↑ this notch is real
Lives in your MacBook notch
Deep focus,
one glance away
Focus Notch turns the notch into a calm companion — a one-glance timer, today’s tasks, real ambient sound, and a tiny pixel friend that works while you do. No windows. No dashboards. No noise.
v2.3.0· Universal (Apple Silicon & Intel) · Signed & notarized · Auto-updates
Everything you need.
Nothing that distracts.
The notch is the app
A Dynamic Island-style pill that hugs your notch. Expand it to start a session, then it gets out of the way — your desktop stays yours.
One-glance sessions
Pick a task, pick 25–120 minutes, press start. A pixel timer counts down beside the notch — visible over every app, even fullscreen.
A companion, not a chatbot
It blinks, wanders, celebrates finished sessions, and when you drift off it jumps up to pull the notch open and call you back. Emotion through motion — never a popup.
Stay on task
Name your distracting apps and, mid-session, the companion nudges you back the moment you open one — or hard-blocks it out of sight until you’re done.
Quick-launch profiles
Save a task, duration and sound as a profile, then relaunch your favourite session in a single tap. Your deep-work setup, one press away.
Today’s tasks only
A simple checklist: title, estimate, done. No projects, no priorities, no kanban. What should you focus on right now?
Real ambient sound
Rain, ocean, wind and fireplace — real recordings that fade in with your session and pause when you do. Soft chimes, never alarms.
Quiet stats
Daily goal, weekly review, streaks and history — in a small native window, only when you ask. Export it any time; it never leaves your Mac.
Keyboard-first
Open the notch with ⌘F, pause with Space, collapse with Esc. Start and run a whole session without ever reaching for the mouse.
Questions, answered
Do I need a MacBook with a notch?+
It shines on notched MacBooks (2021 and later), where the pill hugs the real notch and the companion can even hide behind it. On any other Mac it runs as a slim pill at the top of the screen, and you can adjust its width and height in Settings.
Which Macs are supported?+
Both Apple Silicon (M1 and later) and Intel Macs running recent macOS — it ships as a single universal binary. The app is signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens with a normal double-click, no security warnings.
Can it block distracting apps?+
Yes. Name your distracting apps in Settings, and during a session the companion nudges you back the moment one comes to the front. Turn on Hard block and those apps are hidden out of sight until the session ends — it hides rather than force-quits, so you never lose unsaved work.
Where does my data go?+
Nowhere. Tasks, sessions and stats live in a local database on your Mac. There is no account, no cloud sync, and no analytics.
How do updates work?+
The app quietly checks for updates in the background and installs them when you quit — or one click from the menu bar. You never have to download it twice.
Is there a Windows version?+
It’s being tested now. The notch experience is macOS-first, but the same focus companion is coming to Windows as a floating top-of-screen pill.
Great work starts here
Install it, click the notch, type one task, press start. That’s the whole onboarding.
Download Focus Notchv2.3.0 · macOS · takes about a minute