I've been thinking about this a lot while building my app. Most of us have 10+ apps that ping us, Slack, Teams, Mail, Calendar, Discord, and they all basically sound the same, so we've trained ourselves to check every single one.
I got obsessed with the idea that your Mac should sound like your actual life: a specific sound for your boss, a cha-ching when a sale lands, something soft for a friend, silence for the noise. So I built Chirpy to do exactly that (just launched 3.0, it now works with any app in Notification Center, not just Slack/Teams).
Curious how other people handle this:
do you turn most notification sounds off entirely, or keep them on?
if you could give one app or person its own distinct sound, what would it be?
The per-rule volume control is a really thoughtful touch, so a loud work alert doesn't blast over a quiet DM ping. Glad it's all local too.
@kazmsobalaql thank you 🧡 the volume thing came from me setting all my urgent alerts to 100% and then getting bodyslammed by a bot notification at 2am. never again. and yeah, local from day one, none of this ever leaves your mac.
The per-rule volume control is a really thoughtful touch, way more useful than a global mute. Love that it runs entirely local too, no setup dance or accounts to create before you can actually try the thing.
Love this idea, the per-app sound matching is exactly what my brain needs when I'm heads-down. One thing that would seal the deal for me: a "do not disturb" schedule or focus mode hook so rules can pause automatically during deep work hours or when I've enabled macOS Focus. Would also help if there was a quick mute toggle right in the menu bar.
Love that you can preview sounds straight from the list before committing to a rule, such a small detail but it makes dialing in the right audio feel effortless instead of trial and error.
@mertcan_go90096 Thank you Gözde 🧡 means a lot