Compared
Notchlet vs Notchy
Notchy is a full Dynamic Island for the Mac, and AI tracking is one feature among twenty. If you want music controls and a clipboard in the notch too, get Notchy. Notchlet does one thing: your agent limits, your history and a share image, in an MIT repo you can read.
Side by side. Checked Sep 4, 2026.
| Notchlet | Notchy | |
|---|---|---|
| Lives in | The notch. Nothing until you hover. | The notch, as a Dynamic Island with music, clipboard, timers and more. |
| Tracks | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode, three at a time. | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Antigravity, Windsurf, Zed and Amp from local logs, plus over 60 remote providers with stored credentials. |
| Reads | The login each CLI already saved, then the usage endpoint behind /usage or /status. Never browser cookies. | Local session logs for the agents, provider APIs with your stored credentials for the rest. |
| History and cost | Cost and tokens for today, 7 and 30 days, a 12 month activity graph and per-model tokens, from the logs on your Mac. | Rate limits, tokens, spend for the day, 7 and 30 days, and pace projections. |
| Share | A PNG of your numbers, graph and models. | None listed. |
| Price | Free. | Free, funded by donations. |
| Source | MIT on GitHub. | No repository linked from notchy.dev. |
| Runs on | macOS 14 or later. | macOS 13 or later. |
Notchy facts from notchy.dev. If one is wrong, open an issue and it gets fixed.
Which one. Pick by what you run.
Notchy if
- You want a Dynamic Island, with AI usage as one of its panels.
- You use Copilot, Windsurf, Zed or Amp.
- You are on macOS 13.
Notchlet if
- You want one small app that does one thing.
- You want to read the source before it reads your keychain.
- You want a PNG of your usage to share.