Every answer, saved locally.
Each task keeps its image, mode, question, answer and the model that wrote it. Search "quadratic" and pick up where you left off, or set history to delete itself after a day, a week or a month.
Notch Apple lives in the black cutout at the top of your screen. Click it or press ⌃⌥N and it opens over whatever you're doing. No windows to find. No app switching. On Macs without a notch, it's a small pill that works the same way.
Ask about anything on your screen.
A maths question, a Python error, a chart, a page in another language. Four steps, all from the notch.
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Capture
Drag a box around it.
Press ⌃⌥S in any app, even full screen. The display under your pointer freezes and you select a region, a single window, or the whole screen. The crop stays Retina-sharp.
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Choose
It suggests what to do.
Notch Apple reads the text first and picks the likely action: Solve for maths, Code for an error, Translate for another language, Explain for a chart.
SolveExplainExplain simplyHintSummarizeTranslateRewriteCodeAskExtract text, on your Mac
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Answer
Read it as it's written.
Answers stream in with readable maths instead of raw LaTeX, code blocks with Copy, and real tables. This one ran on the Mac itself with Ollama.
⌃⌥NOpen or close the notch⌘⇧VPaste an image or text⌘RRetry, with another provider if you switched
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Follow up
Keep asking.
"Why are there two answers?" "Make it simpler." The AI still sees your capture and its earlier answers. Stop, Retry and Edit work like you'd expect, and everything can be exported as Markdown.
Your AI, your Mac, your rules.
Pick the provider, keep the history, and always know what leaves your computer.
Free AI, or fully local.
Use a free key, run models on your Mac with no key at all, or bring your own.
GeminiGroqOpenRouterOllama, offlineClaudeChatGPTDeepSeek
Sharp on every display.
Capture follows your pointer and uses that display's own resolution, so a Retina laptop beside a 4K monitor both come out crisp.
Built-in Retina
External
Stays on your Mac
API keys, chat history, captures and on-device text recognition.
Sent only when you ask
With a cloud provider, only your question and capture go to the provider you chose.
Ollama sends nothing
Answers are made on your Mac, and the notch says "On this Mac".
No tracking by default
No account, and nothing is counted unless you say yes: an optional, anonymous user count (version, system, plan) and a feedback box. Signing in is optional and only syncs your setup.
Match day, in the notch.
Live F1 timing, your football team's next match, and a quick game for the break in between.
- F1: the live running order, full classification with tyres and gaps, the weekend in your time zone, and your driver beside the notch.
- Sports: club football, World Cup and national teams, NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL, with a heads-up 30 minutes before kick-off.
- Cricket: India's internationals and the IPL.
- Notch Games: 2048, Snake, a reaction test and play-money Texas Hold’em.
Thirty more tools. Turn on the ones you use.
Every module is optional. Switch them in Settings → Modules and the rest stays out of your way.
Now Playing
Anything playing, with album art beside the notch, controls and synced lyrics.
Home
Weather, your next events, battery, devices, notifications and quick add, with clipboard, now playing and notes one click away. Choose the Classic page or the widget page, and reorder the widgets.
Clipboard history
Search, pin and filter what you copied. Password-manager secrets are never saved.
Notes and to-do
Quick notes and a to-do list, saved on your Mac as you type.
File Shelf
Drop a file on the notch to park it. Drag it out whenever you need it.
File Search
Spotlight-powered search for files, apps and folders.
Timer and stopwatch
Presets from a minute to an hour, laps, and the time left beside the notch.
Charging, in words
Plug in and the notch says how long until full. Unplug and it shows the time left.
World Clock Add-on
The cities you care about, with day or night and the difference from yours.
Window snapping
Drag a window to the notch and drop it on a zone, or use ⌃⌥ and the arrow keys.
Tools
Text Grab, Keep Awake, a colour picker and a calculator that answers as you type.
Translator Add-on
Seven languages with pronunciation and read-aloud.
Mac Stats
Live RAM, CPU, network, battery and disk, in the notch or as a widget.
Desktop widgets
Weather, music, next events and the MacBook Center widget.
Shortcuts
Run Apple Shortcuts and Focus modes, or drive the notch with notchapple:// links.
Snippets Pro
Paste saved text into any app in one click.
Browser and Launcher Pro
Search the web and open your favourite apps from a shelf you arrange.
Focus Pro
Pomodoro sessions with the countdown beside the closed notch.
AirDrop and PairDrop
Send with AirDrop, or to any device on your Wi-Fi with a 6-digit code.
Devices
AirPods and accessory battery, which apps use your mic, and Ring my iPhone.
Notifications
Your other apps' notifications in the notch, and replies to iMessages.
Live tracking
Paste a parcel or flight number and follow it from the notch.
Messenger Pro
Chat on the same Wi-Fi or in an encrypted room. Random handles, no accounts.
Per-app audio Pro
Volume up to 150% and a 10-band EQ for each app.
Free VPN Pro
A list of free OpenVPN servers, or import your own profiles.
Sign in and sync Pro
Your setup and key follow you to a new Mac. Or use iCloud or a backup file.
Face ID-style lock
Lock the notch with Touch ID, your password or your webcam.
Voice Notes Pro
Record from the notch, transcribe on your Mac, then summarise with action items.
