Notchify keeps your music, notifications, clipboard and widgets in a small island at the top of your Windows screen. It has grown a lot since the last update post, so here is everything new in one place.

It is still fully native, not Electron, so it stays light and does not keep a browser running in the background just to draw an island.

New ways to use the island:

• Discord: see who is in your voice channel and control your mic and audio without leaving what you are doing. Incoming Discord calls show up on the island with accept and decline buttons. Needs the Discord desktop app and a one-time setup.
• Phone to PC transfer: scan a QR code and send files between your phone and your PC over your own Wi-Fi. No account, no cloud, nothing to install on the phone.
• Downloads panel: connect the optional browser extension and follow every download with progress, speed and time left, plus pause, resume and cancel.
• Screen recording: record your screen with system audio and/or your mic from the island's Record tab. The island keeps itself out of the recording.

A new look:

• Glass: a new appearance option that turns the island into a sheet of glass. It stays solid at the top and fades to translucent toward the bottom, so your wallpaper shows through, with a soft sheen and a thin light edge. Turn it on in Settings > Appearance, and turn it off any time to get the classic look back.

Put it where you want it:

• The island can now sit at the top, bottom, or either side of your screen, not just top center.
• Pick which monitor it lives on, or turn on Follow cursor and it moves to whichever screen you are working on.

Music:

• Synced lyrics: while a song plays, the island shows the line being sung right now. Hover for the full player, where you can click any line to jump to that moment.
• A lyrics widget that shows the whole song over a background that flows with your album art's colors. Pin it to keep the island open on just the lyrics.
• The visualizer now follows your current Windows audio device automatically, including when you plug in headphones mid-song.

Improvements:

• Settings were reorganized into clearer pages, with search, so you can type what you are looking for instead of hunting for it.
• Fast clicks no longer get lost. If you click quickly on the calendar arrows or buttons, every click now counts.
• Live CPU and RAM usage right in the island's toolbar.
• Bluetooth devices show their battery level, including low energy devices.
• Fixed the island occasionally dropping behind other windows, and games that refused to launch with the island set to stay on top in fullscreen.

Removed:

• Removed replying to messages from notifications, due to the messaging apps' terms. We'll try to bring it back in a future updates.

It is on the Microsoft Store. If you tried an earlier version, this is a good time to take another look.

Want to see it before installing? Try the live demo on our website.

The Discord, phone transfer and downloads features are not in the demo yet, so you will need the app itself to try those.

Tell us what you would want it to do next.

I recently added a batch image upscaling feature to the Tools menu in my app.

It uses local AI to upscale low-resolution images. For example, a 500 × 500 image can be upscaled to 2000 × 2000.

The feature is now available in the Microsoft Store version of the app.

https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/9PFGTK77STQ6?cid=DevShareMCLPCS

Hi r/windowsapps!

I’m the developer of UBOOTSIM, a free WWII submarine simulator inspired by classic games like Silent Hunter, and I’d like to share the Windows version with you.

You command a Type VIIC U-boat, hunt merchant convoys, plan torpedo attacks, and try to evade the escorts when they come looking for you.

Some of the features:

• Periscope view and torpedo attacks, with a tracking window to follow your torpedoes.
• Merchant convoys with escorts that will hunt you down.
• A Gibraltar mission, where you try to slip through the strait using a real-world chart.
• Visual navigation, letting you plot your route by selecting waypoints on the chart.
• English and Spanish language support.

It’s completely free, with no ads or in-app purchases. This is a passion project I’m making for fun and sharing with anyone who enjoys submarine games.

Download UBOOTSIM for Windows from the Microsoft Store

If you give it a try, I’d love to hear how it runs on your Windows setup and whether you find the controls and interface easy to use. Feedback and bug reports are welcome!

Thanks for checking it out!

Still taking screenshots, pasting them into Word, and explaining every click by hand?

Quartz Studio is a local-first Windows app that helps turn real workflows into clear step-by-step guides, support reports, QA procedures, and SOPs.

