A local-first Mac captioning app, $1.9K in 30 days

NotchLive is a local-first Mac app for captions, dictation, meeting records, translation, and related tools. Its $1.9K in the last 30 days is verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Polar), as of September 30, 2026.

What it actually sells

NotchLive sells a local-first Mac app for live captions, dictation, meeting records, translation, and related tools. The site describes a workspace for private captions, dictation, reviewable meeting records, and translated speech.

The app provides private live captions for Mac audio, calls, and lectures. It also supports dictation, translated speech, reviewable meeting records, and local transcripts.

How it charges

NotchLive lists Free, Pro, Team Packs, and education 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)
2026-02	$0
2026-03	$182
2026-04	$388
2026-05	$625
2026-06	$624
2026-07	$1,429
2026-08	$1,924
2026-09	$1,914

Where customers come from

The founder lists content marketing and Product Hunt as growth channels. The site also publishes guides for captions, translation, audio modes, and exports, plus guides for live captions, translation, and private transcription.

The site lists compatible Mac apps and audio sources for captioning.

What stands out

NotchLive says it can caption Zoom without host settings or meeting bots. It also supports captions, translation, audio modes, and exports.

The product is presented as a local-first Mac workspace with reviewable meeting records and translated speech.

From the official site

Captions, dictation, meetings, translation, notes, sharing, and accessibility tools.

Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.

Where it sits in the data

NotchLive's $1.9K in the last 30 days is higher than 82% 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 90% (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, the buyer would be a Mac user who needs captions, dictation, translation, transcripts, meeting records, notes, sharing, or accessibility tools. Distribution could come through content marketing, Product Hunt, and published guides about live captions, translation, and private transcription.

In my view, the hard parts are supporting different Mac apps and audio sources, handling captions and translation across live and recorded workflows, and maintaining exports and meeting records. Privacy-sensitive software also creates support and trust requirements, while established competitors add pressure.

Verdict: Needs real work.

One thing to take from it

In my view, NotchLive shows a focused product shape: a local-first Mac workspace combining captions, dictation, meetings, translation, notes, sharing, and accessibility tools. Its listed distribution surfaces are content marketing, Product Hunt, and guides.

Sources

NotchLive official website, fetched October 1, 2026
NotchLive pricing page, fetched October 1, 2026
NotchLive about page, fetched October 1, 2026
TrustMRR: revenue verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Polar), 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