Hand Mirror Alternative: Camera Check, No Pro Tier
Hand Mirror shows your camera from the menu bar and keeps the good options for its paid tier. Notchy drops a high-quality local camera feed straight from the notch — right under the actual camera, where a mirror belongs — free, private, and bundled with a teleprompter for your actual call.
Why use Notchy instead of Hand Mirror?
- A mirror under the camera itself
The feed appears directly beneath the lens, so checking your hair also lines up your eye contact — one click before you join.
- Completely local and private
The feed never leaves your Mac, nothing is recorded, and the camera indicator behaves exactly as macOS intends.
- Cuely: the follow-through
After the mirror check, Notchy's teleprompter scrolls your script right under the webcam so your eyes stay up during the meeting — plus 30 more free tools.
At a glance
Everything Notchy does, for free
- Fluid Dynamic Island animations on the Mac notch
- Command palette (⌃⌥K) — every action one keystroke away
- Knock — double-tap a modifier key to open the notch
- AI usage tracker (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot)
- Detach any tab into a menu-bar popover
- Now Playing music controls (Apple Music & Spotify)
- Time-synced karaoke lyrics under the notch
- Mac clipboard history shelf (password-manager safe)
- Drag-and-drop file drop shelf — persists across relaunches
- Zip & unzip files right from the shelf
- Image converter (HEIC, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, PDF) + video → GIF
- Run Apple Shortcuts with one tap
- Screenshots auto-staged on the shelf, ready to drag
- Download finished alerts with Reveal in Finder
- USB drive mount island with one-tap Eject
- Apple Reminders quick capture & due list
- macOS Pomodoro notch timer & stopwatch — streaks + 7-day chart
- Resizable expanded panel (width & height, live preview)
- System HUDs (volume, brightness, battery)
- Audio output switcher (speakers, AirPods, monitor)
- AirPods connection manager & battery
- Magic Mouse, Keyboard & Trackpad battery + low-battery alerts
- Quick notes & Calendar widgets
- Camera Mirror (check your appearance)
- Keep Awake (caffeine toggle)
- Teleprompter (Cuely) for Zoom calls
- Focus-aware alerts & native haptic feedback
- Lock screen widgets & hide-the-notch mode
- 133 languages, fully localized
- Native SwiftUI, tuned for Apple Silicon