Chirpy 3.0
Chirpy plays a different notification sound for every Slack channel, contact, or Mac app, so you know what happened without looking. $19.99 lifetime, macOS 13+.
Chirpy 3.0 launched on July 21, 2026 with 9 votes, #1,899 of 24,623 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
What it does
Chirpy gives every notification on your Mac its own sound, so you know who's pinging before you look. Not just Slack and Teams, any app in Notification Center: browser, Calendar, Mail, Messages, Discord, and more. Make a rule by app, channel, person, or keyword. Choose from 70+ built-in sounds or upload your own, set the volume per rule, preview any sound from the list. Native macOS menu bar app, 100% local. $19.99 one-time. Lifetime, no subscription. Free trial, no card.
If it shows up in macOS Notification Center, you can give it a sound. Slack, email, calendar, your messaging apps , anything that pings you. Ping. Your manager needs you. Ping. Someone reacted in #random . Ping. Production is down. Same sound. Every time. You have to stop what you're doing and check. A prod alert sounds different from a meme in #random. Hear priority without checking your screen. Stop context-switching for low-priority messages. Only break focus when the sound tells you it matters. Create rules by channel, person, keyword, or app. Assign any sound. Adjust volume per rule. A 7.8 MB menu bar app. Runs locally on macOS. Doesn't read your messages or connect to Slack, Discord,…from chirpy.pro
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