Why Tilora
- $9.99 once for three Macs, with nothing held back during the week’s trial; NotchNest’s free tier is capped, and all of it is $14.99 a year or once.
- Synced lyrics, a lock screen player, volume and brightness, weather, converting and sharing files, window snapping and screen capture, none of which NotchNest lists.
- Tilora is updated often; NotchNest’s last update was in August 2026.
| Tilora | NotchNest | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 once | Free to start; $2.99 a month, $14.99 a year or $14.99 once |
| Macs per license | 3 | Not listed (Mac App Store) |
| Free trial | 7 days, every feature | A free tier, with limits |
| Requires | macOS 14 | macOS 14 |
| Intel Macs | Yes | Not listed |
| Notarized by Apple | Yes | Yes, from the Mac App Store |
| Now playing in the notch | Yes | Yes |
| Lyrics | Yes, synced | Not listed |
| Music on the lock screen | Yes, a full player, and your day when nothing plays | Not listed |
| File shelf | Yes | Yes (File Tray) |
| Convert, merge and trim files | Yes, on your Mac | Not listed |
| Share links | Yes, 3-day links | Not listed |
| Clipboard history | Yes | Yes, with on-device AI rewriting |
| Meetings with Join | Yes | Yes |
| Volume and brightness HUD | Yes | Not listed |
| Window snapping | Yes | Not listed |
| Screen capture and text capture | Yes, both | Not listed |
| Verification codes from notifications | Yes, with Fill | — |
| Reply to Messages, WhatsApp and Telegram | Yes, from the notch | — |
| Teleprompter | Yes, hidden from screen sharing | — |
| Launcher and search | Yes, ⌥Space | — |
| Weather | Yes | Not listed |
| Live football scores | Yes | Not listed |
| Displays without a notch | Yes | Yes, a panel at the top |
| Analytics in the app | None | Crash reports, its privacy policy says |
When NotchNest may suit you
- It’s on the Mac App Store, and free to start.
- It uses Apple Intelligence on your Mac to rewrite clipboard text and to brief you on your calendar, and its notes sync across your Apple devices.
Sources
NotchNest is made by Satnam Singh. Everything said of it here is from:
- apps.apple.com
/us /app /notchnest-dynamic-notch-bar /id6747612321 - notchnest.app
- notchnest.app
/privacy-policy.html - notchnest.app
/whats-new.html
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