Compact
Lives on both sides of the notch. Artwork, a countdown or a percentage, always in view and never in the way.
Coming soon for macOS 14 and later
Your notch,
brought to life.
Kishi Notch grows a soft, interactive island out of your MacBook’s notch for music, meetings, timers and earbuds. It also gives your menu bar the most detailed battery indicator it has ever had.
Download for Mac
Coming soon
See what it does
Native Swift app · No account, no tracking · Apple Silicon and Intel
- Works with
- Music
- Spotify
- YouTube
- Safari
- Chrome
- Zoom
- Google Meet
- Teams
- Webex
- FaceTime
- any Bluetooth device
One island. Three shapes.
Compact while something is happening, expanded when you want the details, and a tiny bubble when two things happen at once. It reshapes itself with a soft spring, so nothing ever just pops.
Expanded
Hover to peek, click to pin it open. Controls, details and a Join button appear right under the notch.
Bubble
When a second activity starts, it drips off the island into its own little bubble. Click it to swap places.
A record player in your notch.
Artwork spins like vinyl while your music plays. Pause it and the record slows down gently instead of freezing mid-turn. Scrub the progress bar, skip a track or switch between everything that’s playing.
- Music, Spotify, and YouTube or any video in Safari and Chrome
- A waveform that dances in the artwork’s color
- Start something new and the previous player pauses itself
- Switch speakers or headphones right from the island
Tip: drag the progress bar, click the waveform for sound output, or click the app badge to see every source.
Your next meeting, counting down in the notch.
Your next meeting counts down in the notch. When it’s time, one click on Join opens Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Webex or FaceTime. If music is playing, the meeting peels away into its own bubble, like a drop leaving the surface of water.
- Choose how early it appears: 1, 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes
- A ring that drains as the meeting gets closer
- Locations and times at a glance, in your calendar’s color
Earbud battery, the moment the case opens.
Connect your earbuds and the island shows the left bud, the right bud and the case as battery rings, on earbuds that report their battery to macOS, such as AirPods and Beats. AirPods are recognized by their model ID, even after you rename them, and their case opens on screen as they connect.
- AirPods and other earbuds, headphones and speakers
- Keyboards, mice, trackpads and game controllers too
- Hand-drawn vector art that stays sharp at any size
Little moments, handled beautifully.
Volume, the way it should look
Volume, mute and output changes appear in the notch with a glassy slider you can drag. Switch to your headphones without opening Settings.
Timer and stopwatch
A ring that counts down beside the notch, laps for your stopwatch and a gentle sound when time is up.
Know when you’re on
See the moment your camera or microphone turns on, and which app is listening. Right-click the mic island to choose Voice Isolation or Wide Spectrum.
Focus, at a glance
The island tells you when a Focus turns on or off. Hover to see it with a Turn Off button, or switch Focus quietly from the panel.
Battery moments that matter
Charger in or out, battery at 20% and 10%, fully charged, or holding at your charge limit. The island shows up once, says what matters, and gets out of the way.
Everything, one right-click away.
Right-click the island (or click with two fingers) to open All Features. Start a timer, jump back to what’s playing, change your sound output, check the battery, join your next meeting or switch a Focus, quietly in the background.
Go ahead and click the tiles. This panel is fully interactive.
The battery indicator your menu bar deserves.
A familiar plug-and-bolt glyph while you’re charging, a crisp percentage on battery. Pick the shape, colors, font and size. Then click it for the details macOS keeps to itself.
- Time remaining, soonerIf macOS hasn’t estimated yet, the battery controller’s own estimate fills in.
- Temperature and power drawLive watts with a small graph, plus the battery’s temperature.
- Health you can readHealth, cycle count, capacity, voltage, current and adapter wattage.
- What’s using energyThe apps drawing the most power right now, and your charge limit.
Private by design.
Kishi Notch has no account, no analytics and no ads. What it shows is read on your Mac and stays there. Two features go online, and each sends only what it needs. Every permission is optional, and here’s exactly why each one exists.
No trackingThere’s no telemetry, analytics, ads or cloud sync of any kind.