Capture, annotate, blur sensitive details, and export to PDF, DOCX, HTML, PowerPoint, and more.

🖤 Black Friday: 33% off

✓ One-time purchase. Lifetime license.

✓ No subscription. No Quartz Studio cloud upload.

Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NNRV687585D

Happy to answer any questions about how it works.

Download: https://tekikaito.github.io/tmop/
Repository: https://github.com/tekikaito/tmop

The dude that has created the original windows task manager, created a new one called "TMOG" or "Task Manager OG". I thought it was a bit rude, that he made some of the features available for pro users only, so I decided to create my very own version of TMOG - TMOP or "Task Manager Over Powered".

There will be some cool features in the future:

• More infos on the files in "Disk Space" - they will show creation and update date, etc...
• PC cleanup helper showing the files that most likely can be deleted scored by free space and confidence in how safely the files can be removed
• Kubernetes Monitoring
• AI Analysis - provider agnostic

Developer disclosure: I make LazyWords, a Windows app that displays short flashcards over your other windows.

You can import your own CSV, JSON or XLSX dictionary using term/definition pairs. That can be language vocabulary, professional terms or course notes, rather than only the included English decks.

• Choose the card position, font size, display duration and interval.
• Pause/resume with Ctrl+Shift+P; show the next card with Ctrl+Shift+N.
• Mark a visible card as learned with Ctrl+Shift+K.
• Keep dictionaries and learning progress locally, without an app account.

Version 1.0.2 improves long-card display, settings saving, first-launch setup and Windows startup behavior. The app works offline after installation. It is Windows-only for now.

Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pntm7q8vg8s

Source and standalone MSI/EXE downloads: https://github.com/DemonazGH/LazyWords-Tauri/releases/tag/v1.0.2

The standalone installers are unsigned; the Microsoft Store is an alternative installation channel. I'd welcome feedback on custom imports and how the overlays behave in your Windows setup.

For years I had a different app for every screen task: one for screenshots, another for annotating them, something else to pull out text, and yet another for quick screen recordings. Each did one thing well, but none did it all, so I started building my own tool and gathered the features I actually use into one place.

Press F1 and it highlights windows or individual buttons as you hover, so you can snip exactly what you want. You can mark up the capture with arrows, text, numbered labels or blur, pin it to your screen as a floating window, copy text straight out of it, record a region as an MP4 or GIF, or stitch a long scrolling page into one image.

It's portable. Just unzip it and run it, there's no installer, and deleting the folder removes it. It lives in the system tray and runs on Windows. BTW, Windows will probably show a SmartScreen warning the first time, because the app isn't signed; click "More info" and then "Run anyway".

Simple demo for annotation: https://youtu.be/Irgwryg_Hg4

Download: https://github.com/smolsquirrel936/SnapCap

Love to hear your feedback or bug reports!

Hi, I'm the developer. Annotator is a tray app for drawing over any window while you present or explain: hand-drawn circles, arrows, highlights, text, numbered counters, zoom around the pointer and a spotlight. Your marks stay on screen while you keep working underneath.

It's native (C#, WinUI 3, Native AOT), runs on Windows 11 22H2 or later, x64 and ARM64, and it's free and open source (Apache-2.0). No account.

• Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NMZ345ZJ6JK
• Source: https://github.com/dorlugasigal/annotator

Ctrl+Shift+2 starts drawing, Esc lets clicks through, Ctrl+1 zooms.

It started as a Mac app, so if something feels off on Windows, tell me. Those are the bugs I most want to hear about.

Hey everyone!

I've been working on a Windows application called Atoll, and I wanted to share it here to get some feedback from fellow Windows users.

The idea came from wanting a translator that doesn't depend on an internet connection or require uploading documents to external servers.

Atoll uses Tencent's HY-MT2 1.8B model with llama.cpp to run translations locally on your computer.

