NotchStar vs OneNotch
OneNotch is a free to start notch app with deep clipboard boards, capture tools and window snapping for Apple silicon on macOS 15; NotchStar is a $4 toolbox that runs on macOS 14 and Intel.
| NotchStar | OneNotch | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4 once, with a 7 day trial, up to 3 Macs | Free tier; Pro $6.99 once with launch code LAUNCH30 until 19 November 2026 ($9.99 struck through), 2 Macs, 7 day refund; Supporter $24.99 for 5 Macs |
| Minimum macOS | macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon and Intel | macOS 15 or later, Apple silicon Macs |
| Clipboard history | Included 50 items, in memory, cleared on quit | Included Search, filters, transforms; 50 items for 24 hours free, 1,000 on Pro |
| Pinned clipboard boards | Not listed | Included One board free, 20 on Pro, lockable with Touch ID |
| Screenshots, OCR and screen recording | Partly A screenshot tray only | Included Markup, OCR, translation, scrolling capture and a video editor |
| Window snap zones | Not listed | Included 3 zones free, 6 on Pro |
| Now playing | Included | Included Music controls and lyrics |
| Calendar | Included Today and tomorrow, view only | Included Summary and new events; any day on Pro |
| System stats | Included | Included Called System Monitor |
| File shelf with AirDrop | Included | Included Drop files on the notch to compress, convert or AirDrop them |
| Timers and Pomodoro | Included | Included Quick Timer and Pomodoro Timer on its feature index |
| Hide menu bar icons | Not listed | Included Listed on its feature index |
| Teleprompter and camera mirror | Included | Not listed Not on its feature index |
| Disk tools and quick notes | Included | Not listed Not on its feature index; it lists Tasks |
Sources: OneNotch website (pricing, FAQ, requirements) (checked 4 November 2026), OneNotch feature index (checked 4 November 2026). “Not listed” means the source does not mention it, which is not proof the feature is missing. Prices and features change, so check before you buy.
OneNotch at a glance.
- Made by
- An indie developer; its website says from Vietnam and names no individual. Publisher listed as OneNotch, support at support@tryonenotch.com.
- Who it suits
- A developer or designer on an Apple silicon Mac running macOS 15 or later who copies and screenshots all day and wants boards, OCR, markup and window snapping in one app.
- Price
- Free tier and paid plans. Free forever, not a trial: 50 clipboard items kept for 24 hours and one Pin board. Pro is $6.99 one time, shown against a struck through $9.99, with launch code LAUNCH30 (30% off) valid until 19 November 2026, and covers 2 Macs. Supporter is $24.99 one time, covers 5 Macs and adds a supporter badge. No trial and no subscription. Refund within 7 days by emailing support from the checkout address. The feature index page lists Pro Lifetime at $9.99 for up to 2 Macs, so the price differs between pages.
- Needs
- macOS 15 or later. Apple silicon only.
- License
- Not stated
OneNotch is one of the 62 apps counted in our pricing statistics and requirements statistics.
Strengths
- Clipboard goes well beyond a list: 15 right click transforms (including Base64, JSON and MD5), search filters such as @image and @link, a Copy Stack, and up to 20 boards with 200 items each on Pro.
- Locked boards open with Touch ID, Apple Watch or passcode, and its page says pins are encrypted and never visible to AI agents.
- Capture is built in: markup, OCR including QR codes, scrolling capture up to 32,768 px tall, and screen recording with an Auto Zoom editor.
- A real free tier with no time limit, plus a launch price of $6.99 for Pro.
- Layouts for notched MacBooks, Macs without a notch (a Pill) and external displays, in seven languages.
Limits
- Requires macOS 15 or later, and its website says Built for Apple Silicon without mentioning Intel.
- Free keeps only 50 clipboard items for 24 hours; Pro raises history to 1,000 items.
- No trial: you use the Free tier or you buy. Pro covers 2 Macs, against 3 for NotchStar.
- Its website shows no changelog, version numbers or release dates, and no standalone privacy policy or license statement.
- Several features need permissions: Accessibility for paste and window arrangement, Screen Recording for captures.
Choose OneNotch if…
- Clipboard boards, transforms and screenshot tools are what you want from a notch app.
- You want a free tier and run an Apple silicon Mac on macOS 15 or later.
- Window snap zones, translation and a sound mixer in the same app appeal to you.
Choose NotchStar if…
- You are on macOS 14 or an Intel Mac.
- You want a teleprompter, camera mirror, quick notes and disk tools.
- You want one $4 purchase with a 7 day trial and no account, with analytics only if you opt in.
The verdict.
OneNotch goes much deeper on the clipboard and capture, adds window snapping, and has a free tier. NotchStar covers a different set of everyday tools, supports macOS 14 and Intel, and costs $4 once. Choose OneNotch for boards and capture, NotchStar for the broader toolbox.
What OneNotch is
OneNotch is a notch app from an indie developer. Its website says the developer is in Vietnam and gives no name, only a support address. Its website puts the clipboard first, then a capture suite and a set of small utilities. Its feature index lists more than 50 features. We could not find out what it started as.
It is sold in three tiers. Free has no time limit: 50 clipboard items kept for 24 hours, one Pin board and 3 window Snap Zones. Pro is $6.99 one time for 2 Macs, with launch code LAUNCH30 valid until 19 November 2026 and $9.99 shown struck through. Supporter is $24.99 one time for 5 Macs and adds a badge. Pro raises history to 1,000 items, allows 20 boards of 200 items, adds iCloud sync and 6 Snap Zones. Refunds are 7 days, by email.
