Free Alcove Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Alcove for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Mac alternative is MediaMate. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Alcove and 11 are free and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Mac alternatives to Alcove are DropNotch, The Boring Notch, QuakeNotch and Notch Pro.

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Alcove alternatives are mainly Desktop Customization Tools, but if you're looking for Volume Control Tools or Clipboard Managers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac + Free, Free and Mac. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Alcove.
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  1. MediaMate icon

    MediaMate

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    New, fresh visuals for changing your volume, brightness and now playing media throughout the Notch from your MacBook Pro.

    16 MediaMate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • MediaMate is the most popular free alternative to Alcove.

    • MediaMate is Freemium and ProprietaryAlcove is Paid and Proprietary
    • MediaMate is LightweightAlcove is not according to our users
  4. The Boring Notch icon

    The Boring Notch

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    Welcome to Boring.Notch, the coolest way to make your MacBook's notch the star of the show! Forget about those boring status bars—our notch turns into a dynamic music control center, complete with a snazzy visualizer and all the music controls you need.

    18 The Boring Notch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • The Boring Notch is the most popular Open Source alternative to Alcove.

    • The Boring Notch is Free and Open SourceAlcove is Paid and Proprietary
    • The Boring Notch is CustomizableAlcove is not according to our users
  6. Notch Pro icon

    Notch Pro

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    Are you missing out on the new Notch Mac lifestyle? Not anymore! Notch Pro will make your Mac cool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. Say No to Notch icon

    Say No to Notch

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    Say No to Notch is an application that can fully disable the notch* that comes with MacBook Air with M2 (2022), MacBook Pro 14? and 16? with M1 Pro and M1 Max processors (2021).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    because it is not like a dynamic island to the notch. It simply puts a black bar on top of your screen to remove the notch, sacrificing screen size.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Say No to Notch is Free and ProprietaryAlcove is Paid and Proprietary
  10. MagicNotch icon

    MagicNotch

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    Place shortcuts alongside the Mac Notch.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  12. Forehead icon

    Forehead

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    Apple announced the new MacBook Pro yesterday, and I can't wait to receive mine next week. I saw some people complain about the notch (I like it but tastes differ), so I made a little utility that makes the menu bar black so the Notch fades away in the background.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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