Crest is a Mac notch app that turns your MacBook's notch into a hub: Now Playing, a dashboard, system stats, calendar, tasks, translation and more. Free, Pro $19.99.
Hey everyone
I made Crest because my MacBook's notch always bugged me. It's just a black bar for the camera that sits there doing nothing all day, so I figured I'd make it actually useful.
It drops down from the notch and gives you things at a glance: what's playing (with lyrics), a little dashboard, a spot to drop files, your clipboard history, calendar, system stats, and a bunch more. Four of those are free, and if you want the rest it's a one-time $19.99. No subscription.
It started as a side project for myself. I'd tried other notch apps but they kept killing my battery or freezing after my Mac slept overnight, which drove me nuts, so I put a lot of effort into keeping Crest quiet on battery and making it wake up properly. It's
also notarized by Apple, so none of those "unknown developer" warnings, and nothing it does leaves your Mac.
It's free to try at https://crestnotch.app. I'd really love to hear what you think, or what you'd want it to do that it doesn't yet. I'll be around all day answering.
Thanks for checking it out
About Crest on Product Hunt
“System stats and translation on your Mac's notch”
Crest launched on Product Hunt on June 29th, 2026 and earned 132 upvotes and 10 comments, placing #6 on the daily leaderboard. Crest is a Mac notch app that turns your MacBook's notch into a hub: Now Playing, a dashboard, system stats, calendar, tasks, translation and more. Free, Pro $19.99.
On the analytics side, Crest competes within Mac, Design Tools and Productivity — topics that collectively have 1M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Crest performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Crest?
Crest was hunted by zack. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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