The price needs care. The home page shows $6.99. The feature index lists Pro Lifetime at $9.99, and earlier checks of the page’s structured data also found 9.99. The likeliest reading is that $9.99 is the regular price and $6.99 the launch price, but the site does not say what happens after 19 November.
The website lists no version numbers, release dates or changelog. It says only that the app keeps getting updates, so we cannot give a release cadence.
Who it suits
A developer who copies commands, JSON and tokens all day. Transforms such as Base64, JSON and MD5 hash, @ filters that narrow history to links or images, and a Copy Stack that pastes several copies in order are built for that. So is the optional local search that lets Claude Code or Codex query your clipboard, which is off until you enable it.
A designer or writer who documents things. Markup with numbered counters, a magnifier, OCR that also reads QR codes, and scrolling capture up to 32,768 px tall replace a separate screenshot app.
Someone who wants to try before paying with no clock running. Free is not a trial.
It does not suit an Intel Mac or a Mac on macOS 14, because the website requires macOS 15 and Apple silicon.
What OneNotch does that NotchStar does not
Boards. OneNotch lets you drag clipboard items into named boards with icons, lock them with Touch ID, Apple Watch or passcode, and sync them over iCloud on Pro. NotchStar keeps 50 items in memory and clears them on quit. That matters if you reuse the same snippets for weeks. In NotchStar you would recopy them.
Text handling. OneNotch lists 15 transforms, translation, source navigation and clipboard search inside screenshots. NotchStar stores text as plain text and has search only.
Capture. NotchStar has a screenshot tray, which holds the latest 12 for five minutes. OneNotch has markup, Copy Text OCR, Pick Color, translation of text in images, auto hide for faces and text, and screen recording with camera and audio. Some of these are Pro.
Window management and translation. OneNotch has Snap Zones, drag to notch window placement and Quick Translate in any app. NotchStar does none of these.
Smaller items. Eye Break, Keep Awake, a sound mixer, Presenter, Tasks, lyrics, AirPods and battery display, and hiding menu bar icons appear on its feature index. NotchStar has no menu bar icon management.
What NotchStar does that OneNotch does not list
OneNotch’s feature index does not list a teleprompter, camera mirror, quick notes or disk tools. That is not proof they are absent.
NotchStar’s teleprompter scrolls a script at a speed you set beside the camera on a notched MacBook, one script at a time, plain text. The mirror shows a live preview that starts only while its tab is open. Quick notes is a single plain text note that saves as you type. Disk tools scan caches, find duplicates by content, list apps with their leftovers, and send everything removed to the Trash. Timers has Timer, Stopwatch and Pomodoro presets of 25 and 5, 50 and 10, or 15 and 3 minutes.
NotchStar is also cheaper at face value ($4 against $6.99 or $9.99), covers 3 Macs against 2, and has a 7 day trial. It runs on macOS 14 and Intel. On privacy it has no account and no analytics unless you opt in to anonymous version info.
NotchStar does less in some shared areas: calendar is view only and covers today and tomorrow, system stats are totals with no per process breakdown, and there are no live activities, lock screen widgets or window snapping.
Switching from OneNotch to NotchStar
Day one: NotchStar starts with an empty clipboard history, an empty shelf and a 7 day trial. Everything is in the notch tabs; there are no boards to rebuild.
What you give up: boards, Copy Stack, transforms, OCR, markup, screen recording, Snap Zones, translation and iCloud sync. If you use two or three of these daily, NotchStar will feel thin.
What carries over: nothing automatically. OneNotch mentions Backup and Import for the clipboard, but we have no evidence another app can read it. Export anything you need to keep before uninstalling. Permissions you granted to OneNotch, such as Accessibility and Screen Recording, are tied to that app, so NotchStar asks for its own, and only for Calendar, Reminders and camera when you open those tabs.
What we could not verify
We have not tested OneNotch ourselves. Everything above comes from its website on 4 November 2026.
- Release history: no version numbers or dates are published, so we do not know how often it ships.
- What the price becomes after 19 November 2026, and which of $9.99 or $6.99 is the long term price.
- Whether it runs on Intel Macs. The website says Built for Apple Silicon and is silent on Intel.
- The license and whether it is closed source. Neither is stated.
- Whether it sends analytics. The website says nothing.
- Which features need Pro. Some capture tools are marked Pro for some tools, with no complete list.
- Whether it has a teleprompter, camera mirror, quick notes or disk tools. They are not on the feature index.
- Whether Backup and Import can move data to another app.
Questions.
Is OneNotch free?
Its Free tier has no time limit but keeps 50 clipboard items for 24 hours and one board. Pro is $6.99 once with launch code LAUNCH30 until 19 November 2026, with $9.99 struck through as the regular price. Its feature index page lists $9.99, so check the checkout before buying.
Does OneNotch run on Intel Macs or macOS 14?
Its website says Built for Apple Silicon and requires macOS 15 or later, and does not mention Intel. NotchStar supports macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon and Intel.
Is OneNotch open source?
Its website does not state a license or open source status. It describes a one time purchase.
Does OneNotch collect analytics?
Its website makes no statement about analytics or telemetry. It does say clipboard search for AI agents is off until you turn it on and runs locally, and that iCloud sync uses your own private iCloud.
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