Tiny app.
Big attitude problem.

A notes app that lives in your MacBook’s notch.
It does its job and won’t shut up about it.

Download on the Mac App Store

See for yourself

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their MacBook unlocked.

Go snoop around.

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2 notes. I’ll allow it.

Features

Don’t let
the size fool you.

All the features of a notes app, none of the window management.

Quick capture that’s actually quick.

Hit the shortcut, start typing, close the panel. The whole thing takes less time than unlocking your phone.

⌘⇧N

Whatever’s on your clipboard right now is one shortcut away from becoming a note.

Which is probably better than wherever it was going to end up.

⌥⇧V

You don’t need folders or categories.

Drop a #hashtag anywhere, search anything instantly, and stop pretending you were ever going to build a system.

Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, checklists, bullet and numbered lists.

It’s a notes app – what did you expect?

Five accent colors, three fonts, three sizes.

Just enough settings to feel in control without spending your afternoon configuring a notes app.

What happens in your notch stays in your notch.

Notes are stored locally – nobody’s reading your dirty little secrets.

Swipe between notes like pages.

A trackpad swipe moves you forward and back – the list is there when you want it, not because you need it.

Native and fast in the boring way.

The kind of fast where you forget the app launched because it was already there.

The small stuff that matters.

Pin important notes to the top, share when you need to, duplicate when starting over sounds like too much work.

Testimonials

Actual quotes
from actual humans.

Don’t look into it. You can’t prove anything anyway.

Finally, an app that judges me as much as I judge myself.
Hildegard R.@hildathebuilder
Bold, italic, AND checklists? In a notch? What a time to be alive.
Prudence G.@prudiepatootie
I’ve been looking for a reason to delete the other 13 notes apps. I just found it.
Marmaduke B.@theduke
I don’t even take notes. I just thought the app icon was cute.
Greg@greg

FAQ

You probably
have questions.

Of course you do. Here are the short answers.

Yes. On Macs without a hardware notch, a notch-shaped panel appears at the top of the screen with the same features and behavior.
Yes. Notchkin runs on any Mac with macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later. Apple Silicon or Intel doesn't matter to the app.
Locally, on your Mac. No cloud, no account, no syncing. You can open the notes folder directly from Settings.
Once a day on launch, Notchkin quietly snapshots your notes and keeps the last 7 in a Backups folder you can open from Settings. Import any of them if something goes sideways. For “I trashed everything” moments, Time Machine is still your friend.
No. Notchkin is local-only by design – no sync, no cloud, no accounts. You can back up the notes folder using Time Machine, iCloud Drive, or any tool you control.
Yes. Every connected monitor gets its own notch panel, all sharing the same notes. The global shortcut opens on your notch monitor – or your first display if no monitor has one.
No. Notchkin uses minimal resources when collapsed and does not run a persistent background process.
Yes. Notes can be copied, shared, or duplicated. The notes folder is also accessible from Finder for manual backups.
First of all, that's not possible. If you absolutely insist, it depends where you got it. Bought it on the Mac App Store, Apple handles refunds at reportaproblem.apple.com. Got it through Setapp, refunds go through Setapp. Either way Notchkin never sees your transaction, so we couldn't refund you ourselves even if you asked nicely.

Still confused? Email whine@notchkin.app. Helpfulness is likely but not guaranteed.