Notchy

Notchy, built by indie developer Vishva Variya, transforms a MacBook's notch into an iPhone-style Dynamic Island, or provides a floating pill interface for Macs without a notch. It packs in over 71 features including Now Playing music controls with synced lyrics, AI usage tracking across Claude, Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT, and DeepSeek, a Pomodoro focus timer with streak tracking, and clipboard history with smart actions and OCR. Notchy also offers a file drag-and-drop shelf, window snapping to notch zones, system HUDs for volume, brightness, and battery, AirPods battery detection, calendar and reminders integration, a notch terminal with real shell support, and lock-screen widgets, localized into 134 languages. Notchy is 100% free forever, with no subscriptions, trials, or license requirements; the developer accepts optional donations via Ko-fi. It has 4,170-plus active installs, a 4.35-star rating from 237 users, and roughly 400 daily active users.