Comparison
Flyout vs Raycast Notes
Raycast Notes is a good scratchpad, and with Raycast Pro it costs you nothing extra. It is built for capture: one note at a time, text only, in a window you dismiss. Flyout is built for the note that stays open beside your work. So the honest question is not which one is better — it is whether you need the things a scratchpad deliberately leaves out.
| Feature | Raycast Notes | Flyout |
|---|---|---|
| Images in a note | Text only | Paste, drag in, resize |
| Notes on screen | One at a time, by design | Tabs and folders |
| Reminders | None | On a whole note, or on one selected line |
| Sync | Cloud Sync — needs a Pro subscription | Your own iCloud account, included |
| Free tier | 5 notes | 7-day trial, then a lifetime licence |
| Opening it | Hotkey or menu bar | Screen edge or hotkey — and it slides away on its own |
| Price | $10 per month ($8 billed yearly) | $18 once, on two Macs |
Where Raycast wins
Raycast is a launcher first, and a good one. It is already open, its notes take AI commands and dictation, and it runs on iPhone and Windows too — Flyout does none of that. If what you need is somewhere to drop a thought and move on, Raycast Notes does that well, and you have already paid for it. Flyout is for the note that outlives the thought: the one you paste a screenshot into, hang a reminder on, and come back to next week. That is a different job, and it is the only one Flyout does.
Checked against each app’s own documentation in July 2026. These apps ship often — if you spot something out of date, tell us and we will fix it.
Is Flyout right for you?
If you live in the keyboard — writing code, tracking tasks, keeping notes next to your editor — Flyout keeps up. Try it free for 7 days; no account, everything stays on your Mac.