| What it does | MacBook notch app that turns your notch into an interactive island for music, meetings, notifications and more, plus a customizable menu bar battery indicator
| A Mac app that keeps your day in order and does the parts you hand it
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| Pricing model | Free trial
| Freemium
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| Pricing | One-time license: $19.99. Free 7-day trial with all features, no credit card required. One license covers 2 Macs. Kishi Notch Lite on Mac App Store: $9.99 with no free trial.
| Arlo Free: $0. Arlo: $25/mo
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| Key features | - Now Playing with album art, controls and synced lyrics
- Calendar countdown with one-click Join for Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Webex or FaceTime
- AirPods and Bluetooth device battery display for each earbud and case
- App notifications in the notch with reply functionality
- Timer and stopwatch with ring countdown display
- Volume and brightness indicators with draggable sliders
- Camera and microphone indicator with Voice Isolation option
- Focus status display and switching
- Customizable menu bar battery with percentage, charging status and health info
- File Shelf with AirDrop, clipboard history and earlier notifications
| - Morning brief across mail and calendar
- Mail ranked by importance rather than arrival time
- Local task agents that draft against your files
- Mail index that stays on your machine
- Nothing is sent without your approval
- Local model support or bring your own Claude subscription
- Cross-device sync and web access
- Brief and alerts on phone, web and WhatsApp
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| What makes it different | - Three adaptive island shapes that respond to what's happening on your Mac
- Private by design with no account, tracking or analytics required
- Claude Code integration with approval requests and task notifications in the notch
| - All mail indexing and files stay on your machine by default
- App has no ability to send, reply, pay or schedule without you
- Free tier truly free with no time limit or card required
- Works offline on your machine
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| Open source | Not given
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| Public API | Not given
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| Community votes | 0 | 0 |
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| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | 1 ▲ +1 (up) since last check | 6 ▼ −4 (down) since last check |
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| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 2 | 1 |
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| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 19 | 16 |
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| Referring domains (Majestic) | 8 | 17 |
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