NotchBloom
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2:143:41The shelf is empty. Drag a file onto the notch to park it here.
Nothing copied yet. Whatever you copy shows up here.
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Hover over the notch and it opens: music with lyrics, a shelf for files, clipboard history, your next meeting and a timer.
Download for MacFree for 7 days, then $2.99 once, from the Mac App Store. Hover or tap the black notch in the headline to try it.
Open the panel, pick a tab, get on with your day. Switch off the tabs you never use in settings.
Artwork, play and pause, next and previous, and a scrubber you can drag. NotchBloom reads what macOS says is playing, so Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube in your browser all show up. Synced lyrics follow the song line by line when LRCLIB has lyrics for it. Podcasts and videos play with the controls but without lyrics.
Drag a file onto the notch and it waits there. Drag it out into a message, a document or a folder when you are ready. The shelf is still full after a restart.
A history of your recent clipboard items. Pin the ones you keep needing. Passwords and items your password manager marks as concealed are skipped.
Upcoming events from Calendar sit next to your Mac’s battery level, its charging state and live CPU and memory use. A low battery alert tells you before it matters.
Run a pomodoro or a plain countdown, with a sound when time is up. While it runs, the closed notch shows what is left, and it signals when the session ends.
A camera mirror for a quick look before a call, with a preview that runs only while the Mirror tab is open. A hotkey, ⌥⌘N by default, and launch at login. English, Polish, German, French and Spanish, following your system language.
No account, no sign up, no tracker, no ads. Your clipboard, files, calendar and camera stay on this Mac.
The one thing NotchBloom sends is the title, artist, album and length of the song you are playing, to lrclib.net, so it can find the lyrics. Nothing in that request identifies you.
First, download it from the Mac App Store and hover over the notch, or press ⌥⌘N.
Then use everything for free. Keep the tabs you reach for and switch off the rest in settings.
Finally, unlock it for $2.99 if it stays. No subscription.
The trial has every feature switched on. After it, NotchBloom locks until you unlock it, one time, through the App Store.No account, no subscription, no second payment.
Something missing? Write to support@notchbloom.com.
Yes, with a difference. NotchBloom is designed for MacBooks with a notch and needs macOS 14 or later. On a Mac without a notch, or on an external display, the panel appears as a small pill at the top center of the screen.
Everything is unlocked for the first seven days. After that the app locks until you unlock it once for $2.99. There is no subscription and no recurring charge, and the purchase goes through the App Store.
Nothing. There are no accounts, no analytics and no tracking, and your clipboard, files and calendar stay on your Mac. The only network request is the lyrics lookup to lrclib.net, which sends the track title, artist, album and duration.
It shows whatever macOS reports as playing, so Apple Music and Spotify work, and so does audio from a browser, including YouTube. Synced lyrics show when LRCLIB has lyrics for the song; podcasts and videos play with controls but no lyrics.
No. The battery readout is for your Mac only: charge level, whether it is charging, and a low battery alert.
Calendar access fills the Today tab with your upcoming events. Camera access powers the mirror, and the preview only runs while the Mirror tab is open. Both are optional.
Yes. Pick the tabs you want in settings, turn on launch at login, and open the panel with the hotkey, which is ⌥⌘N by default, besides hovering over the notch.
English, Polish, German, French and Spanish. NotchBloom follows your system language.
Free for 7 days, then $2.99 once. Designed for MacBooks with a notch, on macOS 14 or later.
Download for Mac