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Stealthly alternative for Mac: keep private apps open while you share

Choose Stealthly if you want presentation-time cleanup on your own Mac. Choose ScreenVeil if private apps must stay open and usable while the audience receives a separate filtered window. ScreenVeil requires you to share Privacy Screen explicitly; it cannot change a desktop share selected in your meeting app.

Stealthly hides windows on your Mac when sharing starts. ScreenVeil keeps private apps open and leaves them out of the window you share. Here's how to choose.

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Diagram comparing hiding windows on your Mac with sharing a separate window that leaves private apps out.
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The useful question is what happens when you reopen a private app

Stealthly's site says it hides active windows when preparing the desktop. Its FAQ also says hidden app windows are not reopened automatically afterward, though you can bring them back yourself. For a caller who needs an inbox or notes during the presentation, that local workflow matters more than a tidy starting screenshot.

ScreenVeil leaves selected private apps or windows usable locally and removes them from Privacy Screen. The audience sees that output only if you select it in the meeting picker. Opening a private app while sharing the real display bypasses that separation.

Check the edition before comparing automation

Stealthly's website version includes automatic sharing and recording detection and a 14-day trial. Its Mac App Store version lacks full automatic detection. The site lists $12.99 once and macOS 14 or later. Verify the edition you install rather than assuming every download has the same trigger behavior.

We publish ScreenVeil and checked these vendor pages on October 14, 2026. This is a comparison of documented behavior, not a hands-on benchmark of Stealthly. The launch price is $6.99 one time through November 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM Pacific (PST); the regular price is $9.99 one time after that. Prices are in USD, plus applicable tax. ScreenVeil includes three free sessions; an email is required for the trial, with no card.

A quiet desktop can still show a private window

Stealthly can enable Do Not Disturb. Apple's notification settings also let you pause notifications while mirroring or sharing. Those controls address interruptions, not the content of an inbox you deliberately bring forward.

If banners are the only issue, try the built-in setting before buying either app. If you need to keep using private work during a multi-app demo, rehearse opening that work and inspect the received picture. A product saying it hides windows does not by itself establish what happens after you reopen one.

Use one realistic transition to decide

  1. 1

    Prepare a fictional client demo

    Open a sample dashboard, a spreadsheet and a dummy inbox. Decide which two windows the audience needs.

  2. 2

    Run the actual sharing setup

    Use your meeting app. With ScreenVeil, share Privacy Screen and keep the inbox app private, or exclude its separate window. With a cleanup tool, inspect the source it leaves you sharing.

  3. 3

    Open the inbox during the presentation

    From a second device, check whether the dashboard keeps updating and the sample inbox stays out. This is a suggested test, not a result we measured for Stealthly.