What is the practical difference?
Kopya captures your primary display when you request an answer, sends the screenshot for AI processing, and returns help in a desktop panel. You can use it to explain an error, understand a spreadsheet, or prepare an explanation during a permitted demo. It does not listen to a meeting or produce an automatic transcript. Read the data-processing policy before capturing confidential material.
| Need | Kopya | ScreenHelp describes |
|---|---|---|
| Desktop screen questions | macOS and Windows; capture on request | Mac and Windows desktop apps |
| Browser access | Desktop installation required for screen assistance | A web app |
| Follow-up workflow | Ask about your current screenshot | Chat with past-capture context and custom prompts |
| Screen-share privacy | OS capture exclusion; macOS limitations documented | Desktop capture privacy |
ScreenHelp’s feature descriptions come from its official website. We have not independently tested its capture privacy. Compare the current product in your own workflow rather than treating either vendor’s description as a compatibility result.
When is Kopya a useful alternative?
Consider Kopya when you want to ask about what is currently on your primary display without copying the material into another application. The desktop shortcut is Cmd+Shift+Space on Mac or Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows. An optional question lets you specify what you need explained. The download page lists supported systems and the pricing page gives current allowances.
For a live product demo, prepare the application you will share, close unrelated material on the captured display, and ask a sample question before participants arrive. Check the answer for accuracy yourself. AI can misread a screenshot or miss context outside it, so a response should support your explanation rather than substitute for knowing the product you are presenting.
When should you choose something else?
If you cannot install desktop software, use a browser-based workflow. If you need meeting audio transcription and automatic notes, evaluate a dedicated meeting assistant: Cluely describes those capabilities. Kopya’s screenshot workflow is not a replacement for an audio notetaker. Obtain any required consent before using a tool that processes a conversation.
If all you need is a prepared script, ordinary presenter notes on an unshared display may be simpler than a live AI assistant. If your work must remain offline, Kopya is not a fit: generating answers requires server-side AI processing. For sensitive screens, remove confidential information before capture or follow your organization’s approved workflow.
Which assistant is best for hiding during live demos?
There is no demonstrated universal winner for capture privacy. Start with the sharing mode: a selected window or tab limits what viewers receive. Then test the assistant panel in the exact meeting app, operating-system version and recording mode you will use. Kopya has not published a comparative capture benchmark, so this page does not rank products by invisibility.
Kopya enables its privacy setting by default. On Windows it uses the operating system’s capture-exclusion facility. On macOS it uses a legacy window flag that ScreenCaptureKit-based recorders may ignore. These are Kopya implementation details; they do not establish which APIs another product uses. The compatibility guide separates documentation from untested setups.
How should you compare the tools before a presentation?
Use the same sample task
Choose a non-sensitive error message or spreadsheet and ask the same question in each product. Judge usefulness and factual accuracy, not just response speed.
Test the audience view
Share your intended window or display and join from a second device. Keep the assistant open and inspect the received image, including menus and notifications.
Inspect the recording separately
Record a short sample using your planned local or cloud recording mode. Play it back; a participant view alone does not verify a separately configured recording.
Keep a fallback ready
Move the panel to an unshared display, use a selected capture region, or close the assistant. Repeat the test after OS or meeting-app updates.
Common questions
Can Kopya automatically hide its panel from a Zoom recording?
Kopya’s capture-exclusion setting is on by default, but it cannot establish what a particular Zoom recording captures. Test the exact recording mode. On recent macOS, share a selected window or move the panel outside the captured area. See the Zoom, Meet and Teams guide.
Sources and comparison method
This comparison was prepared by the Kopya team from Kopya’s implementation and the linked vendors’ public pages. Feature availability may change. There are no measured speed rankings or independent compatibility results in this comparison.