NotchBuddy

NotchBuddy — Notch Tool-belt for Developers

Turn your MacBook’s notch into a focused toolbelt for work, creativity, and development.

Hover to open. Grab what you need. Get back to what matters.

FOCUS
Stay productive with a built-in Pomodoro timer, customizable routines, task tracking, and a Live Activity that keeps your remaining time visible.

MEDIA
Control Apple Music and Spotify without leaving your current app. View artwork, track details, playback controls, and a beautifully animated Live Activity in the closed notch.

FILE SHELF
Drop files into your notch and retrieve them when you need them. Drag them back out, preview them, or share them through AirDrop and Quick Share. Your Shelf persists across relaunches.

COLOR PICKER
Sample any color from your screen, build a color history, and copy values in formats for SwiftUI, Kotlin, CSS, and more—without manual conversion.

AI USAGE
Monitor supported AI coding tools, including Codex, Claude, and Antigravity. Follow usage limits, context consumption, and provider activity directly from your notch, widgets, or menu bar.

DEVELOPER DASHBOARD
Keep essential development information close at hand. Monitor Xcode projects, simulators, Git status, performance, connected devices, DerivedData, Core Data stores, and useful developer links.

LIVE ACTIVITIES
See Focus sessions, now playing, AI usage, and Shelf activity without opening the notch.

MAKE IT YOURS
Choose which tabs appear, customize media controls and toolbar actions, adjust open and close delays, select animation styles, and configure NotchBuddy around your workflow.

NOTCHBUDDY PRO
Unlock advanced Focus workflows, expanded Shelf and Developer limits, every supported AI provider, widgets, menu-bar indicators, and more.

Built for multi-display setups. Compatible with Apple silicon and Intel Macs. Enhanced with Liquid Glass on macOS 26 and later.

No account. No analytics. No tracking. No unnecessary uploads. Your files, activity, and preferences stay local by default.

Your notch is already there. Make it useful.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/