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Alcove: An Excellent Notch Utility with Beautiful Animations

• Jonathan

Utilities for the notch on MacBook Air and MacBook Pro screens seem to be having a resurgence of late. Niléane covered a couple of interesting ones a few months back, and I’ve seen some more pop up recently. One of those is an app called Alcove, and after using it for just over a week, I can confidently say I’m in love. Visually, it’s a delight, and as a utility, it’s clever and well thought out. Here’s what makes this app special to me.

Maximum Customization

First, let’s address these visuals: the UI animations are buttery smooth. The Dynamic Island on the iPhone has some of the best animations of any UI across Apple’s entire ecosystem, but Alcove comes very close, which is saying something.