Turn the MacBook notch into an interactive control center — media, calendar, files, focus, clipboard, on-device Apple Intelligence and live Claude Code & ChatGPT Codex tracking.
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NotchIA is a native macOS app that turns the MacBook notch into an interactive control center — often described as a "Dynamic Island for Mac". It bundles 14 native modules in one app: a multi-source media player (Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music) with synced lyrics, calendar & reminders, a drag-and-drop file Shelf with a built-in 16-format converter, clipboard history, a Pomodoro Focus timer, system HUD replacement, an on-device AI news digest powered by Apple Intelligence, MP4/MP3 video download, and live tracking of Claude Code and ChatGPT Codex sessions (10 real-time states, token stats, 5h/7d quotas — read locally, nothing leaves your Mac).
- Free forever Essential tier · Pro at €2.99/month or €24.99 lifetime
- macOS 15+ (Sequoia), Apple Silicon & Intel, ~12 MB DMG
- Local-first: no telemetry, no analytics, AI summaries run on-device
- 4 languages: English, French, Spanish, German
| NotchIA | NotchNook | Boring.Notch | TopNotch | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media player (multi-source) | ✅ + synced lyrics | ✅ | ✅ | — |
| Calendar + reminders | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — |
| File shelf + converter | ✅ 16 formats | ✅ | ✅ | — |
| Clipboard history | ✅ | — | — | — |
| Pomodoro / Focus | ✅ | — | — | — |
| Live AI coding status (Claude Code, Codex) | ✅ | — | — | — |
| On-device Apple Intelligence digest | ✅ | — | — | — |
| Free tier | ✅ forever | trial | ✅ | ✅ |
| Price (paid tier) | €2.99/mo · €24.99 lifetime | $3/mo · $25 | free | free |
Table maintained by the NotchIA team — corrections welcome via issues.
- Download the latest DMG: NotchIA.dmg (~12 MB)
- Open the DMG and drag
NotchIA.appintoApplications - First launch: right-click → Open (NotchIA ships outside the Mac App Store; macOS shows a one-time Gatekeeper prompt — this is Apple's official procedure, nothing to disable)
brew install --cask coaxel2/notchia/notchiaHomebrew removes the quarantine bit automatically — no Gatekeeper prompt at all.
NotchIA updates itself via Sparkle (EdDSA-signed appcast served from this repository). To check manually: menu bar icon → Check for updates.
This repository hosts the official releases, appcast and documentation of NotchIA. The app is proprietary software developed independently in France — see notchia.app for details, privacy policy and press kit.
- 🐛 Bug reports & feature requests: open an issue
- 📫 Contact: notchia.app@gmail.com