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What is a license key?

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A license key is a code you receive when you buy an app. You paste it into the app, and the app treats your copy as paid. It replaces an account and a password for software that does not need one.

Why it matters

A key lets an app stay account free. NotchStar has no sign up. After the free trial, you buy once, get a key, and paste it in Settings, License. One key works on up to three of your own Macs, and you can free a slot from the same settings screen.

How NotchStar checks it

Activating a key sends the key and your Mac’s name to Dodo Payments, which counts your devices. About once a week the app silently asks whether the license is still valid. If you are offline, nothing happens and the app keeps working, because offline never revokes a license. The key is kept in a file in the app’s support folder on your Mac. The privacy page lists what is sent.

If a trial ends without a key

The app asks for a key to keep the notch open. It never touches your data.

Dodo Payments is the merchant of record that issues the key. Compare payment models in one time purchase. See what the app can do in the Clipboard tool and read is NotchStar safe.

Keep reading.

What is a free trial?
A free trial lets you use an app in full for a set time before you pay. Learn how NotchStar's 7 day trial starts, what ends it and what happens to your data.
What is a merchant of record?
A merchant of record is the company that legally sells to you and takes responsibility for the sale, including tax. See why NotchStar uses Dodo Payments.
What is a one time purchase?
A one time purchase means you pay once and keep the app, with no monthly fee. Learn how it differs from a subscription and what NotchStar's $4 covers.
Clipboard history that lives in your notch
Searchable clipboard history in the Mac notch: text, links, images and files. Skips password manager copies. Click any item to copy it again.
Is NotchStar safe? Signing, permissions and what it sends
NotchStar is signed and notarized by Apple, needs no account and sends nothing unless you opt in. See every permission it asks for and how to check it yourself.

More in Buying and licenses.

What is a free trial?
A free trial lets you use an app in full for a set time before you pay. Learn how NotchStar's 7 day trial starts, what ends it and what happens to your data.
What is a one time purchase?
A one time purchase means you pay once and keep the app, with no monthly fee. Learn how it differs from a subscription and what NotchStar's $4 covers.
What is a software subscription?
A subscription charges you on a repeating schedule, usually monthly or yearly, to keep using an app. Learn how it differs from paying once.
What is a refund window?
A refund window is the number of days after buying when you can ask for your money back. Learn how NotchStar's 7 day window works and how to ask.
What is a merchant of record?
A merchant of record is the company that legally sells to you and takes responsibility for the sale, including tax. See why NotchStar uses Dodo Payments.
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