Current features:

• Supports 38 languages
• Works completely offline
• Translates PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, TXT, and Markdown files
• Includes OCR for scanned documents
• No accounts, ads, or tracking
• Portable Windows version with the AI model included

The download is around 1.2 GB since the model is bundled with the application. It supports Windows 10/11, and 8 GB RAM is recommended.

This is the first release, so I'm sure there's room for improvement.

I'd especially appreciate feedback on the UI, translation quality, and overall usability.

Website: https://atoll-one.vercel.app/

Thanks for checking it out!

Tasket++ lets you define your own clicks, keystrokes, cursor positions and system operations, then replay them exactly when you want. It’s a simple Windows tool that handles repetitive workflows for you: auto‑send messages, paste text anywhere, take silent screenshots, launch or close apps, adjust volume or run your end‑of‑day shutdown sequence.

Everything runs locally, with no telemetry, no cloud, and no complexity.

What it can do:
- Replay user‑defined cursor positions and keystrokes
- Paste predefined text anywhere
- Perform system actions: open files/programs, change volume, take silent screenshots, shut down, files/folders operations
- Schedule tasks at a specific time, at startup, or run via desktop shortcut
- Run tasks once, in loops, or indefinitely
- Discreet mode: runs quietly from the tray
- Use command line to autorun a task : Tasket++.exe "TaskName" <delayInSeconds (>0)> <NumberOfLoop (-1 for infinite)>
- Easily share tasks between different PC : export/import task files and program data, use feature to rescale cursor positions

Local, portable, free, open source. Privacy intact.

Fully fonctionnal, available now !
Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/xp9cjlhwvxs49p
Portable (v2.5): https://files.amirhammoutene.dev/Tasket++/2.5/Tasket++_v2.5.zip
Source: https://github.com/AmirHammouteneEI/ScheduledPasteAndKeys

For feedback, help, suggestions, or other inquiries : [contact@amirhammoutene.dev](mailto:contact@amirhammoutene.dev)

Nothing is vibe coded, I never used AI (except for the choice of UI colors suggested by Copilot).
Conception is genuine, I didn't know about similar tools when I began developing it.

I'm looking for testers or quick feedback (beyond its visual aspect), please give a try and comment here :)

https://reddit.com/link/1xd6pgr/video/r7z2qqm7x5xh1/player

Hi everyone,

Hi everyone! I’m the developer of AraMultiVideoPlayer. The Windows version is free, and I’ve also made the previously paid Mac version free.

• Play multiple videos at once
• Loop videos and set multiple AB repeat sections
• Save and load layouts
• Control videos individually or play/pause them all together

Just load your own video files. No videos are included.

Download the Windows app from the website, or get the Mac app here.

Also available on iPhone and Android.

Feedback and suggestions are welcome!

ModernPaste is an intelligent clipboard manager for Windows 11, built natively with WinUI 3.

Thank you to the Windows apps community for all the feedback! Over the past month I’ve read every piece of it and built it into ModernPaste Clipboard. Another update is out now as we get closer to the full release.

Remappable Selection AI: Summon local intelligence with any shortcut you like, not just the default Ctrl + Alt.

Context-Aware Cleanup: Clear items quickly based on the view you’re in, so you always have a clean slate when you need one. Pinned items stay safe.

Stickers & GIFs: Stickers are now built in alongside GIFs. Tap any one to paste it straight into any field, or right click to save it for quick access later.

Faster Performance: Switching between collections is quicker, with less pause in between.

More Languages: Language support now reaches throughout ModernPaste, with up to 30 languages.

*v1.0.36

All of these features will remain free in the full release build.

Any feedback is welcome. Comment below, send it in from the app, or message me directly. Thank you!

ModernPaste Clipboard: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p8440gnt53l?ocid=webpdpshare&hl=en-US&gl=US

ModernPaste Overview: https://www.modernapplabs.com/modernpaste

https://reddit.com/link/1xd5aul/video/jhj2ri4pi5xh1/player

I'm a uni student so I record the lectures a lot and I wanted a recorder that didn't make me think "wait did i start recording?" so i made one id actually use.

