A Pomodoro timer, clipboard history, a file shelf with AirDrop, music, reminders and live Stripe sales, one hover away in your MacBook’s notch. Plus a little pet to keep you company.
Your MacBook has a notch. Meet NotchBuddy: hover the notch and your day drops down. Focus timers, music, sticky notes, clipboard history, reminders in plain English and your Mac's stats: nineteen tools, one hover away. Sell apps? Every Stripe, RevenueCat or App Store Connect sale lands right in your notch. Five little pets wander, nap and stay quiet while you focus. Five themes, on Apple silicon and Intel. NotchBuddy is $10, pay once, at notchbuddy.app.
Day to day
It opens when you hover
Hover to peek, click to open a tool. Move away and it tucks back into the notch.
Even a little glance goes a long way.
The panel closes. A little life stays at the top.
A passing paw
25:00
Your focus, in a line
A track within reach
A sale says hello
z z z
A well-earned nap
Golden Hour Drive
01 / Music
Music controls in the notch
Play, pause, skip and scrub without switching apps. Spotify, Apple Music, and whatever’s playing in your browser.
02 / Focus
Start a timer in one click
Start a Pomodoro, countdown or stopwatch. A thin line fills along the notch while you work.
03 / Notes
Sticky notes and a scratchpad
Sticky notes in five paper colours, and a scratchpad that saves itself.
Ship v1.2on Friday!
2 min ago
Call momat 7 pm
2 min agoScratchpad
Tracking: 1Z84F9026655Gate B12 · seat 14A
Tools
Nineteen tools in the notch
Reminders, quick notes, a clipboard history, a shelf for files you want on your phone, and more. Switch off any you don’t use in Settings.
One-time payment of $10 (US dollars), the same price in every country; checkout can show it in your own currency. Local taxes are added at checkout where they apply.
After you buy
Running in two minutes
Pay once
$10 through Dodo Payments’ secure checkout. One payment, nothing recurring.
Download
The download link and your licence key appear as soon as you’ve paid, and the order email from Dodo Payments has your key too.
Paste your key
Open NotchBuddy, follow the short welcome and paste your licence key. Your pet walks in.
An app that turns the black camera notch at the top of a MacBook screen into a small workspace. Hover over it and a panel opens with your tools; move away and it tucks back in. NotchBuddy puts 19 tools there, from a Pomodoro timer and clipboard history to a file shelf and live sales, plus an animated pet.
How is NotchBuddy different from Alcove, Boring Notch or OmniNotch?
Two things no other notch app lists: live sales alerts from Stripe, RevenueCat, App Store Connect and five more platforms, and a desk pet that lives in the notch. Some of them have things NotchBuddy doesn't, like weather, volume and brightness pop-ups or an AI chat. See the full comparison.
Does it work on a Mac without a notch?
Yes. On a Mac without a notch, or on an external display, NotchBuddy sits as a small black pill at the top centre of the screen, and your pet lives in there instead.
Is it a subscription? Is there a free trial?
No subscription: you pay $10 once and every 1.x update is included. There's no trial, but there's a 14-day refund. If NotchBuddy isn't for you, email us and you get your money back.
How many Macs can I use it on?
One. Each licence key works on one Mac only and can't be shared; for another Mac, buy another licence. Got a new Mac? Deactivate the old one in NotchBuddy's Settings, then enter the same key on the new one.
Where do I find my licence key?
Right after you pay it's shown on the download page you land on, and Dodo Payments emails it to you with your receipt. You can see it again any time in your customer portal (sign in with the email you bought with). Bought before 6 October 2026? It's in your Polar customer portal.
Does it work with Spotify and YouTube?
Yes. NotchBuddy shows whatever your Mac says is playing: Spotify, Apple Music, Podcasts, and music or videos playing in a browser tab, like YouTube, YouTube Music, the Spotify web player or SoundCloud in Chrome, Safari, Arc, Edge or Brave. You get the artwork, a scrubber and play, pause and skip.
Can it show my Stripe or RevenueCat sales?
Yes. The Revenue tool connects to Stripe, RevenueCat, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Paddle, Dodo Payments, Gumroad and App Store Connect with a read-only key you create. New sales, renewals and trials show in the notch with a sound, refunds and failed payments are flagged, and you see today's takings, MRR and subscribers. The key stays in your Mac's Keychain and goes only to that platform. App Store Connect reports once a day, so it shows yesterday's totals.
Will the pet make noise?
Rarely: a quiet purr, yawn or chirp a few times an hour at most, never during focus sessions or while music plays. One switch turns sounds off.
Does NotchBuddy read what I type or copy?
Nothing leaves your Mac. Notes, reminders and clipboard history are stored only on your Mac, and anything a password manager copies is skipped.
Is it on the Mac App Store?
Yes: NotchBuddy: Notch Pet & Tools is on the Mac App Store, sold under the seller name DIGITALSTALK PRIVATE LIMITED. The download costs nothing and comes with a 3-day trial of everything. After that a one-time $19.99 in-app unlock keeps it for good, with no subscription, and anyone who bought version 1.0 for $19.99 is already unlocked. Apple's sandbox leaves out two things there, the app launcher and music playing in a browser tab, so it has 18 tools and shows Music and Spotify, and it needs an Apple silicon Mac. Everything else is the same. A Mac App Store purchase and a licence bought here are separate, and Apple handles that edition's updates and refunds.
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