Menu Bar Icon Manager for Notch Macs

Keep Mac menu bar icons from disappearing behind the notch and stop settings from resetting

Problem

With many menu bar icons, they get hidden behind the notch or pushed off-screen, and tools like Hidden Bar only treat the symptom. Thaw-style tools have unstable pin/hide logic — icons dragged to the pinned area snap back automatically. Users explicitly list three needs: flexible pin/hide, one-click full expansion, and stable interaction that doesn't randomly reset, yet no open-source tool delivers them.

Solution

A focused menu bar manager: drag-and-drop or list-based control over which icons stay pinned and which collapse, a collapsed area that expands into a floating multi-row panel so icons are never blocked by the notch again, and persistent settings that survive restarts and OS updates. Minimal UI, with the app itself taking a single small entry.

Users

Developers and heavy Mac users on notch MacBooks with crowded menu bars

MVP

Drag to pin or collapse icons; one-click floating multi-row expansion for collapsed icons; persistent config with crash recovery; notch-edge avoidance; a minimal, hideable menu bar entry

Revenue

One-time purchase (e.g. $9.9) with a free trial; later a Pro tier with profile switching and hotkeys

Why now

Notch Macs are everywhere and dissatisfaction with existing tools is spelled out concretely in the community — the scope is small enough for a solo dev to ship a solid MVP in two weeks