Getting started
How do I show a crypto price in my Mac menu bar?
Download CoinNotch, open it, and pick a coin from the picker. Its live price appears in your menu bar beside the notch, updating about once a second. No account or wallet is needed.
Full setup guide →Is CoinNotch free?
Yes. CoinNotch is free to download and use on macOS 13 and later, on both Apple Silicon and Intel, with no account required. It is also available through the Setapp bundle.
More on pricing →Does CoinNotch work on a Mac without a notch?
Yes. CoinNotch is a menu-bar app, and the notch is just a convenient placement on MacBooks that have one. On Intel Macs, iMacs, Mac mini, and external displays it sits in the menu bar normally, with every feature working the same.
Read the detail →How do I launch CoinNotch at startup?
Add it to your login items, either through CoinNotch's own launch-at-login setting or through macOS System Settings under General, Login Items. It then opens automatically when you log in.
Step-by-step →Using it day to day
How often does CoinNotch update prices?
About once a second by default, which feels effectively live. You can lengthen the interval in settings to save battery or network, and updating pauses while your Mac sleeps.
More →How many coins can I track?
As many as you like. The practical limit is menu-bar space, which CoinNotch handles with cycle mode, rotating coins through one chip, or side-by-side mode for a few at once.
More →Can CoinNotch show prices in euros or pounds?
Yes. Open settings and choose your currency, such as EUR or GBP, and every pinned coin re-quotes instantly using live exchange rates instead of US dollars.
How to change currency →How do I show many coins without crowding the menu bar?
Use cycle mode to rotate coins through one chip for a tiny footprint, or side-by-side for a few coins at once. You can also reorder your list so the most important coin leads.
Cycle vs side-by-side →What if a price stops updating?
Almost always a dropped connection, which clears itself when the network returns. Quick checks include confirming your network, then re-pinning the coin or relaunching the app. Your settings always survive.
Troubleshooting →Privacy & data
Does CoinNotch need an account or wallet?
No. CoinNotch shows public crypto prices, which need no account, login, or wallet connection. Your coin choices are stored locally on your Mac, not in a cloud profile.
More →Does CoinNotch track my portfolio?
No. CoinNotch is a price ticker, not a portfolio tracker. It shows live prices for coins you pin but does not track your holdings, balances, or profit and loss, which keeps it private and account-free.
More →Where does CoinNotch get its prices?
From an established crypto market-data feed that aggregates trading across many exchanges and covers hundreds of coins. Prices may vary by a fraction of a percent from other sources because each aggregates differently, which is normal.
More →Is CoinNotch safe?
It shows public prices only, never connects to a wallet, and requests no sensitive permissions, all of which you can verify. There is nothing sensitive for it to leak because it never collects anything sensitive.
Privacy review →Tokenized assets
Can CoinNotch show tokenized stocks?
Yes. Pin a tokenized-stock ticker from the picker like a coin. Remember these are blockchain tokens that track a share's price, not the shares themselves, and CoinNotch only displays the price, with no access to any token or security.
How to track them →What are tokenized real-world assets?
Tokens on a blockchain that track the value of something off-chain, like Treasuries, gold, stocks, or real estate. They are the token, not the asset itself, and carry their own risks and legal limits.
RWA overview →What are stablecoins?
Crypto tokens designed to hold a steady value, almost always one US dollar. For a stablecoin, the number to watch is whether the peg holds, not whether it rises.
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