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Lowtide vs Eney: an assistant you ask, or a list of what you owe people?

Updated October 21, 2026

Short answer: For keeping track of what you owe people, Lowtide is the better choice: the replies you owe, the answers you’re waiting on and the promises from your meetings sit in one short list in your Mac’s menu bar, each with a draft, and close on their own once you’ve answered, free during early access. Eney is the better fit if you want an assistant you can ask for anything across your Mac, iPhone and apps, with its own meeting notetaker.

What’s the difference between Lowtide and Eney?

Eney is a general assistant for your Mac and iPhone. You ask it for something, in its chat window or with a shortcut over whatever is on your screen, and it does it across your Mac and connected apps: summarize your inbox, draft a reply, move a meeting, tidy your files. It also comes to you, with a Morning Brief, Plan My Day and a Weekly Review. Lowtide does one job: knowing what you owe people. It reads Gmail, Slack and your meeting notes and keeps a short list of the replies you owe, the answers you’re waiting on and what you promised, each with the reason it’s there and a draft ready.

With Eney, you bring the task. With Lowtide, the list is already worked out from your mail, Slack and meetings when you open it.

Which is better for not dropping things?

Eney’s site doesn’t describe tracking questions you asked that nobody answered, or keeping a promise on a list until it’s kept. That’s what Lowtide is for: an unanswered email or Slack question comes back with a nudge drafted, on the day you asked for; a promise from a meeting or an email stays until you’ve sent what you said you would; and a card closes on its own once you’ve answered, even when you answer in the other app.

What about meetings?

Eney brings its own notetaker: when a call starts in any app, it offers to transcribe it with no bot joining, and afterwards drafts tasks, a recap and the next invite, and can send the action items to your task manager. Lowtide doesn’t record anything: it reads the notes you already have, from Granola or the recap Zoom, Google Meet, Fathom, Fireflies or Otter emails you, and turns what you promised into cards that stay until they’re done.

What about coding agents?

Eney can write, debug and review code you give it, though MacPaw suggests a dedicated coding tool for bigger work. Lowtide doesn’t write code. It puts Claude Code and Codex sessions waiting on your answer, pull requests waiting on your review and Linear issues assigned to you in the same list as your email.

How much do they cost?

Eney runs on credits: Starter is $14.99 a month for 10,000, Boost $29.99 for 25,000 and Power $49.99 for 50,000, and unused credits don’t roll over. It has a 14-day trial with 10,000 credits. Lowtide is free while it’s in early access.

Can you use both?

Yes. They do different jobs: Eney for asking things of your Mac and apps, Lowtide for the list of what you owe people. Both draft email replies, so you’d pick one to write them.

Choose Lowtide if

• You want a list of what you owe people that keeps itself, not an assistant to ask.
• You want questions nobody answered brought back with a nudge drafted.
• You want promises from meetings and email kept on a list until they’re done.
• You run Claude Code or Codex, review pull requests or get Linear issues, and want them in the same list.

Choose Eney if

• You want one assistant to ask for anything on your Mac: email, calendar, files, Notion, Jira.
• You want it on your iPhone and iPad too.
• You want meetings transcribed on your Mac, with no bot in the call.
• You use Apple Mail, Calendar and Reminders.