Music
Album art, controls and a progress bar for whatever is playing in Spotify, YouTube Music or any player that uses Windows media controls.
Live demo · Hover the notch
Your Windows
just grew a notch
Music, file transfer, widgets and focus timers, live at the top of your screen. It stays out of the way until you need it.
Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit · $9.99 once
The first 50 get it free
Sign in with Google and download NotchBar. Your own licence key comes with it. One per person, works on one PC.
What it does
Send files to your phone
Drop a file on the notch and scan the QR code. It goes straight to your phone over your own Wi-Fi, and nothing is uploaded.
Widgets you arrange
GitHub activity, weather, a Pomodoro timer, stocks and more, on pages you set up yourself and resize to fit.
Alerts that stay out of the way
Battery, headphones connecting, network drops, alarms and timers show up in the notch, then slip away.
Like what you see?
DownloadThe real app, in your browser
This is NotchBar’s own interface, running here with sample data. Move your pointer over the notch to open it, or pick a scene below.
Features
System-wide playback
Reads Windows SMTC. Works with Spotify, Apple Music, browsers and anything else that plays.
Send to any phone
Drag, scan, done. A local server and a QR code. No account, no app, iOS or Android.
Fourteen widgets
Finance tickers, weather, GitHub heatmaps, focus timers, daily quotes, system stats and more. Compose your own pages.
LED dot-matrix clock
A glanceable clock that feels like hardware. Alarms surface a quiet amber dot.
Plug-in bloom
A charge animation that auto-dismisses. Subtle feedback, zero clutter.
Built in Rust
Tauri v2 and React. Transparent, always-on-top, featherweight. It just sits there and works.
14 widgets
Compose your own pages — up to three, two to five resizable slots each. Every widget owns its accent color and its own personality.
Music
System-wide media control: play, skip, scrub
Clock
Live clock with a draining seconds arc
System
CPU, RAM, GPU and network usage bars
Focus Timer
Pomodoro work / break sessions
Weather
Current conditions and a 4-day forecast
Finance
Stock ticker with live price & sparkline
Tasks
A persistent, always-there to-do list
Alarm
Alarms with native Windows notifications
GitHub
Contribution heatmap, streak & stats
Clock + Tasks
Pixel clock stacked over your task list
Daily Mindset
A daily micro-art quote in 10 visual styles
Calendar
Google, Outlook or iCal, with a day strip and events
Webcam
Live mirrored feed — quick self-check
Devices
Laptop and Bluetooth peripheral battery levels
One price, once
$9.99One-time
- 1 key = 1 PC (move it any time)
- Every 1.x update included
- 7-day refund, no questions asked
- Licence key by email, straight away
One licence works on 1 PC.
Use an email you check. Your licence key and proof of purchase are sent there and tied to it. We can't recover a key sent to a mistyped or throwaway address.
Questions
Windows warned me when I ran the installer.
The installer isn't code-signed yet, so SmartScreen shows "Windows protected your PC". Choose More info, then Run anyway. If Smart App Control is on, Windows blocks unsigned apps completely, and the 7-day refund covers that.
How many PCs can I use?
Three at a time. To move to another PC, open Control Center, then About, then Deactivate on the old one.
Can I get a refund?
Yes, within 7 days, no questions asked. Email arnavsawant.ai@gmail.com.
What does NotchBar send over the internet?
The licence check goes to Dodo Payments when you activate, then each time the app starts. Everything else only happens when you use that feature: updates (when you click Check for Updates), album art lookups for the Music widget, and the Weather, Finance, GitHub and Calendar widgets you add. FileDrop stays on your own network. The full list is on the Privacy page.
Is it on the Microsoft Store?
Coming soon, and it'll take the same licence key.
Which Windows versions work?
Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit.
What's the free first 50?
The first 50 people who sign in with Google and download get their own key free. It comes as a text file with the installer, works on one PC, one per person.
Get update emails
Already own NotchBar? Get an email when major updates and new widgets ship.
Made by Arnav Sawant, one developer in India. I read every email and reply myself.