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NotchBuddy vs Night Crew

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NotchBuddy compared with Night Crew
DetailNotchBuddy logo NotchBuddyNight Crew logo Night Crew
What it doesMac notch app with 19 tools and a desk pet Keep your Mac awake while AI coding agents work, then let it sleep
StageNot given Startup
FoundedNot given 2026
Based inIN IN
Pricing modelPaid Free trial
Pricing$10 USD, one-time payment. All 19 tools and 5 pets included. Every 1.x update included. 14-day refund available. Free trial for 14 days (no account or card required). Licence: $9 once for 2 Macs (price increases to $12 from 1 December 2026). Team licences: $9 per seat for the first 20 seats, $7 per seat after 20 (one-time payment, one invoice). 30-day refund, no questions asked.
Key features
  • Pomodoro timer, countdown and stopwatch with progress line in the notch
  • Music controls for Spotify, Apple Music and browser music players
  • Clipboard history with password manager exclusion
  • Sticky notes in five paper colours with auto-saving scratchpad
  • Live sales alerts from Stripe, RevenueCat, Lemon Squeezy and more
  • File shelf with AirDrop support
  • Five animated desk pets with customizable sounds
  • Five panel themes including Graphite, Frost, Midnight, Sage and Ember
  • Color picker with HEX, RGB, HSL and SwiftUI output
  • System stats display for CPU, memory, disk, network and battery
  • Automatic agent detection for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI
  • Lid mode to keep working with laptop closed
  • Activity history tracking for 90 days
  • Journal with 14 days of sleep and wake events
  • Adjustable grace period (0 to 10 minutes)
  • Settings backups before changes
  • Privacy-focused with no analytics or code storage
  • 24-hour time cap on any hold
  • Offline support for 30 days
What makes it different
  • Live sales alerts from 8 payment platforms with desktop pet reactions
  • Animated desk pet that lives in the notch
  • Works on Macs without notch as a small pill at top center
  • One-time purchase, no subscription, with future updates included
  • Intelligent sleep: keeps Mac awake only while agents work, not all the time
  • Works with lid closed using approved system helper
  • 30-day refund policy with no questions asked
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)3 −1 (down) since last check2 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)90
Citation Flow (Majestic)200
Referring domains (Majestic)240

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