Vela vs TickerNotch

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Vela compared with TickerNotch
Detail	Vela	TickerNotch
What it does	Capture an idea the instant it hits, by keyboard, voice, or Siri, and let Musa help you shape it into something real.	Stock and crypto ticker, weather and news in your MacBook notch
Stage	Not given	Startup
Founded	Not given	2026
Based in	Not given	GR
Pricing model	Freemium	Not given
Pricing	Free: unlimited idea storage, 10 free Musa credits. Small: 25 credits for €2.99. Medium: 75 credits for €6.99. Large: 200 credits for €14.99.	Free version forever with one ticker, one weather slot, one social counter, one news channel, one alert and one menu bar pin. Pro: $5 per month or $40 lifetime.
Key features	Keyboard capture Voice dictation capture Musa AI refining Idea exploration mapping Flow streak tracking Local iPhone storage iCloud sync Credit-based AI access	Live tickers for stocks, crypto, indices and commodities with real-time crypto prices and 15-minute delayed stock prices Weather slots with multiple metrics like temperature, feels-like, rain chance and UV index for any city Live social follower and subscriber counts from YouTube, GitHub, Twitch, Bluesky and Mastodon System metrics showing CPU, memory, network download and upload speeds sampled locally RSS news marquee with breaking item flags and multi-channel support Menu bar pinning for individual tickers and metrics Candlestick charts with timeframes from 1 minute to 1 day and technical indicators Portfolio holdings tracking with dollar profit/loss instead of daily percentage Price and percentage move alerts with rolling window or daily open options Technical indicators including moving averages, Bollinger Bands, RSI, MACD, Supertrend and Volume Profile
What makes it different	AI never trains on your data Free forever app with pay-as-you-go AI credits	No account required; all data and settings stay on your Mac with no sync or cloud Lives in menu bar with no Dock icon; works on MacBooks without notch via simulated notch mode Private by design with daily usage reporting optional and fully disableable
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	16 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	0	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	0	8
Referring domains (Majestic)	0	53

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