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CoolDock: a second Mac Dock with live widgets, $4.9K in 30 days
CoolDock is a customizable second Mac Dock for live widgets, quick actions, apps, folders, search, and everyday information. Its $4.9K in the last 30 days is verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Polar, Stripe), as of September 30, 2026.
What it actually sells
CoolDock is a customizable second Mac Dock with live widgets, quick actions, apps, folders, and useful everyday information. Its features include widgets for weather, music, todos, calendar events, search, and system stats, plus access to favorite apps, folders, bookmarks, files, and downloads.
The product supports multiple Dock profiles, wallpapers, floating layouts, and flexible styling options. It works beside the original Mac Dock and supports macOS Sonoma 14.0 or later.
How it charges
The product's price could not be identified on the pages we read. The pages contain currency amounts, but none could be tied to the product's own pricing.
Month by month
Monthly revenue as read from the payment provider by TrustMRR, in US dollars, as of September 30, 2026.
| Month | Revenue (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $2,653 |
| 2026-07 | $8,854 |
| 2026-08 | $6,759 |
| 2026-09 | $4,855 |
Where customers come from
The founder lists Blog, Content marketing, Newsletter, SEO, Instagram, LinkedIn, Reddit, TikTok, X / Twitter, YouTube, Discord, Hacker News, Product Hunt, and Influencers as growth channels. The site also provides a 90-second overview video and a CoolDock customization overview.
The pages offer downloadable macOS software and list integrations including GitHub, Linear, Supabase, Dropbox, Resend, Dub, and Website Analytics.
What stands out
CoolDock keeps the original Mac Dock in place while adding a second Dock for live information, quick actions, apps, folders, files, downloads, and search. It also includes File Shelf for temporary files and supports modern Mac setups, including external displays.
The listed integrations cover business, developer, and productivity services: GitHub, Linear, Supabase, Dropbox, Resend, Dub, and Website Analytics.
From the official site
Make your Mac Dock more useful Add live widgets, quick actions, search, stats, weather, music, todos, and more to a beautiful second Dock built for your daily workflow.
Customize every detail with beautiful wallpapers from Backgrounds.Supply , useful widgets, multiple Dock profiles, floating layouts, and flexible styling options.
Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.
Where it sits in the data
CoolDock's $4.9K in the last 30 days is higher than 90% of the 5,602 projects with payment-verified revenue in our dataset; the median across them is $150. Within the “Utilities” category (433 projects) it is higher than 94% (category median $120). Snapshot: 2026-09-02 to 2026-09-30. The dataset only covers founders who chose to publish their numbers, so it leans toward businesses that work; use it for scale, not as an average.
Currency
All figures are in US dollars as published. A rough yuan or euro conversion is not applied here because prices, taxes and acquisition costs differ by country.
Could you build something like this?
In my view, there is clear demand among Mac users who want daily information and quicker access to apps, files, productivity tools, and system controls. The buyer would be an individual Mac user, and distribution could come from the content and community channels the founder listed.
The difficult parts are Mac compatibility, reliable widget and system-control behavior, regular support across operating-system changes, and competing for attention in the productivity-software market. Any version would need clear permissions, dependable updates, and enough support capacity for a desktop utility.
Verdict: Needs real work.
One thing to take from it
The product shape combines a familiar Mac surface with everyday utilities in one customizable Dock. That gives founders a specific product idea to examine: expand a familiar workflow around the tools people already use every day.
Sources
- CoolDock official website, fetched October 1, 2026
- TrustMRR: revenue verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Polar, Stripe), as of September 30, 2026
Revenue, team and start-cost figures are what the founder reported at the interview date, not current figures and not a prediction of what you will earn. Product and pricing facts come from the business's own website as checked on 30 September 2026. Method & sources · Disclosure