Screen Time Pro
See where your time goes, set app limits, and block distractions during Focus.
Quick Add Pro
Type "Dentist tomorrow 3pm" and it lands in Calendar or Reminders.
Command palette Pro
⌃⌥P runs anything, with a text expander, markup, ruler and converter.
Home and themes Pro
Your own dashboard, profiles by app or time of day, and 22 themes.
Web search Pro
AI answers that cite their sources, plus personas and voice.
iPhone companion Ultimate
Your notch on your iPhone over Wi-Fi, encrypted, with no server.
The platform Ultimate
Live Activities API, AI automations, the plugin SDK and scripting.
Plugins Ultimate
Turn any script's output into a notch widget, or grab one from the gallery.
Flight Radar
Every aircraft around you, live on a round radar, with callsign, type, height and speed.
Tennis
Every ATP and WTA match live, Grand Slams in red, the top 20 and your favourite players.
Plane game
A 3D flight sim in the notch: Cessna to A380, real dials, engine sounds, retractable gear, GPWS callouts and a Battle mode with clearer targets, objectives and full-screen controls.
Notch Apple AI Pro
Ask without setting up a key: answered by Notch Apple's own AI, with a daily allowance. Your own keys still work.
Klick Pro
Mechanical keyboard sounds in any app: thirteen sounds, four of them premium downloads.
Convert Ultimate
Drop any file and turn it into another kind: PPTX to PDF, HEIC to JPG, MOV to MP4 and more.
Do It Ultimate
Tell the AI what to do on your screen and watch it work, with a Stop button that works from any app.
Updates once a week
Optional, off by default: be asked about updates once a week instead of for every release.
Free for everyone. Pay once for more.
No subscription, no account, no renewals. Every future update is included.
Free
$0
The complete notch.
- Now Playing, timers, battery and AirPods
- Calendar, weather, clipboard, notes, file shelf
- F1, tennis, sports scores and Notch Games (with a flight sim)
- Flight Radar: the aircraft around you, live
- AI with your own free key or Ollama
- Window snapping, AirDrop, Shortcuts
Pro
$1once
Power, depth and polish.
- AI about your screen, web search with sources
- Home dashboard, profiles, command palette
- Notch Apple AI included: no key to set up
- Markets, flight status, Klick keyboard sounds, 22 themes
- Messenger, Audio, VPN, Voice Notes, Screen Time
- Works offline on up to 3 Macs
Ultimate
$5once
Everything in Pro, plus the platform.
- Live Activities API, two activities at once
- AI automations on a schedule
- Plugin SDK, scripting, notes sync
- iPhone companion, Convert and Do It
- Beta channel and priority support
Paid in Litecoin, key emailed to you. Students can ask for a free Pro code. Have a promo code?
Every screen, for real.
Taken from the current app with sample data. Click any to enlarge.
Always getting better.
Updates arrive in the app: a notification, an Update button in the notch, and Update or Not now in Settings.
Download Notch Apple.
Latest release on GitHub
macOS
Apple silicon and Intel, macOS 14 Sonoma or newer
DMG, free, source-available licence
- Open the DMG and drag Notch Apple into Applications.
- Open it. It isn't notarized by Apple yet, so the first time, right-click it and choose Open.
- Press ⌃⌥N or click the notch. Screen Recording is asked for the first time you capture.
# or with Homebrew
brew tap adityajaindxb/notchapples https://github.com/AdityaJainDXB/NotchApples
brew install --cask notch-appleMade by three high school developers.
Notch Apple is free and always will be. If it helps you, here's how to help it.
Donate
Any amount, in Litecoin. It doesn't unlock anything; it keeps the project going.
ltc1qymlmvkdmvpk5f90esthzgwaw6w0tuzq6tdr6kfBuilt in the open
Swift, SwiftUI and AppKit, source-available under the Notch Apple Source-Available License.
Questions.
Anything else? Open an issue.
Does it work on Macs without a notch?
Yes. Notch Apple shows a small pill at the top centre of the screen that works exactly the same way.
Is it really free?
Yes: the core app is free, and the code is source-available (you can read and build it, but not resell it or unlock the paid features without a key). AI uses free providers by default (Gemini, Groq, OpenRouter's free models, or Ollama on your Mac). Pro ($1) and Ultimate ($5) are optional, one-time purchases.
How do I open and close it?
Click the notch, press ⌃⌥N in any app, or drag a file onto it. Press Esc or click elsewhere to close. You can also turn on "open on hover" in Settings → General.
Why does window snapping need Accessibility?
Moving other apps' windows is only possible through macOS Accessibility. Notch Apple uses it only to read and set window positions.
What does capture need?
Screen Recording permission, asked the first time you press ⌃⌥S. macOS applies it after Notch Apple restarts.
Which AI should I use?
Google Gemini is free and reads images. For complete privacy, install Ollama and run ollama pull gemma3:4b: answers are made on your Mac, offline. Settings → AI → Test connection checks your setup.
How do updates work?
Notch Apple checks GitHub for the latest release and shows "Update available". Choose Update or Not now, or turn off automatic checks in Settings → Updates.
Can I make it smaller?
Turn off modules you don't need in Settings → Modules. Older, smaller builds are listed in the README.
