AI · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to NotchDeck

Control 13 AI coding agents from your MacBook notch & iPhone

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 3 we have checked on their own sites, 3 of them free or with a free tier.

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Notchcode▲89
Claude Code + Codex agents in your notch
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
2
AgentNotch▲120
Real-time AI coding assistant telemetry in your Mac's notch
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
3
CrewTower▲100
Talk to Claude Code right from your MacBook notch
Aug 2026 · crewtower.app · its alternatives →
4
NotchNest AI▲99
AI powered by Apple Intelligence now in your Notch
Apr 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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AgentPeek▲164
Your coding agents, in the Mac notch
Jun 2026 · agentpeek.app · its alternatives →
6
Notchware▲83
Music and AI agent alerts in your MacBook notch
25d ago · ballmac.com · its alternatives →
7
X Island▲109
Dynamic Island for AI Coding Agents
Apr 2026 · xisland.app · its alternatives →
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Harness by Autonomousfree tier, from $149/mo▲288
Every coding agent, every machine, one command center.
6d ago · autonomous.ai · its alternatives →
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MacNotch▲199
Turn your MacBook notch into a Productivity Hub.
Mar 2026 · macnotch.io · its alternatives →
10
Agents At Work▲18
Monitor and control AI agents from your phone
Jun 2026 · agentsatwork.app · its alternatives →
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getcta.store▲79
an ai teleprompter that lives under your MacBook notch
22d ago · getcta.store · its alternatives →
12
Perch▲154
Dynamic Island for Mac Notch
Nov 2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
13
Maestri▲183
An infinite canvas where coding agents work in concert
Mar 2026 · themaestri.app · its alternatives →
14
Ara▲143
Agentic Wispr flow computer-use-agent living in your notch
May 2026 · ara.so · its alternatives →
15
Vibe Pocket▲135
Run AI agents like Claude Code, Codex, Opencode on mobile
Dec 2025 · vibepocket.com · its alternatives →
16
Halo▲71
Notifications, dictation and AI agents in your Mac's notch
13d ago · halo-mac.com · its alternatives →
17
SwiftyMenu▲101
Launch AI CLI tools instantly from Finder
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
18
Whirr▲90
Ambient agent activity in your notch
May 2026 · getwhirr.com · its alternatives →
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NapCat▲1
Your AI agents. Right in the notch.
Aug 2026 · napcat.app · its alternatives →
20
agentbrowse▲89
Give your AI coding agent the web as a command line
Jun 2026 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →
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NotchPrompt▲137
The invisible teleprompter that lives in your MacBook Notch.
Feb 2026 · notch.aliarain.com · its alternatives →
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relaydfree tier, from $5/mo▲101
I kept missing when my Codex agents finished, so I built relayd — a mobile dashboard that sends push notifications and lets me continue agents from my phone. Free tier available. Would love feedback.
Jan 2026 · relayd.dev · its alternatives →
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AgentWatchfree tier, from $4.99/mo▲3
Monitor and control AI coding agents from your phone
Jun 2026 · agentwatch.jocoding.io · its alternatives →
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Agent-desktop – Native desktop automation CLI for AI agents▲99
I've been building computer-use tools for a while, and I quietly launched this about a month ago (122 Stars on GH). I figured it was worth sharing here. Over the last few months, a lot of computer-use agents have come out: Codex, Claude Code, CUA, and others. Most of them seem to work roughly like this: 1. Take a screenshot 2. Have the model predict pixel coordinates 3. Click x,y 4. Take another screenshot 5. Repeat That works, but it's slow, expensive in tokens, and fragile. If the UI shifts a few pixels, things break. And the model still doesn't know what any element actually is. But the…
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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