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AfterLid · Office #55,779

Keep your Mac working. Check in from your phone.

In the Mac and Windows desktop utilities neighborhood (Desktop and utilities). In town since 29 Oct 2026.

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What Tablif read on AfterLid's site

AfterLid describes itself as: “AfterLid: Keep your Mac awake and check it from your phone”

What it is

Calls itself “native Mac menu-bar app”.

  • Calls itself: native Mac menu-bar app
“AfterLid is a native Mac menu-bar app that keeps downloads, renders, backups, dev servers, remote-access sessions, and local AI work running under explicit power and safety limits.”

Where it puts itself

Rules out “send prompts, run commands, or change settings”. Publishes a comparison page.

  • Says it will not: send prompts, run commands, or change settings
“AfterLid manages the Mac’s availability. It does not need to understand or take over the work itself.”
“The connection is not used to send prompts, run commands, or change settings.”

What it costs

A free tier, free forever. Trial: “Seven-day”. No monthly or yearly plan.

  • Monthly: no
  • Yearly: no
  • Free plan: free forever
  • Trial: Seven-day
“Free includes every Mac safeguard and read-only status on your paired phone.”
“AfterLid Free Free”
“Seven-day full-access trial for eligible accounts”

How it runs

A desktop app and mobile app for Android, iOS and macOS. Runs locally and works offline. Distributed through the App Store. No API. AI is a side feature.

  • Kind: desktop · mobile
  • Runs on: Android · iOS · macOS
  • Runs where: on the device, offline
  • Distributed via: App Store
  • API: no
  • AI role: a side feature
“AfterLid is a native Mac menu-bar app that keeps downloads, renders, backups, dev servers, remote-access sessions, and local AI work running under explicit power and safety limits.”
“…iPhone companion now on the App Store”

What it works with

Names Android, Gemini and 3 more on its pages.

  • Names: Android · Gemini · Google · +2
“AfterLid is the app that helps keep your Mac awake while you check in from your phone.”
“Keep builds, downloads and local AI tasks running on your Mac, then check its status from your iPhone or Android.”

What it offers as proof

Live, no waitlist. Try it without signing up. Publishes docs.

  • Instant signup: yes
  • Trial asks for: nothing
“Download first. Create an account to connect your phone.”
“Download the Mac app without an account. Create an account to connect your phone. No card needed.”

Sources

Tablif read these pages, last on 29 Oct 2026. Everything above is what the product says about itself; Tablif does not verify every claim.

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