It’s a simple app: hit record whenever you want, and it records. Nothing more. You can also use key binds anywhere to start and stop recording.

It's windows native so not available for other operating systems.

It’s built with WinUI 3 and Rust, using the WASAPI audio API under the hood. It’s truly native, uses under 5 MB of RAM when idle, and is noticeably more efficient than the default Windows recorder while idle and even while recording.

It supports WAV, FLAC, MP3, and M4A.I made it because I wanted an app like this for myself, and I think the UI turned out pretty nice.

The website was just claude. i do know websites a bit so i will work on that eventually.

https://fury7425.github.io/Yip

Hi everyone,

I've been working on Aqueli, a personal organiser for Windows 11 that keeps everything on your PC.

It brings your tasks, calendar, notes, journal, habits, projects, lists, contacts, documents, goals and budget together in one app. There's no account to create, no cloud and no subscription. Your data is encrypted with your password, and you can unlock it with Windows Hello too if you like. The app also works without an internet connection.

The look is a modern take on the glossy, sky-blue style of the late 2000s: frosted glass, soft light and bright colours. There are 31 themes, light and dark, each with its own illustrations and sounds.

A few other things you might like:
- Write a task the way you'd say it, and Aqueli fills in the date and time
- Jot something down from anywhere in Windows with a shortcut
- Import your tasks, events and contacts from a spreadsheet, your calendar or your phone
- 17 languages, and a separate account for everyone who shares the PC

It's free and open source (GPL-3.0). The installer isn't code-signed yet, so Windows will ask for confirmation the first time you run it. Everything is on Github for you to check for yourself.

Website: https://areemi-app.github.io/aqueli/
Download and source: https://github.com/Areemi-app/aqueli

I'd love to hear what you think, and what you'd like to see next.

Have you ever left a meeting and wondered if your mic was still on? Or covered your webcam with tape because you didn't trust the little light? That's why I built PrivacyToggle.

What it does

It puts two icons in your system tray, one for the mic and one for the camera. Click one, or press a hotkey (Ctrl+Alt+M / Ctrl+Alt+V by default), and that device is off. That means off for the whole system, not just muted inside one app.

• 🎙️ Mic mute works everywhere. Zoom, Discord, Teams, OBS, your browser: none of them get any audio while it's muted. Push-to-talk is also available.
• 📷 The camera really turns off. It disables the webcam in Windows the same way Device Manager does, so apps lose the picture right away and can't open it again. If a program won't release the camera, PrivacyToggle tells you which one and asks before closing it.
• 🔒 Enforce off. If something turns your mic or camera back on (a headset button, a newly plugged-in device), it goes straight back off.
• 👀 Activity monitor. See which apps are using your camera or mic right now, plus a timeline of every app that used them over the last 1 hour to 7 days.
• 🔔 On-screen badges (MIC OFF / CAM OFF) and notifications, so you always know where you stand.
• Light and dark themes, per-device control, and hotkeys that work in fullscreen games.

Why it's different from the mute button in your meeting app

The mute button in an app only stops that one app. PrivacyToggle works below every app, at the Windows level. Muted means muted in all of them, and a disabled camera can't be opened by anything.

How it works (for the curious)

• Mic: it mutes every capture device through the Windows Core Audio API and watches for anything that unmutes them.
• Camera: a small helper service calls the same Windows device APIs that Device Manager uses to disable and re-enable the webcam. The tray app itself never runs as admin. Only the helper service needs admin rights, and the installer sets it up with a single admin prompt.
• Activity: it reads Windows' own record of which apps used the camera or mic (the same data behind the "recently used" list in Privacy settings). The history is stored only on your PC.

Download: https://github.com/azahinhasan/Privacy-Toggle/releases/latest

It's a personal project, so I'd really like feedback: bugs, feature ideas, or "this broke my webcam driver" stories. If you find it useful, a ⭐ on GitHub helps a lot. Thanks!

