Download NotchBuddy

NotchBuddy is $10, once. Your licence key unlocks both the download and the app, so the download is for people who have bought it. macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon and Intel.

Already bought? Paste your licence key to download

The same form works when you reinstall or set up a new Mac. Your key is in the email from Dodo Payments and in your customer portal (bought before 6 October 2026? It's in your Polar customer portal).

Install

1. Open the NotchBuddy DMG you downloaded and drag NotchBuddy into Applications.
2. Open NotchBuddy from Applications. The first time, macOS may ask you to confirm that you want to open an app downloaded from the internet.
3. A short welcome shows you how NotchBuddy works and lets you pick your pet. The last step asks for your licence key. Paste it, and your pet moves into the notch.
4. Each key works on one Mac only and can't be shared; for another Mac, buy another licence. To move it to a new Mac, use Settings → Licence → Deactivate this Mac first.

NotchBuddy is signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens without warnings. Receipts for a purchase on this site are issued to Approtic Solutions Private Limited.

Permissions

NotchBuddy only asks when you use a tool that needs something: Calendar asks for calendar access, Now Playing asks to control Music or Spotify, and Mirror asks for the camera (only while it's open, nothing recorded). Everything else works without any permission.

Don't have a licence yet? See pricing.