NotchPad
Your private text inbox. One hover away.
NotchPad is a Mac utility I designed and built solo. It treats the area around the notch as a persistent capture surface for the things you reach for constantly: quick notes, clipboard history, snippets, voice thoughts from NotchLive, and Apple Notes you already have.
Why it exists
Capture should be zero friction. Most note tools want you to open a window, find a folder, pick a context. NotchPad assumes you have a few seconds and one hand free, and works backwards from there. Hover the notch on a notch-equipped Mac, or hit ⌃⌃ on any Mac running Sequoia.
What it does
Write quick notes without leaving what you’re doing. Speak with NotchLive, dictate, AI-clean, send the note back to NotchPad. Capture copied text automatically, then pin or merge what matters. Reuse repeated text as snippets for code, email, prompts, signatures, commands. Pull, browse, search, and edit Apple Notes from the notch without switching context. Drop documents and code files onto NotchPad to import them as notes. Passwords from 1Password, Bitwarden, and Apple Passwords are detected, stored locally with AES-256-GCM, and only revealed with Touch ID.
What I own
Product direction. SwiftUI and AppKit implementation. Local-first storage and the encryption boundaries. Apple Notes integration. NotchLive hand-off. Mac App Store shipping. Reached Product Hunt top 10 without paid promotion.
Built with
Swift on macOS 15 Sequoia. NSPanel with the Liquid Glass API for the notch surface. NSEvent global monitors for the ⌃⌃ shortcut. AES-256-GCM with Touch ID for sensitive captures. Sparkle for direct updates. Notes are free forever; clipboard history and snippets unlock with a $7.99 one-time Pro purchase. Three Macs per license, 14-day refund.