Micro-App Feature
The Best Free Mac Menu Bar Weather
Stop paying for weather subscriptions. Notchyplaces your local temperature and beautifully animated weather conditions right inside your MacBook notch. It's the ultimate free Forecast Bar alternative.
Zero menu bar clutter
Don't crowd your WiFi and battery icons with temperature text. Notchy utilizes the dead space of the notch to display your weather only when you need it.
The free Forecast Bar alternative
Dedicated weather apps often require subscriptions or paid API access. Notchy taps into native macOS frameworks to give you accurate weather data for free.
Native WeatherKit
Built purely in SwiftUI, Notchy uses Apple's native frameworks to ensure the weather data is incredibly accurate and battery-efficient.
Privacy absolute
Your location stays on your Mac. Notchy requests location access solely to fetch local weather through Apple's APIs, and never tracks or stores your data.
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
Mac Menu Bar Weather — FAQ
How can I see the weather in my Mac menu bar for free?
Notchy includes a built-in Weather widget. Once you grant it location access, your local temperature and current weather conditions appear beautifully when you interact with the notch.
Is Notchy a free alternative to Forecast Bar?
Yes! Forecast Bar and other dedicated weather apps are great, but if you just want a quick, clean overview of your local weather without paying for a subscription, Notchy is the perfect free alternative.
Does the weather update automatically?
Yes. Notchy pulls weather through native macOS APIs in the background, so your forecast stays current without draining the battery.