Micro-App Feature
Beautiful Mac Lock Screen Widgets
Make your MacBook look stunning even when you aren't using it. Notchy displays a gorgeous, animated Dynamic Island on your lock screen with the current time, weather, and battery.
iOS-style aesthetics
Bring the elegance of the iPhone lock screen to your Mac. Notchy's lock screen widget uses smooth animations and a beautiful pill design that perfectly matches Apple's hardware.
Works with screen savers
Whether you use the default macOS Aerial screen savers or a custom one, Notchy floats above them, giving you essential information at a glance.
Customizable data
Choose exactly what you want to see. You can configure Notchy to show a digital clock, local weather conditions, or your MacBook's current battery level.
Completely free
Other lock screen customization apps charge subscriptions. Notchy gives you a beautiful lock screen widget, plus an entire suite of productivity tools, completely for free.
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)
- Searchable clipboard — filter by text, file name, or OCR'd words
- On-device OCR — copy a screenshot, get its text (Apple Vision)
- Window snapping — drag a window to the notch to tile it
- App Launcher — pin apps to the notch, open with one tap
- Text snippets — TextExpander-style pastes from the ⌘K palette
- One-tap screen capture to clipboard + shelf
- Color eyedropper — sample any pixel, hex auto-copied
- System-wide mic mute for every meeting app at once
- Keystroke HUD for demos & screencasts (secure-input safe)
- Keyboard cleaning lock with countdown island (⌘⎋ unlocks)
- Menu-bar icon hiding — Bartender-style separator & chevron
- Live CPU / memory / network stats flyout
- Open GitHub PR count in the notch (Keychain-stored token)
- iPhone-style call island — Answer/Decline FaceTime on the notch
- Notch Terminal — real VT100/xterm shell in a PTY, its own tab
- Privacy Indicator — pill when any app's camera or mic goes live
- Caps Lock HUD — brief island on every toggle
- Full Charge island with adjustable threshold + low-battery sound
- Alt HUD styles — edge-pinned bar or circular gauge off the notch
- Audio-reactive Now Playing visualizer (real FFT of system audio)
- Custom closed-notch idle animation — drop in your own Lottie JSON
- 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
Mac Lock Screen Widgets — FAQ
Can you add widgets to the Mac lock screen?
Natively, macOS has limited lock screen customization. However, Notchy injects a beautiful Dynamic Island pill directly onto your lock screen and screen saver, displaying useful information like the time and weather.
What does Notchy show on the lock screen?
When your Mac goes to sleep or activates the screen saver, Notchy can display an elegant pill containing a digital clock, your current battery percentage, and local weather conditions.
Does it drain battery while the screen is locked?
No. Notchy is highly optimized using native SwiftUI. The lock screen widget updates efficiently without waking up intensive system processes, preserving your MacBook's battery life.