A Moody alternative for Windows PCs

Is there a Windows version of Moody?

At the time of writing, Moody is Mac-only. It's built around the camera notch on Mac laptops, so if you're on a Windows laptop or desktop, there isn't a version you can install. That's the gap Lenslines fills. It's a separate app, made for Windows, that brings the notch teleprompter idea to PCs.

Moody is a trademark of its owner. Lenslines is not affiliated with it.

Lenslines and Moody at a glance

We've only listed what we can state confidently about Moody: it's a Mac notch teleprompter priced at $39 one-time. Apps change, so check moodyteleprompter.com for its current features before you decide.

What Lenslines does on Windows

• A notch under your webcam. Black and Apple-style, at the top center of the screen. It picks the screen your webcam is on, and you can drag it along the top, move it to another monitor or resize it.
• Floating window mode. Pull the notch down to float it anywhere, at any size, with adjustable background opacity and mirroring for glass rigs.
• Voice scrolling. The text moves while you speak and pauses when you pause. It works from voice activity rather than word tracking, and audio never leaves your PC.
• Hidden from screen sharing. Excluded from capture in Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, Discord, OBS, Loom and other apps that use Windows' standard capture, which is nearly all of them.
• Hover to pause and manual control. Point at the notch to pause, scroll with the mouse wheel to rewind, and set the speed anywhere from 0.2× to 4×.
• Cues, shortcuts and a library. Lines starting with # become cues, every shortcut can be changed, and the library has projects, search and a built-in editor.
• Light and private. About a 2 MB download and about 2 to 8 MB of memory in the tray. No account, no cloud and no tracking.

Coming from a Mac?

If you've used a notch teleprompter on a MacBook, Lenslines will feel familiar. A few things are different, mostly because Windows hardware varies more:

• There's no physical notch. Lenslines draws its notch at the top center of the screen, right below the camera, so it works on any laptop or monitor.
• Webcams vary. Windows PCs use both built-in and external webcams. Lenslines checks which kind you have and picks the matching screen, and Move under camera puts the notch back if you drag it away.
• Shortcuts use Ctrl+Alt. Show or hide the prompter with Ctrl+Alt+P, play and pause with Ctrl+Alt+Space, and change any shortcut in settings.
• Stream Deck works through the command line. Actions like play/pause, next cue and toggle prompter can run from a button.
• It lives in the notification area. The tray icon opens the library, starts the prompter, prompts from the clipboard and toggles voice scrolling.
• Your scripts come with you. Lenslines imports .txt, .md and .rtf files, and you can drag files onto the library. Pasting from Word, Google Docs or a web page cleans out the formatting, and the editor shows word count and estimated reading time.

Which one should you choose?

It mostly comes down to your computer. If you're on a Mac, Moody is built for it and Lenslines won't run there. If you're on Windows, Moody isn't an option, and Lenslines is made for exactly that setup. If you use both, you'll need a separate app on each platform.

On Windows, think about how you'll use it. If you present on calls, the capture hiding and the fact that the prompter never steals focus from Zoom, Teams or PowerPoint matter most. If you record videos, look at voice scrolling, cues, and floating mode with mirroring for a glass rig.

Price and availability

Lenslines is coming soon to the Microsoft Store for $9.99 as a one-time purchase. There's no subscription, updates are free, and the Store shows the price in your local currency. There's no free trial, because the Store takes payment before the download. Purchases and refunds are handled by Microsoft, and there's a launch discount in India.

Want the full picture first? Read the Windows teleprompter overview or the notch teleprompter page, and see pricing.