The Tray
Copy once.
Find it forever.
Every clip — text, links, colors, files, screenshots — lands in the Tray, tagged and searchable right above your keyboard.
Everything, at a glance
One glance up,
and it’s there.
Music, calendar, the Tray, timers, meetings: one island becomes whatever matters, then gets out of the way.
And dozens of micro-moments, handled silently.
Appears. Done. Gone.
Privacy focused
About Notchly
The notch isn’t a flaw to hide: it’s prime real estate. Notchly keeps everything local — your clips, your calendar, your timers — with no account and nothing sent anywhere.
Built for the hardware: chip and card geometry measured on real Macs, springs tuned to feel native, down to the point.
Lives in your notch
12
Built-in modules
From now-playing to agent monitoring, everything ships inside one small native app.
Productivity5
Media & status4
System3
$0
A month. Forever.
No subscription. One-time Pro unlock when you want every module — the free tier keeps working either way.
60
Clips in the Tray
Your latest copies and captures, tagged and searchable. Pin what matters and it stays.
1×
One purchase
Buy Pro once and it’s yours for good. Every future update included.
Under the hood
Numbers,
not adjectives.
38pt
Island height, matched to the hardware notch — not approximated.
0.40 / 0.74
Spring response and damping behind every resize and morph.
12
Modules compiled into one small native binary.
~0% idle
CPU when nothing is happening. It sleeps until something happens.
14+
Runs on macOS Sonoma and later, Intel and Apple silicon.
1.dmg
Drag, launch, done. No installer, no background services.
Copy once.
Focus Timer
Deep work,
on the clock.
Start a Pomodoro and watch the countdown breathe above your keyboard. Pause, reset, or stack sessions without breaking flow.
Calendar
Never walk in late
again.
The next event surfaces on its own, with a Join pill when it’s time to hop on the call — no calendar app required.
One island, many faces
Wherever you are,
it keeps pace.
The island reshapes itself around whatever has your attention: media one moment, a countdown the next, your calendar when it matters.
Media
Artwork and a live waveform while anything plays, from any provider.
Apple MusicSpotifyYouTube MusicFocus & sessions
Pomodoro cycles and session state while you work, even from the background.
PomodoroSession managerCommand scripts
Calendar & alerts
The next event surfaces on its own, with a Join pill when it’s time.
CalendarRemindersWeather
How it works
Set it up once.
Never think about it.
- 01.
One app. One launch.
Notchly is a single native Swift app: no setup wizard, no Electron shell. Open it once and a Dynamic Island settles in around your MacBook’s notch. That’s the whole setup.
- 02.
Nothing you didn’t allow.
Each module asks for its own macOS permission the first time you turn it on: media for what’s playing, your calendar for upcoming events, the microphone only if you enable voice features. Grant what you want, skip the rest.
- 03.
Your day, in the notch.
Play a song, start a focus session, copy a link, and each becomes a live activity above the keyboard. Glance to check it, hover to peek, click to expand. Your clipboard, events and AirPods, right where your eyes already are.
- 04.
Then it disappears.
When nothing needs you, the island goes quiet: a slim black sliver shaped like the notch it lives in. Status flashes surface for a second, then fade. You stop noticing it’s running. That’s the point.
FAQ
Straight answers.
Which Macs does Notchly support?
MacBook Pro 14” and 16” (2021 or later) and MacBook Air (2022 or later), running macOS Sonoma or newer. On displays without a physical notch, Notchly runs as a floating bar at the top of the screen — it never draws a fake notch over your display.
Is there a free version?
Yes. The free tier includes music controls, file shelf, calendar, focus timer, clipboard history (5 items), bookmarks, camera overlay, HUD replacement, agent monitoring, screenshot capture, 2 widgets, and multi-display support — free forever, no account needed. Pro unlocks all 12 modules.
Is Notchly a subscription?
No. Notchly Pro is a one-time purchase of $15 with future updates included. Buy once, and it’s yours for good — no recurring fees, no account required to use the app.
What can live in the notch?
Music and now-playing controls, your calendar with one-click join, the clipboard Tray, focus sessions, agent monitoring, AirPods battery, privacy indicators, downloads and more — twelve modules in total, each appearing only when it has something to say.
Does it work with Spotify and other players?
Yes. Music controls work across system playback, so whatever is playing — Apple Music, Spotify, or a browser tab — shows up with artwork and a live waveform in the island.
Is my data private?
Yes. Clips, events and timers are processed on your Mac. There is no cloud sync and no analytics attached to your content. Permissions are requested per feature, only when you turn that feature on.
Pricing
Pay once.
Own it always.
Lifetime
$15one-time
For Mac users who’d rather own their tools than rent them. Every module, every update, one payment.
Get Notchly Pro- All 12 modules unlocked
- 60-item clipboard with OCR search
- Session manager & teleprompter
- Screen recording & command shortcuts
- Unlimited widgets & HUD replacement
- Agent monitoring (Claude Code & Codex)
- No subscription, no account
One-time purchase, updates included · One Mac, lifetime