Cupola vs Compass

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Cupola compared with Compass
Detail	Cupola	Compass
What it does	Calendar, Reminders and Notes in your MacBook notch	Voice-first AI notebook for founders that captures thinking, organizes it automatically, and surfaces patterns
Stage	Not given	MVP
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	Paid	Free trial
Pricing	$20 once, lifetime license. 7-day free trial, no card required.	14-day free trial, then $9.99/month or $99.99/year. Price will increase to $19.99/month after the first 100 founding members. Early access members keep $9.99/month as long as subscription stays continuously active.
Key features	Calendar integration with week view Reminders with priority flags and categories Apple Notes with checklists and tables Clipboard history with search and pin Focus timer Natural-language event and reminder entry Stores last 500 clipboard clips Full app view with contacts and linked items Works without macOS notch on external displays	Voice capture with automatic transcription Conversation Mode for multi-speaker meeting recording Automatic note organization and topic tagging Pattern and insight detection across notes Memory of people and relationships Weekly review with progress tracking Post drafting for X and LinkedIn AES-256-GCM encryption and note export Search by meaning across all notes Multiple projects per account
What makes it different	Works with Apple's own Calendar, Reminders and Notes apps without importing All data stays on your Mac, never uploaded to a server One-time $20 payment with no subscription Installs and updates directly via Terminal without App Store sandbox restrictions 14-day refund guarantee, no questions asked	Purpose-built for founders with automatic pattern detection across weeks of thinking AI handles organization automatically without manual folder creation Voice-first capture at the speed of thought Records multi-speaker meetings with speaker separation
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)	6 +2 (up) since last check	25 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	1	9
Citation Flow (Majestic)	20	20
Referring domains (Majestic)	20	31

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