Tellie Pro Cost and Free vs Pro: What You Get for $29

Tellie Pro costs $29 once — a single payment, not a subscription. Before you pay anything, the free download unlocks all of Tellie for 10 days with no account and no card required. So the real question isn't whether you can try it, but whether the Pro-only features are worth keeping after the trial ends. The short answer: if you present, record, or go live on camera regularly and want help covering specific points under time pressure, Pro is the version you'd keep. If you only need a basic voice-following teleprompter, the trial may tell you that quickly.

What the free download actually includes

Every download starts as the full product for 10 days. During that window you get the complete experience — voice-follow scrolling, the notch placement, invisibility to screen recording and video calls — without entering payment details. This is the cleanest way to judge whether Tellie fits how you work, because the trial isn't a stripped-down demo.

After 10 days, you either buy Pro or drop back to the Free tier. The site points to a side-by-side Free vs Pro comparison page if you want the full feature list before deciding.

What $29 Pro adds

The headline Pro feature is Stagehand:

• Mark what matters — flag a section as must-cover, and it turns green as you actually cover it.
• Say it your way — the check-off works even when you paraphrase rather than read word for word.
• Time nudges — if time gets tight, Tellie gently prompts you while there's still room to cover everything.

In practice, this turns the teleprompter from a script-follower into a coverage tracker. You stop mentally auditing whether you hit your key points, because the app keeps that ledger for you.

Free vs Pro at a glance

The comparison page on the site is the authoritative source for the exact feature split — check it before buying if a specific capability matters to you.

How to decide

Buy Pro if you do recurring on-camera work — videos, webinars, sales calls, podcasts — where missing a key point has a real cost, and you want the app to track coverage for you.

Stay on Free if you mainly need a teleprompter that follows your voice and stays hidden, and you're comfortable managing your own talking points.

Try first, always. The 10-day full unlock means you can run a real recording or call and see whether Stagehand changes your workflow before spending anything.

Before you download

Tellie requires an Apple silicon Mac (M1 or later) running macOS 14 or later. Processing stays on your Mac — nothing leaves the device. If your machine doesn't meet those requirements, the purchase question is moot.

One practical note on the trial: since it unlocks everything for 10 days, plan to test it against the task you actually care about — a live call, a screen recording, a scripted video — rather than just opening it once. The value of Stagehand and the time nudges only shows up when you're under real time pressure.