NotchBuddy
Polar sales and MRR in your MacBook notch
Selling through Polar? NotchBuddy shows each order and renewal as it arrives, and keeps MRR and active subscriptions a hover away.
Part of the Revenue tool ↗- What it shows
- Orders, renewals, trials and refunds, plus MRR and active subscriptions.
- How often
- About every 90 seconds. Sandbox organizations are supported too.
Connect Polar.
polar_oat_…Enter this in NotchBuddy on your Mac.- In Polar, open Settings → Developers → New token.
- Give it these scopes only: orders:read, subscriptions:read, refunds:read, metrics:read.
- Paste the polar_oat_… token into NotchBuddy → Revenue → Polar.
What a Polar sale looks like
When a new payment comes in, the notch drops a small pill with the amount and what it was (a sale, a renewal, a new trial), your pet jumps, and you hear a cha-ching. With Show Peek after an alert on, the Peek opens 1.3 seconds later with the product and a shortened customer email, then tucks itself away. Refunds and failed payments get their own alert, so they don't blend in with good news.
You choose the sound: a classic cha-ching, falling coins, a soft chime, or your own file. If you work in public, turn on Hide amounts in Glance and the pill shows the alert without the number; the amount stays in the Peek and the Revenue panel.
Today's takings, one hover away
Open Revenue from Home and you get today's total with a seven-day line, MRR, active subscribers and trials where the platform provides them, and the latest payments. Connect more than one platform and they sit side by side.
Your key stays on your Mac
- The key is stored in your Mac's Keychain, not in a file and not on our servers.
- NotchBuddy uses it to talk to Polar directly. We never see your key, your customers or your sales.
- Payments are kept on your Mac for 31 days, with customer emails shortened (like jo•••@gmail.com).
- You can remove the connection in NotchBuddy, or revoke the key in Polar, at any time.
Questions, answered.
Can NotchBuddy change anything in my Polar account?
Not if you follow the steps on this page. You create a key that can only read, so NotchBuddy can see payments and totals but can't refund, cancel, edit or create anything.
Does it work if I sell on more than one platform?
Yes. Connect as many as you use. Each connection keeps its own key and schedule, and the Revenue panel shows them together.
Does it work with a Polar sandbox?
Yes. NotchBuddy checks both Polar's live and sandbox hosts, so a sandbox token works for testing.
Your other platforms.
Sales and subscription activity, plus MRR from active subscriptions.
Revenue and subscription totals. Alerts reflect what changed between syncs.
Orders, renewals, trials, refunds and failed payments, plus 30-day revenue.
Transactions, renewals, trials, refunds and failures, plus MRR.
Payments, subscription charges, trials and refunds.
Sales, membership renewals and refunds.
Daily units and proceeds. Apple publishes each completed day, so this is a report, not live.