Notel - The best desktop notes app for Mac, made by MacProTips!

# What is Notel?

Notel is a really well-done desktop notes app that is both lightweight and has lots of powerful features, made by the Mac gaming content creator MacProTips!

# Key Features

Auto Stack: Group your notes by dragging them onto each other, creating a clean, organized, and draggable unit.

The Fan: Quickly view and navigate through all your notes like a deck of cards by double-clicking the option key.

Peek Mode: Instantly bring your last-used note to the foreground from anywhere on your Mac with a custom shortcut

Extensive Customization: Set custom themes, colors, and default layouts for new notes, change the Menu Bar and Dock icon, and manage animations all from the Settings window.

Dynamic Elements: Perform quick math equations and use named variables, insert code blocks, insert images, videos, and files, add dynamic checklists, reminders, mind maps, progress bars, tables, timers, and much more directly within notes

Sharing: Share notes easily by exporting them as PDFs, markdown files, PNGs, or custom .notel files

...and so much more!

# Pricing & Availability

Price: Free trial for 1 week, then a one-time payment of $10

Link: **https://getnotel.app**

# Promo Codes

Great news!! Until September 22, 2026, you can get Notel completely for free if you join the Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/cjVhdhfC8r

# About the Developer

This app was made primarily by the Mac gaming content creator, MacProTips. I assisted him in developing the website, but the app was fully made by him.

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Menu bar app

I know there are lot of posts about these, but here we are again.

I started this journey with Bartender. Then it became a PUP.

Switched to Barbee and that was OK.

Then I moved to Thaw a few weeks ago, and it seemed pretty good.

Then I upgraded to Golden Gate at 1:00 PM EDT cause I could not get off of Tahoe fast enough.

Thaw immediately told me it doesn't work and I need to install the alpha. So, I went back to Barbee. Barbee kind of seems OK, but still has some issues.

I realized at that point that I only need one thing. I need to be able to move a bunch of icons onto another little floating bar that pops up when I click a certain area on the menu bar. That's it. I don't care what order the icons show up in. Just icons I always see, and icons I see in a separate bar when I click on an icon.

I don't want anything else. No menu bar transparency. No icon rearranging. No adding or adjusting space between items. No abilities to add items to the menu bar that were never there in the first place.

Does something this simple that works in Golden Gate without issue exist?

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Tangerine: Convert files by holding Shift and dragging them, offline

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[OS] Glyph - Markdown Notes App that gives you complete control over your files - $15 (Early Access)

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RTFM Player, a music player and file librarian for audiophiles with support for multiple libraries and bit-perfect playback

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Do any menubar manager apps work in macOS 27.0 ?

My two main go-to apps for menubar management in macOS 26 were Barbee and Thaw, but both of those have significant problems right now with macOS 27.0.

Are there any other ones that actually work in 27.0 so far?

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I built Acres: a canvas for notes that stay plain Markdown files your agents can work on

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FrameDrop: Search 11 million openly licensed images instantly, drag them into your editor

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