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TickerNotch vs BetterFriend

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TickerNotch compared with BetterFriend
DetailTickerNotch logo TickerNotchBetterFriend logo BetterFriend
What it doesStock and crypto ticker, weather and news in your MacBook notch A memory for the people in your life that nudges you to stay in touch
StageStartup MVP
Founded2026 Not given
Based inGR NL
Pricing modelNot given Free
PricingFree version forever with one ticker, one weather slot, one social counter, one news channel, one alert and one menu bar pin. Pro: $5 per month or $40 lifetime. Free forever on all accounts currently. Pro pricing will be €0.99 per month or €10.39 per year when subscriptions open. First 100 members receive Pro free, forever.
Key features
  • Live tickers for stocks, crypto, indices and commodities with real-time crypto prices and 15-minute delayed stock prices
  • Weather slots with multiple metrics like temperature, feels-like, rain chance and UV index for any city
  • Live social follower and subscriber counts from YouTube, GitHub, Twitch, Bluesky and Mastodon
  • System metrics showing CPU, memory, network download and upload speeds sampled locally
  • RSS news marquee with breaking item flags and multi-channel support
  • Menu bar pinning for individual tickers and metrics
  • Candlestick charts with timeframes from 1 minute to 1 day and technical indicators
  • Portfolio holdings tracking with dollar profit/loss instead of daily percentage
  • Price and percentage move alerts with rolling window or daily open options
  • Technical indicators including moving averages, Bollinger Bands, RSI, MACD, Supertrend and Volume Profile
  • Birthday reminders with advance notice
  • Stay-in-touch nudges on customizable intervals
  • One-tap check-in logging
  • Gift reminders before important dates
  • Import from iPhone Contacts
  • End-to-end encryption of notes
  • Recovery phrase backup on Pro plan
  • Native iOS notifications
  • Sign in with Apple
What makes it different
  • No account required; all data and settings stay on your Mac with no sync or cloud
  • Lives in menu bar with no Dock icon; works on MacBooks without notch via simulated notch mode
  • Private by design with daily usage reporting optional and fully disableable
  • All your notes encrypted on your device before leaving your phone
  • Tracks time since last contact and prioritizes by who's been waiting longest
  • Shows your own notes during nudges for natural conversation starters
  • No ads, no data sold, selective contact importing
  • Built-in recovery phrase system to restore notes on new phones
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)16 +1 (up) since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)00
Citation Flow (Majestic)80
Referring domains (Majestic)530

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