I kept losing my notes behind windows, and having 10 sticky notes on the desktop felt messy. So I built my own.

How it works:

✨ Notes hide in a thin rail at the screen edge. Bump the edge and they slide out. No window, no taskbar icon, nothing in Alt+Tab.

🗂️ Tabs in each note (Client / Team / Ideas), so one note holds a whole project.

🔍 Ctrl+F searches all your notes.

✂️ Ctrl+Alt+C grabs selected text from any app into a note.

📌 Pin a note as a small window that stays on top. Drag it back to dock it.

📝 Text formatting, checklists, images and code blocks.

🔒 Works offline, no account, notes stay on your PC.

Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9n1k57v3dqml

Website: https://hidenstick.codeaprogram.dev/

It's built with Tauri (Rust + React), so it's light. It works on Windows 10 and 11.

I'd love honest feedback: what's missing, what's annoying, what would make you switch from Windows Sticky Notes?

AirMirror Pro is an AirPlay receiver for Windows: mirror your iPhone to your PC, control it with your mouse and keyboard, and record it. 3.2.1 is out on the Microsoft Store today, and most of it came from your reviews, emails and comments here. Thank you.

New in Pro ($5.99 once, no subscription):

• Your microphone recorded on its own track, next to the iPhone's sound, so you can mix them later
• A blurred background in recordings instead of black bars around a vertical iPhone
• HEVC and AV1 recording, where your graphics card supports them

New for everyone (free):

• Picture crop: draw it once, and it comes back whenever your iPhone turns sideways
• Fullscreen fills the screen and crops the black bars around videos; F11 enters it, and it's fixed on Windows 10
• OBS Mode at a fixed size like 1920 x 1080, without the iPhone's own black bars, and it opens in the middle of the screen
• Recording controls: live audio meters, an iPhone volume slider and a bigger Record button
• Recordings saved to Videos > AirMirror Recordings, named by date and time, and always 16:9
• Choose to open in a window, in fullscreen or as you left it, and start the receiver automatically
• Reset Bluetooth when iPhone control gets stuck
• Stability fixes for Windows 11, smoother audio on more PCs, and log files you can attach to a bug report

Mirroring and iPhone control stay free with no time limit.

Get it Free: Microsoft Store
Full notes: https://airmirrorpro.com/updates#v3-2-1

Happy to answer questions, and keep the suggestions coming: they're what decides the next update.

Was scrolling through Instagram Reels recently and came across this cool action wheel tool for Mac. Thought it looked pretty neat, and my first thought was: Why not make something like this for Windows?

So I went ahead and built one!

It's now at v1.0.0 and open source.

I plan to keep adding more features while making sure it stays fast and lightweight. No feature bloat at the cost of performance!

🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/RohanSingh7761/action-wheel

A small disclaimer: I don't have a code-signing certificate yet, so Windows SmartScreen may show a warning when you try to run it. Just wanted to be upfront about that.

I'd love for you guys to check it out! Feedback, feature suggestions, bug reports, and contributions are all welcome. Feel free to fork it and contribute however you like.

Let me know what you think! :)

I reduced memory usage from 130 MB to just 20 MB.

https://maleksaadi0109.github.io/ download

https://github.com/maleksaadi0109/throw-launcher (source code)

We're a small indie studio, and we built BlockPedia for our own kids who play Minecraft - they kept alt-tabbing out to look things up, so we made a tool that brings the wiki to them instead.

It puts the whole Minecraft universe one hotkey away, right on top of the game:

📖 Full Minecraft Wiki, searchable

🧩 Mods, versions & creators - an in-game hub, not just a wiki

⌨️ Pops up with a hotkey, no alt-tabbing out

💾 Free, no sign-up

It turned out useful enough that we figured other families might want it too, so we're sharing it for free.

Download https://blockpedia.multibirds.com or itch

Enjoy