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    NotchPad

    Launch

    NotchPad is a local-first Mac workspace for AI notes, rich notes, folders, clipboard history, snippets, Apple Notes, file import, and NotchLive voice handoff. It opens from the MacBook notch or a shortcut, so notes and copied text stay clos

    Free

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    NotchLive

    Launch

    NotchLive is a Mac app for live captions, translation, transcription, and voice notes. It captures system audio from meetings, videos, calls, podcasts, browsers, and apps, then shows captions in a clean top-center interface designed for the

    Free

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    Notate

    Launch

    Notate is a native macOS app for capturing and annotating anything on your screen, whether still or in motion. Freeze menus, hover states, and focus states before they disappear, or record a flow and scrub frame by frame to pinpoint animati

    FreeOpen source

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    SupaSidebar

    Launch

    Arc like sidebar for Mac. One sidebar for all browsers

    Free

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    Screenbolt

    Launch

    A macOS app to record and polish screen recordings in seconds. Auto zoom, device frames, editing timeline, and more.

    Free

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    Parrot

    Launch

    A meeting recorder for your Mac with a live AI assistant. It transcribes on your machine and suggests answers from your own documents mid-call. Free and open source.

    Free

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notemap

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Write Notes Without Leaving Your Work

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Notate

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OneTap

Smart clipboard & AI assistant

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Turin

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NotesHub

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Foqos

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Capd

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Caret

Autocomplete for your entire Mac

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nuza

A simple, lightweight home for your markdown notes

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Notion

Your wiki, docs & projects

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Notepad

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notePad 4Plus

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Escale Browser

A Mac browser for developers. No account, no telemetry.

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acreom

personal knowledge base for developers

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Zlinky

Save, organize, revisit & connect ideas

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FluidVoice

Free, open-source macOS dictation app

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ThoughtLogger

Captures any thought & note fast, without bothering where to put it

Launch
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Darkwrite

A customizable, offline-first note editor

Launch
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Notepin

Extremely simple blogging platform

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TexTab

Textab es un software para MacOs que permite crear atajos de Ia con shortcuts

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Ahsk AI

Best AI Assistant for Mac in 2026

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Wispr Flow

Think it, speak it, send it

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ShortcutStudio

ShortcutStudio is an AI Apple Shortcuts maker

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Hush Touch

Speak Naturally. Type Instantly

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Clipboard History IO

The most secure way to effortlessly access, track

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Hyper Notepad

Free online notes with instant sharing

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PixPin

An all-in-one productivity tool featuring smart screenshots

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shrib

Save note to a custom URL and edit it later

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Clypy

Universal clipboard for your everything Ctrl+C & Ctrl+V

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A desktop that's truly yours with animated scenes, custom widgets and icons

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NativeCode

Native macOS AI coding IDE powered by local LLMs

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Focus Lens

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AirSpell

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About NotchStar

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NotchStar

Put your notch to work.

NotchStar is a native Mac app that turns the MacBook notch into ten small tools. Hover the notch and it opens. It's for the small things you reach for all day: something you copied an hour ago, a file you need to AirDrop, the song that's playing, your next meeting. Inside: clipboard history (kept in memory only, and it skips what password managers hide), a file shelf with AirDrop, Now Playing controls, calendar and reminders, quick notes, timers with pomodoro, a teleprompter that sits right under your camera, a mirror for calls, live system stats, and a disk tool that finds big folders, duplicates and app leftovers and only ever moves things to the Trash. New in 1.0.5: screenshots hang in a strip under the notch. Drag one into a chat to send it, or hold Option to send them all. $4 once for up to 3 Macs, with a 7 day free trial. No account, and analytics stay off unless you turn them on. Signed and notarized by Apple. macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon and Intel.

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Price
Paid
Made by
Arin Prajapati
Category
Productivity
Website
notchstar.com