29 apps · pay once · own forever
A curated directory of software you pay for once — for Mac, iPhone, Windows, and the web. Each widget below is one app: open it to see what it does, its one-time price, and where to get it.
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6 apps
Layered voice notes for melodies and quick ideas.
Tide is a voice-notes app for musicians and anyone who captures ideas out loud. You record layered takes on top of each other, so a hummed melody or a tapped rhythm becomes something you can keep and share. It costs $6.99 once, with no subscription, account, or cloud.
iOS
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Open source and free uptime monitoring and alerting
Uppi is an uptime and monitoring platform that combines minute-by-minute uptime checks, synthetic browser tests, and exception tracking on one dashboard. It routes alerts through app, email, SMS, and Slack, and publishes customizable public status pages. It ships a perpetually free hosted tier and a free open-source version you can self-host for unlimited monitors.
Web
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6 apps
Turn your Mac notch into an active workspace
NotchSpace is a free Mac App Store app that turns the notch area into a workspace layer. It adds a quick app launcher, a menu bar manager, and a temporary shelf for dragging files, text, links, and colors between apps. It runs locally with no tracking or uploads.
macOS
Everything you need in one native macOS command bar
Snap Deck HQ is a command palette for macOS, opened with a keyboard shortcut to launch apps, find files, and run automations without the mouse. It bundles clipboard history search, AI text tools, batch file and image utilities, and built-in OCR. Processing runs on-device.
macOS
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6 apps
Turns your MacBook's notch into a hub for Now Playing, system stats, calendar, tasks, and translation.
Crest is a macOS app that lives in the MacBook notch and holds modules like Now Playing, a dashboard, system stats, calendar, tasks, a clipboard history, and on-device translation. Four modules are free, and Crest Pro is a one-time purchase that adds thirteen more.
macOS
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Fast, native FTP, FTPS, and SFTP client for macOS.
Upstream is a native macOS FTP, FTPS, and SFTP client built in Swift on SwiftNIO. It has a dual-pane layout, a concurrent transfer queue, folder synchronization, Quick Look, and SSH keys, with credentials kept in the system Keychain.
macOS
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6 apps
Clipboard history for Mac, right under the notch.
Cliptop is a clipboard history manager for Mac that opens from the notch or the menu bar. It stores text, links, code, images, files, and colors locally, with search, pinboards, and on-device OCR to pull text out of screenshots. Clips can sync across Mac, iPhone, and iPad through your own iCloud.
macOS · iOS · iPadOS
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Your coding agents, in the Mac notch.
AgentPeek puts your running coding agents into the Mac notch and menu bar. It shows live sessions from tools like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode, lets you answer permission prompts, and tracks token usage without switching windows. It runs locally on Apple silicon Macs and is a one-time $15 purchase after a free trial.
macOS
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5 apps
Turn your Mac into a time machine.
RetroMac is an open source macOS menu bar app that lays live CRT, VHS, and classic computer themes over your screen, with looks from Mac OS 9, Windows XP and 98, BeOS, and Amiga. Shaders run on your whole display or a single window, and an optional virtual webcam pipes the retro look into Zoom, Meet, or Teams. It is free to use, with a one-time Pro upgrade that adds extra presets and the webcam feature.
macOS
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Show, don't tell. Straight from the notch.
QuackScreen is a native macOS notch app for recording your screen and taking screenshots. Clips and captures collect in a panel that hangs from the notch, and you drag them straight into Slack, Mail, Finder, or any other app with no upload and no share link. It needs macOS 26 or later on Apple silicon.
macOS
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Layered voice notes for melodies and quick ideas.
Tide is a voice-notes app for musicians and anyone who captures ideas out loud. You record layered takes on top of each other, so a hummed melody or a tapped rhythm becomes something you can keep and share. It costs $6.99 once, with no subscription, account, or cloud.
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