Beckon vs Liner Notes

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Beckon compared with Liner Notes
Detail	Beckon	Liner Notes
What it does	A Mac app that brings your Dock to your cursor in a ring around the pointer	An AI journaling app for iPhone that drafts your diary from your day's traces
Stage	Not given	Startup
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Free: the ring for open apps, flick and click, your own shortcut, find any app by typing, Glass and Outline looks, zip, AirDrop and image conversions. Beckon Pro: $24, once, on up to 3 Macs, includes your Dock apps running or not, folders and Trash, websites, Shortcuts, files and collections, window	Free plan includes daily diary, automatic records, drafting and polishing, and export. Pro Monthly: $3.99/month with no free trial and ability to cancel anytime. Pro Yearly: $29.99/year (about $2.50/month) with 7 days free.
Key features	App ring around cursor with directional flicking Window switching with live thumbnails Pinned apps, folders and Trash access Website, Shortcut, file and collection management Dock hiding and hiding the Dock for good File drop actions: convert, compress, trim, redact, zip, send Customizable appearance with five look options and accent colors Pointer auto-follow after window selection Cross-display window placement with Shift+release Minimal memory footprint with instant activation	Automatic diary drafting from places, photos, sleep, steps and plans Timeline view of your day with Apple Watch body metrics On-device conversation transcription split by speaker Daily morning note and weekly letters No account required, records kept on iPhone Export as Markdown or full copy Choose where text is created: on-device, Apple Private Cloud, or OpenAI Monthly relationship changes tracking Heart rate and voice analysis during conversations Daily copy backup to iCloud Drive
What makes it different	Brings the Dock to your cursor instead of requiring travel to the bottom of the screen Works for mouse and trackpad users without requiring keyboard shortcuts One-time purchase with no subscription or account required Completely private with no analytics or data collection Fully restores original Dock settings if you change your mind	Diary draft prepared automatically before you write, using AI to process daily data traces All data stored exclusively on iPhone with no account, no servers collect your diary Conversations transcribed on-device with speaker identification and automatic deletion of audio User control over where text is created with privacy options Works without writing; continues automatically even during breaks
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	Not checked yet no change since last check	1 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	0	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	18	0
Referring domains (Majestic)	11	0

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