NotchBuddy vs Peninsula

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NotchBuddy compared with Peninsula
Detail	NotchBuddy	Peninsula
What it does	Mac notch app with 19 tools and a desk pet	Your MacBook notch, finally useful
Stage	Not given	Startup
Founded	Not given	2025
Based in	IN	Not given
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Pricing	$10 USD, one-time payment. All 19 tools and 5 pets included. Every 1.x update included. 14-day refund available.	$9.99 once, includes free updates, refund within 14 days
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	Quick notes with save and search Clipboard history keeping last 200 items File shelf to drag and drop files Music controls for Apple Music and Spotify All data stored locally on your Mac No account or cloud sync required Works on 2 Macs per license
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	Four essential tools in one place in the notch without leaving your current app Support directly from the independent developer Apple notarized and focused on doing four things well
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	3 −1 (down) since last check	Not checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	9	1
Citation Flow (Majestic)	20	16
Referring domains (Majestic)	24	5

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