Hey IH,
I've been working on Noticky, a menu bar sticky note app for macOS. Launching May 22 on Product Hunt.
The problem I kept having
I work in fullscreen all day — VS Code, Figma, Zoom. Every time I needed to check a note, I had to exit fullscreen or cmd-tab around to find it. macOS Stickies just vanishes behind everything. SideNotes hides in a drawer that closes when you click away. Nothing stays visible.
What Noticky does
One thing: your note stays on top of everything, even fullscreen apps. Hit Cmd+Shift+N from anywhere, type, done. The note stays pinned.
Also has markdown (live rendering, no preview mode), iCloud sync, touch ID lock, smart tags, export to pdf/md/txt. Native Swift, under 5MB.
Why $6 one-time
I looked at what people pay for macOS utilities and $6 felt right — cheap enough that you don't think twice, expensive enough that it's not "free with a catch". No subscription. I use FastSpring for payments since the Mac App Store takes 30% and I wanted to keep it simple.
The stack
- App: Swift, native macOS
- Landing page: Next.js + Tailwind on Vercel
- Payments: FastSpring
- Analytics: Umami (privacy-first, self-hosted)
- SEO: blog articles targeting "sticky notes mac", "always on top mac" etc
What I'd love feedback on
- Does the positioning make sense? ("the note that never disappears, even in fullscreen")
- Am I leaving money on the table at $6? Some people told me to charge more
- Any launch day tips from people who've done PH + multi-platform?
Site: noticky.app
Happy to share numbers after launch.