Crest.

Crest: The Mac Notch App That Turns Empty Space Into Your Productivity Hub

Crest transforms the unused black bar on your MacBook Pro or Air into a powerful command center for music controls, calendar events, system monitoring, and quick actions. It hangs discreetly from your notch and disappears when you don't need it, giving you instant access to seventeen functional modules without cluttering your screen.

Product Highlights

• Now Playing Hub: Control album art, scrubber, lyrics, and output selection across Music, Spotify, Safari, and any browser with system-wide media integration.
• Battery-Friendly Design: Automatically pauses animations on battery power and Low Power Mode, suspends monitors during sleep, and wakes cleanly without freezing or force-quits.
• Privacy-First Architecture: Runs Screen Time tracking, translation, and AI features entirely on your device with no accounts, no cloud servers, and no data uploads.
• Glanceable Dashboard: Customize Work and Personal profiles with widgets for calendar, tasks, notes, Pomodoro timer, and day progress timeline.
• Developer Tools: Monitor GitHub PRs with live CI status and track Claude Code or Cursor agent sessions directly from your notch.
• Universal Compatibility: Works natively on macOS 14+ with both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, adapting to external displays as a floating pill when no notch is present.

Use Cases

• Focused Work Sessions: Use the Pomodoro timer with target task tracking, quick note capture with live Markdown rendering, and distraction-free progress monitoring through the Day Progress timeline.
• Developer Workflow: Keep GitHub PRs and AI coding agent sessions visible without tab switching, monitor system resources in real-time, and access a searchable app launcher from anywhere.
• Daily Productivity Management: Hover to check upcoming meetings with one-tap join, manage reminders with restoreable trash, translate text instantly without API keys, and review on-device Screen Time analytics.
• Media and File Handling: Control playback across any app with persistent Now Playing, access searchable clipboard history, and use the drag-and-drop Shelf for quick file staging and AirDrop.

Target Audience

Crest is built for MacBook Pro (2021+) and MacBook Air (2022+) users who want to reclaim their notch as a functional workspace rather than dead pixels—appealing to productivity-focused professionals, developers, and privacy-conscious individuals who prefer one-time purchases over subscriptions.