Your MacBook's notch just sits there doing nothing. Now it takes notes. Hover over it, a panel drops down, you jot the thing down and carry on. And yes, there's a mildly passive-aggressive mascot.
Hey everyone, I'm Danny, the maker. Notchkin is a solo project.
I built it because I have the memory of a goldfish and the patience of a toddler. I'd get a thought, freeze up choosing between the 13 note apps I'd installed and abandoned, and by the time I'd picked one, the thought was gone.
So I repurposed the most useless piece of screen real estate Apple ever gave us: the notch. Hover over it, a panel slides down, you write your note, you get on with your life. No window to open, no app to switch to. It's already up there.
A few things I cared about while building it:
- It does one thing. Most notch apps chase Dynamic-Island media controls or file shelves. Notchkin just does notes.
- Everything is local. Nothing leaves your Mac, no account, no cloud.
- One-time purchase. $4.99, no subscription, ever.
It still has the proper stuff: rich text, hashtags for filtering, checklists and lists, pinned notes, global search and find-in-note, quick capture, and RTF/Markdown export. Keyboard people can do basically all of it without touching the mouse.
And because most productivity apps are boring and I'm a mean little man, it ships with a sticky-note mascot who's occasionally passive-aggressive and far too pleased with himself.
I'd love your feedback, especially on the notch interaction and anything that feels missing. Happy to answer anything in the comments.
About Notchkin on Product Hunt
“A notes app that lives in your MacBook's notch.”
Notchkin launched on Product Hunt on June 21st, 2026 and earned 116 upvotes and 22 comments, placing #8 on the daily leaderboard. Your MacBook's notch just sits there doing nothing. Now it takes notes. Hover over it, a panel drops down, you jot the thing down and carry on. And yes, there's a mildly passive-aggressive mascot.
On the analytics side, Notchkin competes within Productivity, Notes and Menu Bar Apps — topics that collectively have 674.8k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Notchkin performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Notchkin?
Notchkin was hunted by Danny Stankowski. 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.
For a complete overview of Notchkin including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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