About NotchOwl
NotchOwl turns the MacBook notch into a daily planner. Hover over the notch or press Option-N to open today's tasks, a focus timer, a daily notepad, reminders, Clips and the next two weeks of calendar events. Made for people who want one small, always-reachable place for today, including people with ADHD who lose track of tasks hidden in other windows.
- Tasks: type or say them in natural language ("call mom tomorrow at 5pm"). Plan your day fits today's untimed tasks into the free time around your events and gives each a reminder. Wrap up sends what's left to tomorrow or the Inbox. A Week page shows the days ahead beside an Inbox.
- Focus: countdown or stopwatch beside the closed notch, focus sounds (brown or pink noise, rain, ocean), Shortcuts that run when a session starts and ends, and nudges back from apps you list.
- Calendar: two weeks of events from Apple Calendar, including Google and Outlook accounts on the Mac, plus Calendly and Cal.com bookings. Video calls get a Join button.
- Around the Mac: Today and Focus widgets, Shortcuts, Spotlight and Siri actions, a menu bar menu, and optional two-way Apple Reminders sync for iPhone and Apple Watch.
- AI agents: a local MCP server lets Claude Code, the Claude app and Cursor add tasks, set reminders and run the timer.
- No notch needed: on external monitors it draws its own.
- Private: tasks, notes and focus history stay on your Mac.
$12 once for up to 3 Macs, no subscription. macOS 14+ on Apple silicon.
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