No accountInstall it and start using it, with nothing to sign up for.
Never watches or listensThe camera and mic indicator only checks whether a device is busy. It never opens them.
Calendar
Reads your upcoming events to show the countdown and the Join button. It never changes or uploads them.
Full Disk Access
Used for one thing: macOS keeps the active Focus in a protected file, so this is the only way to know which Focus is on. Kishi Notch reads that file and nothing else.
Accessibility
A fallback for switching Focus from the panel: Kishi Notch presses the Focus button in Control Center for you. If you add the ready-made Shortcuts, it uses those silently instead.
Automation
Lets Kishi Notch pause the previous player (Music, Spotify, TV, Safari or Chrome) when something new starts. Browsers also need “Allow JavaScript from Apple Events” turned on.
Location
Only for weather. Kishi Notch rounds your coordinates to about 100 m and sends just those to MET Norway (api.met.no). Rather not share your location? Type a city instead.
Only two things ever go online. Weather sends your rounded coordinates, or the city you type, to MET Norway (api.met.no). Synced lyrics is off unless you turn it on; then it sends the playing song’s title and artist to lrclib.net. Nothing else leaves your Mac.
Why not the Mac App Store? Battery temperature and power draw come from the system management controller, and the energy list reads other running apps. The App Store sandbox allows neither, so Kishi Notch is distributed directly.
Made for the notch, and at home on any Mac.
- macOS 14 Sonoma or laterIncluding macOS 15 and 26.
- Apple Silicon and IntelOne universal app.
- Best on notched MacBooksOn other Macs the island drops from the top center of the screen. Hover-to-peek needs a notch; clicking works everywhere.
- Native and lightweightWritten in Swift. Animations only run while something is actually moving.
- English and TurkishFollows your system language, or pick one in Settings.
Pay once and it’s yours to keep.
Try every feature for free, then unlock Kishi Notch with a one-time license. There’s no subscription and no account to create.
Kishi Notch
One-time license
$— once
TBD Final price and terms will be announced at launch.
- Every feature: island, Now Playing, calendar, earbuds, timers, Focus
- The fully customizable menu bar battery
- Free trial before you buy: N days
- Use it on your own Macs: N Macs
- Free updates: policy TBD
Distributed directly, outside the Mac App Store.
Common questions
Does it work on a Mac without a notch?
Yes. On Macs and displays without a notch, the island drops from the top center of the screen. Everything works the same, except hover-to-peek, which needs a notch. Just click instead.
Which players does Now Playing support?
Music, Spotify, TV and media playing in browsers such as Safari and Chrome, including YouTube. If more than one thing is playing, the island lists every source so you can switch with a click.
Does Kishi Notch collect any data?
No. There’s no account, no analytics and no tracking. Your battery stats and calendar events are read on your Mac and never leave it. Only two features go online, each sending just what it needs, and the Privacy section above lists exactly what.
Why would it need Full Disk Access?
Only to show which Focus is on. macOS stores the active Focus in a protected file and offers no other way for apps to read it. Without it, everything else still works and you can still switch Focus from the panel.
Will it slow down my Mac or drain the battery?
Kishi Notch is a native Swift app. Animations run only while something is moving; when the record stops spinning, so does the work. At rest the island simply waits.
Can I turn off the parts I don’t need?
Yes. Battery events, volume, Now Playing, auto-pause, camera and mic, Bluetooth, calendar and Focus each have their own switch. You can also set how long alerts stay, whether hovering expands the island, and the timer sound.
Why isn’t it on the Mac App Store?
Battery temperature and power draw come from the system management controller, and the energy list looks at other running apps. The App Store sandbox doesn’t allow either, so Kishi Notch is distributed directly instead.
Is it a subscription?
No. The plan is a free trial followed by a one-time license. Final pricing will be announced at launch.
Which languages does it speak?
English and Turkish. It follows your system language by default, and you can choose one in Settings.
Give your notch something to do.
Kishi Notch is almost ready: a native, private app made with real care for the details.
Download for MacComing soon