Tiling window manager for Mac that remembers how you work
Autonomous Chief of Staff for engineering leads and founders. Lives in Telegram and Slack.
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Freemium
Freemium
Pricing
Free: 3 stages forever. Pro · 1 Device: $19.99 lifetime license. Pro · 3 Devices: $39.99 lifetime license. Pro · 5 Devices: $49.99 lifetime license. BetterStage AI subscription: $4.99/mo or $39/yr for managed AI Staging.
Starter: Free forever. Pro: $9/month. Chief: $35/month. Monthly billing, cancel anytime, no credit card to start.
Key features
Named stages (workspaces) spanning every monitor
TabStack automatic tiling with resizable panes and tabs
Workspace Continuity and Saved Workspaces
AI Staging to organize windows from text descriptions
Works with macOS Spaces (Desktops)
Custom Actions for opening apps, files, and running commands
Per-monitor Window Modes: Enhanced Native and TabStack
No SIP disable required
Text, voice, and photo capture in Slack and Telegram
Whisper-v3 voice transcription with 99.8% accuracy
Three-stage follow-up cadence: morning digest, nudge, and escalation
Bidirectional sync with Obsidian, Notion, and Markdown vaults
Meeting CoS that joins calls and converts notes to tasks
Brain scans across Notion, Obsidian, and Google Sheets
Approval inbox for all proposed vault writes
Brain Health score tracking open loop hygiene and clarity
Deduplication of repeating commitments across threads
What makes it different
Works with System Integrity Protection fully enabled, requiring only standard Accessibility permissions
Stages span every monitor simultaneously and switch instantly without sliding animations
AI Staging describes workspace setups in plain English for automatic arrangement
Free tier with 3 stages and full multi-monitor support
Does not train its own AI model on user tasks
Approval-based vault sync prevents silent data overwrites
BetterStage
Brainy