At launch: free for 14 days, no account needed
For the Mac
Islary uses the space around your camera. Move your pointer to the top and your music, events, focus timer and more appear. It works on Macs and displays without a notch as well.
€9.99 one-time, incl. VAT · license for 3 Macs · no telemetry
Hover over the notch and click a tile.
First the features you might not expect. Below them, everything else at a glance.
Volume and brightness
When you press the volume or brightness keys, Islary shows the level up at the notch instead of in the middle of the screen. If music is playing, it's back right after. Islary needs Accessibility access for this.
Lock screen
Above your profile picture you get cards for music with controls, the focus timer and your next meetings.
Ask Claude
Ask a question without switching windows, or attach a file. If you ask for an event, a note or a reminder, Islary only creates it after you confirm. It uses your own claude CLI.
Any display
On an external display or a Mac without a camera cutout, Islary shows a slim notch of its own at the top center. Everything else works the same there.
Every module is a tile you can arrange freely on your pages.
Teleprompter
Your script scrolls in a strip right below the camera, so you're looking almost into the lens while you talk.
Focus timer
Start a focus session right in the tile. When it starts, the timer briefly shows below the notch.
Shelf
Drop files on the notch and take them along later. New screenshots and finished downloads show up there too.
Music
Artwork, controls and progress
Calendar
Your next meetings at a glance
Reminders
Tick off your to-dos
Notes
Jot something down quickly
Clipboard
Find what you copied recently
Quick toggles
Common settings in one click
System
How busy your Mac is
Batteries
Mac and Bluetooth devices
Weather
Forecast for where you are
Try it first, then decide.
Islary
€9.99one-time, incl. VAT
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macOS 14 or later · Mac with M-series chip
Sold, invoiced and taxed by Polar as merchant of record.
Yes. On displays without a notch, such as an external monitor, Islary shows a slim notch of its own at the top center.
Islary has no telemetry and no servers of its own. It only goes online when a feature needs it: for the weather and the place search, to check your license key, for the artwork of some music apps, and for “Ask Claude” through your own claude CLI. The privacy policy has the details.
The claude CLI has to be installed and signed in on your Mac. Islary uses your own access. Without the CLI the tile shows a hint, and everything else works as usual.
The notch stays visible and shows a card to buy or enter your key. Once activated, everything is back right away, no restart needed.
Yes. Sign out the old Mac in the settings and the slot is free again. One license covers up to 3 Macs at a time.
No. Islary needs a Mac with an M-series chip and macOS 14 or later.
Only those for features you use, and only when you click: Calendar and Reminders for events and to-dos, Location Services for the weather where you are, Accessibility for the volume overlay and “Keep menu bar clear”. You can revoke any of them in System Settings.
Purchase, invoice and refunds are handled by Polar, the merchant for Islary. Write to me via the contact form or the email address in the imprint and I'll take care of it.
English and German. Islary follows your Mac's language.
Questions, feedback or a problem with Islary? Write to me here or at kontakt@elias-schlappner.de. You'll get a reply by email.
