Sleeve App Alternative: Save $6 & Clean Your Desktop
Sleeve charges $6 for a floating desktop widget that clutters your wallpaper and has zero MacBook notch integration. Notchy delivers beautiful Spotify and Apple Music controls directly inside your notch with focus timers and clipboard management for exactly $0.
Why use Notchy instead of Sleeve or Tuneful?
- Free vs Sleeve's $6
Sleeve charges a flat fee for a desktop widget. Notchy delivers a fluid, animated Now Playing experience for Apple Music and Spotify for $0 — supported only by optional donations.
- Zero desktop clutter
Instead of a widget floating awkwardly on your desktop or wallpaper, Notchy utilizes the dead space of the MacBook notch to beautifully display album art and playback controls.
- So much more than music
Sleeve only plays music. Notchy includes a Now Playing widget, plus a clipboard manager, Pomodoro timer, AirPods connection manager, and file drop shelf.
Everything Notchy does, for free
- Fluid Dynamic Island animations on the Mac notch
- 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
- 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
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