NotchPixel

Press kit

NotchPixel puts a notch at the top centre of a Windows screen. Rest the pointer on it and it opens a card; move away and it is gone. The facts, screenshots, logos and film for writing about it are below.

Questions, interviews and review codes: info@notchpixel.com.

Fact sheet

Name

NotchPixel

In one line

A notch for Windows that opens into a card when you rest the pointer on it: now playing, a file shelf, clipboard history, notifications and quick switches.

Platform

Windows 10 version 2004 (build 19041) and later, and Windows 11. x64 only.

Price

$9.99 once in the US. Other markets show their own local price. No subscription, no account.

Where to get it

Only in the Microsoft Store, Store ID 9MXCRL0XBGPH. The Store installs and updates it, and Microsoft signs the package.

Current version

0.5.64

Who makes it

NotchPixel is made by one developer and published by KORE INDUSTRIES.

Languages

21

Privacy

No account, no telemetry, no ads.

Footprint

About 13 MB in Task Manager and 0% CPU at idle (version 0.5.64, 3 Oct 2026), measured over 120 seconds on an Intel Core i5-11400H laptop with Windows 10 22H2. How it was measured.

Website

notchpixel.com

Contact

info@notchpixel.com

Review codes

Request a review code: email info@notchpixel.com with your outlet.

What it does

• Shows what is playing in any app, with play, pause and skip.
• Holds files on a shelf. Drag them back out, or send them to a phone and back on the same Wi-Fi with a QR code. The phone needs no app and no account.
• Keeps a clipboard history, with pins for the items you want to keep.
• Mirrors your notifications in one list.
• In a fullscreen game it hides, or shows a slim FPS, CPU, GPU and RAM strip. Reminders still show over the game.
• One key, Ctrl+Alt+M, mutes the microphone in every app, and a call timer runs while you talk.
• Shows volume, brightness, battery and headphone pop-ups at the top centre.
• Quick switches, screenshot, snip, screen recording and a colour picker.
• A drawer for Twitch and YouTube chat, a REC pill while OBS records, and a pill for export progress.
• Scripts can put lines and live tiles on it through a loopback endpoint (http://127.0.0.1:47823/notify and /tile) or a command-line tool.
• A notch joined to the top edge or a floating shape, with themes.

Short description

Free to quote as it is or to shorten.

NotchPixel is a notch for Windows 10 and 11. It sits at the top centre of the screen: rest the pointer on it and it opens a card with what is playing, a file shelf, clipboard history, notifications and quick switches; move away and it is gone. In fullscreen games it hides or shows a slim FPS, CPU, GPU and RAM strip. It costs $9.99 once in the US from the Microsoft Store, with no subscription, no account and no telemetry.

Screenshots

The ten images from the Microsoft Store listing, as 1920 x 1080 JPG files. Select one to open it full size. You may use them in articles, reviews and videos about NotchPixel.

Logos and icons

• notchpixel-logo.svg vector, 7 KB
• logo-512.png 512 x 512 PNG, 138 KB
• icon-192.png 192 x 192 PNG, 21 KB
• logo-64.png 64 x 64 PNG, 5 KB
• favicon-32.png 32 x 32 PNG, 2 KB

The name is written as one word with two capitals: NotchPixel. Please use the icon as it is, without recolouring or stretching it.

Film

A narrated tour of NotchPixel, 3 min 46 s, one feature at a time and explained as it happens on screen: the notch opening, now playing, the file shelf, clipboard pins, sending files to a phone on the same Wi-Fi, notifications, reminders, quick switches, the launcher, widgets, calls with the mute key, the game strip, Twitch and YouTube chat, and where to get it. The same film plays on the home page.

Download the film MP4, 1280 x 720, 3 min 46 s, 23 MB