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TickerNotch vs RIPEN

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TickerNotch compared with RIPEN
DetailTickerNotch logo TickerNotchRIPEN logo RIPEN
What it doesStock and crypto ticker, weather and news in your MacBook notch A habit tracker that draws your habits as one tree
StageStartup Not given
Founded2026 Not given
Based inGR Not given
Pricing modelNot given Freemium
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: one identity with five habits. Pro: one-time purchase with up to four identities, time machine, nature sounds, music, unwatermarked media, and star map. Additional separate one-time purchases available for changing tree shape and sweeping fallen leaves.
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
  • Mark habits daily with swipe interface
  • Visual tree representation of progress
  • Multiple identities with up to five habits each
  • Undo capability until midnight
  • Recovery secret for backup and restoration
  • Accurate star map with constellations
  • Nature sounds and music that persist
  • Take a break feature for travel or illness
  • Rooted habits with persistent gold fruits
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
  • No account, sign-up or analytics required
  • One-time purchase instead of ongoing subscription
  • Permanent visual record of habit progress with tree that never shrinks
  • Based on 66-day habit formation research from University College London
  • Real-time accurate night sky with constellations in Pro version
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 check9 −1 (down) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)00
Citation Flow (Majestic)811
Referring domains (Majestic)531

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