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Happy Developer Saturday Mac Users!

Staring at that tiny cutout changed everything. It sits just a hair away from where the lens hides. A thought hit me - why not slide a teleprompter right into that space? The idea felt strange, yet obvious. That little gap had been ignored for too long. Something useful could live there after all.

CueNotch started with a simple idea. Paste your words - your lines show up right in the screen's notch instead. As you glance down, they sit exactly where your eyes land by habit. Looking straight ahead means reading without breaking gaze. Every call feels like you're truly present. That quiet connection? It stays unbroken.

What stands out the most? Probably Ghost Mode. It hides the teleprompter entirely when you share your screen - works on Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Loom, even OBS. Viewers just see your desktop, nothing else. Meanwhile, your lines stay right in front of you. They won’t catch on.

A few other things it does:

Faster talk means quicker movement through the lines. Slowing down? The page waits. Words keep step without skipping ahead. Matching rhythm happens naturally, no buttons needed. Pace shifts adjust instantly - no lag, no rush

Suddenly, words flow like talk between friends. This tool tweaks lists into chat-style lines right on your device. Nothing sends out data, everything stays put. No web hookups required, just smooth local runs. Polished phrases appear without fanfare. Runs quiet, works fast, keeps privacy tight

Presentation view splits your script into individual frames using - marks. Move forward or back through them by pressing the arrow buttons on your keyboard. Each slide appears one at a time, separated exactly where you place those dividers. Navigation happens smoothly with left and right keystrokes. The structure stays clear without extra tools or settings. Slides follow the order written in your original text. You control pacing simply by tapping arrows as needed

Font size, colors, and how see-through things look can change any way you want. The speed when scrolling shifts just how you prefer it. A flowing border moves with your voice, rising and falling as sound comes in. Each piece fits your choice, not locked one way. Nothing stays fixed unless you decide

Eighteen years old, just started college for computer science back home . This marks the debut of my very first application sitting live on the Mac App Store. Put it together using Swift paired with SwiftUI for the interface design work.

Try it free - three times each day. A week of every feature waits, no payment details asked. Pay once later, twenty-nine ninety-nine for everything, forever. Access stays yours.

https://apps.apple.com/in/app/cuenotch/id6760926058?mt=12

Curious to know your take on it - thoughts are totally open here.

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I'm a first-year CS student . A month ago I launched my first macOS app on the App Store — a teleprompter that sits inside the MacBook notch so you make natural eye contact on camera. One paying customer so far. $25 in proceeds. Not life-changing money, but it's my first dollar earned from something I built and that feels insane.

Here's what the first month looked like:

30 first-time downloads, 456 impressions, 11.4% conversion rate, 1 in-app purchase.

What actually moved the needle:

A $30 UGC video I hired from Fiverr — posted as a YouTube Short, it got 1,800+ views in 4 hours. That single video drove more downloads than anything else I tried. The hook was "This app lets you cheat on Zoom calls and nobody can see it." Turns out people love the invisible angle.

Reddit reply marketing — instead of making promo posts, I searched for threads where people were complaining about eye contact on Zoom, forgetting scripts during interviews, reading notes on video calls. Then I just replied as a user recommending a solution. No links, no pitch. If someone asked what app, I told them. This got me more installs than any direct post.

SEO blog content — I wrote 8 blog posts targeting keywords like "best macbook notch teleprompter" and "hide teleprompter screen sharing." Google Search Console shows 20 clicks, 112 impressions, 17% CTR at average position 5.9. Slow burn but it's compounding.

App Store ASO — Changed my subtitle to "Teleprompter for Eye Contact" and optimized keywords. "teleprompter mac" went from #37 to #20. "invisible teleprompter" now ranks #22.

What didn't work:

Making my own Reddit posts — got removed by spam filters or got zero traction. Reply marketing works 10x better.

Product Hunt — 19 upvotes, 101 followers, almost zero downloads from it.

Posting in the wrong subreddits — wasted time in communities that didn't care about my niche.

What I'd do differently:

Start with video content from day one. The UGC video outperformed weeks of text-based marketing in 4 hours. If you're launching an app, budget $30 for a Fiverr creator before you do anything else.

The app is CueNotch if anyone wants to check it out — free tier available, no credit card needed for the trial. Would love feedback from anyone here on what I should focus on next to get from $25 to $250.

Guys personally im fed up of remembering things for my presentations where i have to on my camera , reading from pdf in seperate tabs is not working as your eyes move left and right and people dont take you seriously. Meet cuenotch , this teleprompter stays in your mac notch like your macs dynamic island , no more reading those scripts without eye contact , best part? IT STAYS HIDDEN WHEN YOU SHARE YOUR SCREEN , you can add content for your script per slides in your ppt and use your arrows to control the data. Its FREE give it a try. CUENOTCH check it out in your app store!!

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