Compare · Oreo

Looking for a NotchNook alternative?

NotchNook turned the MacBook notch into a Dynamic Island and defined the category. Oreo covers the same ground, live activities plus a drawer with widgets and a file tray, with different trade-offs.

	NotchNook	Oreo
Dynamic-Island live activities	Yes	Yes
Widget drawer	Yes: larger catalog today	Yes: growing wave by wave
File tray / shelf	Yes	Yes
Maturity	Established, feature-rich	Beta (0.1.x)
Pricing model	Subscription option	$12 once, every Mac you own
Requirements	Broader macOS support	macOS 15+, Apple Silicon only
Weight	Full-featured	Deliberately small, a ~4 MB download

Pick theirs if…

Pick NotchNook if you want the biggest feature set today, need Intel support, or want integrations Oreo hasn't built yet.

Pick ours if…

Pick Oreo if you want to pay once instead of subscribing, and you'd rather run something small and native that does live activities, widgets and a tray without the rest.

Get Oreo: $12 once Oreo in the store

OreomacOS

Live activities and widgets in your Mac's notch.

Now playing, timers and a file tray. Living in the notch you already have.

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