The MacBook notch was controversial when Apple introduced it. Then developers turned it into a feature. Here are the best apps that live in your notch.
The original notch app. Media controls, AirDrop shelf, calendar, mirror, clipboard. The Swiss Army knife of notch apps. Premium feel, lots of features.
Started as a "boring" alternative to NotchNook. Now playing music, HUD replacement, shelf, and more. Free and open source with 4K+ GitHub stars.
Pomodoro timer and focus tool in the notch. Clean design, minimal approach. Focus sessions expand from the notch.
A walking reminder that lives in your notch. Dot-matrix character counts down to your next walk and gets sad if you don't move. One-tap logging, work hours, pause for meetings. The only notch app focused on getting you to walk.
Utility hub in the notch. Charging status, calendar events, now playing. Clean, minimal, focused.
It depends on what you want from your notch:
Everything: NotchNook — most features, highest polish
Free: BoringNotch — open source, community-driven
Focus timer: NotchFlow — pomodoro in the notch
Walk reminders: WalkOS — the only notch app that nags you to walk
Utility hub: Alcove — clean and minimal
Not really. They all draw in the same notch area, so they'll overlap. Pick one. Or use WalkOS alongside another app — you can hide the notch widget and just use the menu bar icon.
WalkOS is built on NotchKit — an open-source agent skill for building macOS notch apps. Install it and tell your AI coding agent what to build:
npx skills add aishwaryaashok14/notch-kit
A walking reminder that lives in your MacBook notch. $5 once.
Download WalkOS for Mac