BEAM

A floating chat panel that opens with a hotkey is the core of BEAM, a native macOS app that puts ChatGPT on top of whatever you are already doing.

You can call it up over any application, website or document, so you do not have to switch windows to ask a question.

That is the context switching BEAM is built to remove.

BEAM works as an AI chatbot and writing assistant for people who spend the day in a Mac.

Templates, personas and macros let you reuse prompts and set how the assistant responds, which saves retyping the same instructions.

You can also chat with PDF documents, so a long report or paper becomes something you can question directly.

The pricing model is unusual for this kind of app.

BEAM is a one-time purchase with lifetime access, with no subscription fees and no login.

It runs on your own API key, which means you pay the AI provider for usage separately.

That makes sense for you if you already have a key and would rather not add another monthly bill.