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DayPin
Native menu-bar sticky notes for Mac — offline, $3 Pro
DayPin puts sticky notes on your Mac desktop with one keystroke. Native SwiftUI, universal binary, ~4 MB, no account, no telemetry. FORMAT: bold, italic, underline, checklists, code, quotes, headings. Markdown that hides the markup (WYSIWYG). CAPTURE: global hotkey; menu bar icon; 16 colors + custom picker; click checkboxes to toggle done. PRO ($3 one-time): unlimited pins, iCloud sync, export MD/PDF/TXT, search, JSON tools, custom hotkey, opacity.
I built DayPin as my daily scratch-pad after burning out on trying to use Notion/Obsidian for two-second thoughts. Sticky notes are the right tool — Apple's Stickies is close but stuck in 2005.
Design bets:
• Zero-friction capture. ⌘⇧N must open in <200ms or the thought is gone
• One-time $3 for Pro. Mac utilities should not cost $60/year
• Offline-first. iCloud sync is opt-in (Pro), never default
• Real free tier: 5 pinned notes is more than most people need
Just shipped in 1.2: select any text and a formatting bar comes up — bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, code, color — plus turning any line into a heading and back. ⌘B / ⌘I / ⌘U bound.
🎁 100 Pro codes for PH hunters — #001-025 below, #026-100 in the replies. Click → App Store opens → "Redeem" → done.
Reply with "used #NNN" so others know which are gone.
Would love feedback on:
1. The hidden-markup rendering (edge cases with nested emphasis?)
2. What Pro feature you'd want next
Here all launch day — AMA about the SwiftUI + AppKit hybrid, the Carbon RegisterEventHotKey trick for sandboxed global hotkeys, or why the paper-texture render got rewritten three times.
The WYSIWYG markdown that actually hides the markup is a really thoughtful detail. So many sticky note apps force you to live with raw asterisks, and you just sidestepped that whole class of friction.
About DayPin on Product Hunt
“Native menu-bar sticky notes for Mac — offline, $3 Pro”
DayPin was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 6 upvotes and 6 comments, placing #100 on the daily leaderboard. DayPin puts sticky notes on your Mac desktop with one keystroke. Native SwiftUI, universal binary, ~4 MB, no account, no telemetry. FORMAT: bold, italic, underline, checklists, code, quotes, headings. Markdown that hides the markup (WYSIWYG). CAPTURE: global hotkey; menu bar icon; 16 colors + custom picker; click checkboxes to toggle done. PRO ($3 one-time): unlimited pins, iCloud sync, export MD/PDF/TXT, search, JSON tools, custom hotkey, opacity.
DayPin was featured in Mac (103.6k followers), Productivity (658.2k followers) and Notes (8.4k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 165.8k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted DayPin?
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Jay
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I built DayPin as my daily scratch-pad after burning out on trying to use Notion/Obsidian for two-second thoughts. Sticky notes are the right tool — Apple's Stickies is close but stuck in 2005.
Design bets:
• Zero-friction capture. ⌘⇧N must open in <200ms or the thought is gone
• WYSIWYG markdown — rich editor feel, plain-text portability
• One-time $3 for Pro. Mac utilities should not cost $60/year
• Offline-first. iCloud sync is opt-in (Pro), never default
• Real free tier: 5 pinned notes is more than most people need
Just shipped in 1.2: select any text and a formatting bar comes up — bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, code, color — plus turning any line into a heading and back. ⌘B / ⌘I / ⌘U bound.
🎁 100 Pro codes for PH hunters — #001-025 below, #026-100 in the replies. Click → App Store opens → "Redeem" → done.
#001 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=3AAWJKYAEJTWRF33P3
#002 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=3H3YAAFMKPJXWE8JRY
#003 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=3H4XK7H7FTYEEWPKEL
#004 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=3H7TAXTF4AJFTMPYFH
#005 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=3HTLM8N46MYW36E7JE
#006 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=3JA6HFR3R3LNR3EFRN
#007 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=3JE8MX3WK6F46PE6NN
#008 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=3KMXPK3RLTPJRN6473
#009 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=3P44M8TL8JLJ6PWXRE
#010 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=3PMP74RRHJ6KW8X7MA
#011 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=3R6EE3W7E6JA74PN63
#012 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=3RTNHLYJLN7ANJM8FR
#013 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=3YLPFXH3JFWT6F8YJ8
#014 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=438TML7P3HLP8YK36A
#015 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=43RE4MA4ELPRPFJMKN
#016 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=44JYA4TJE8MAX33XNJ
#017 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=46KATNPHM33EJT6Y3W
#018 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=46KHTJWFKEJ67TJTHL
#019 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=46PLLEYLY74F47L3J6
#020 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=4FPX7YF3H6MMKWNTWF
#021 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=4HLPJAAYEWEPXH4PYR
#022 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=4JF4MM477XHY3YTYAA
#023 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=4JWYFE3MNLM6RNJ4E3
#024 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=4KAEFR3FJ6EXWEEXFK
#025 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=4NYRERYJKJTL8LYNW6
Reply with "used #NNN" so others know which are gone.
Would love feedback on:
1. The hidden-markup rendering (edge cases with nested emphasis?)
2. What Pro feature you'd want next
Here all launch day — AMA about the SwiftUI + AppKit hybrid, the Carbon RegisterEventHotKey trick for sandboxed global hotkeys, or why the paper-texture render got rewritten three times.
— Jay