition without cloud transcription charges.
Pricing reality
Vendor stated
$89.90 one-time lifetime licence for one Mac, with future updates included. No recurring sideOS subscription.
Actual cost
The official website lists $89.90 for the app. Cloud AI usage is billed separately by Anthropic, OpenAI, Google or xAI. The developer estimates approximately $0.02 to $0.05 per typical command using default cloud models. Local AI models can eliminate provider charges, and on-device dictation has no usage fee.
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Pricing reality
Last updated Oct 2026
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