Your music, in the notch
Album art, live progress, and play, skip, seek, shuffle, repeat, and volume for Spotify and Apple Music. While music plays, the notch shows the artwork and a moving equalizer.
For MacBook · macOS 14 or later
Your notch,
finally useful.
NotchDude turns the black bar at the top of your screen into a hub for your music, AI usage limits, clipboard, focus timer, and files. Hover to open, move away to close.
One-time purchase. No subscription. Works on Macs without a notch, too.
Hover the notch
What's inside
Everything,
one hover away.
Claude Code
30%5-hour
42%Weekly
Codex
15%5-hour
59%Weekly
AI limits at a glance
Your Claude Code and Codex 5-hour and weekly limits, reset countdowns, and daily tokens, read from your own Mac. Know when to slow down before you hit the wall.
git commit -m "ship it"
notchdude.com
Meeting notes: launch plan…
Clipboard
Everything you copy, searchable and pinnable.
24:59
Focus
Focus
A calm Pomodoro that stays visible beside the notch.
PDF
PNG
ZIP
File Shelf
Drop files on the notch, drag them out anywhere.
10:00 Design review Now
13:30 Lunch with the team
16:00 Ship the update
Your day, one hover away
Today and tomorrow from your calendar, with the meeting that's happening now highlighted.
How it feels
Out of the way
until you need it.
01
Opens on hover
Move your pointer to the notch and it flows open like liquid. Move away and it tucks itself back in.
02
Native and light
Written in Swift for macOS. No web views, no accounts, no background bloat.
03
Stays on your Mac
No analytics or tracking. Your clipboard, notes, and files never leave your Mac.
Pricing
Pay once.
Keep it forever.
Try every Pro feature free for 14 days. No card, no key. It keeps working on the free plan afterwards.
Free
$0
- The notch, animations, volume and battery peeks
- Now Playing: artwork, play, pause, skip
- Focus timer, Calendar, Notes
- Clipboard: last 10 items
- File Shelf: 3 items
- One display
Launch price
Pro · Lifetime
$24.99 $19.99
One-time purchase · up to 3 Macs
- AI Usage for Claude Code and Codex
- Full music controls: seek, volume, shuffle, repeat
- Unlimited clipboard history and summaries
- Unlimited File Shelf
- Camera Mirror and Bookmarks
- Every display, plus future Pro features
Prices adjust for your country at checkout, where local taxes are added. Your licence key arrives by email.
FAQ
Questions & answers.
Still wondering about something? Email support@notchdude.com and I'll help.
01Do I need a MacBook with a notch?
No. On MacBooks with a notch it wraps around the camera housing. On other Macs and external displays it appears as a floating island at the top of the screen.
02Which Macs and macOS versions are supported?
Macs with Apple silicon running macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
03Is it a subscription?
No. Pro is a one-time purchase that includes future Pro features, and the free version keeps working forever.
04How does the free trial work?
Every Pro feature is unlocked for 14 days after you first open the app, with no key or card needed. Afterwards it continues on the free plan until you buy a licence.
05How many Macs can I use it on?
One licence works on up to 3 Macs. Moving to a new Mac? Choose "Deactivate on This Mac" in Settings › Pro on the old one first.
06How does AI Usage get my limits?
Codex writes your plan limits to its local session logs, and NotchDude reads them from there. For Claude Code, it can ask Anthropic for the same numbers Claude Code's /usage shows, using the sign-in Claude Code already saved on your Mac, and only after you allow Keychain access.
07Is my data private?
Yes. There are no accounts and no analytics, and your clipboard, notes, and files stay on your Mac. See the privacy policy for the few network requests the app makes.
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