DayPin

Native menu-bar sticky notes for Mac — offline, $3 Pro

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Native menu-bar sticky notes for Mac — offline, $3 Pro

18 followers

DayPin puts sticky notes on your Mac desktop with one keystroke. Native SwiftUI, universal binary, 2.1 MB, no account, no telemetry. FORMAT: bold, italic, underline, checklists, code, quotes, headings. Markdown that hides the markup (WYSIWYG). CAPTURE: global hotkey; menu bar icon; 16 colors + custom picker; click checkboxes to toggle done. PRO ($3 one-time): unlimited pins, iCloud sync, export MD/PDF/TXT, search, JSON tools, custom hotkey, opacity.

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Launch tags:Mac•Productivity•Notes

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Hey Product Hunt 👋

I built DayPin as my daily scratch-pad after burning out on trying to use Notion/Obsidian for two-second thoughts. Sticky notes are the right tool — Apple's Stickies is close but stuck in 2005.

Design bets:

• Zero-friction capture. ⌘⇧N must open in <200ms or the thought is gone

• WYSIWYG markdown — rich editor feel, plain-text portability

• One-time $3 for Pro. Mac utilities should not cost $60/year

• Offline-first. iCloud sync is opt-in (Pro), never default

• Real free tier: 5 pinned notes is more than most people need

Just shipped in 1.2: select any text and a formatting bar comes up — bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, code, color — plus turning any line into a heading and back. ⌘B / ⌘I / ⌘U bound.

🎁 100 Pro codes for PH hunters — #001-025 below, #026-100 in the replies. Click → App Store opens → "Redeem" → done.

#001 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=3AAWJKYAEJTWRF33P3

#002 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=3H3YAAFMKPJXWE8JRY

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#008 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=3KMXPK3RLTPJRN6473

#009 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=3P44M8TL8JLJ6PWXRE

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#014 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=438TML7P3HLP8YK36A

#015 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=43RE4MA4ELPRPFJMKN

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#025 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=4NYRERYJKJTL8LYNW6

Reply with "used #NNN" so others know which are gone.

Would love feedback on:

1. The hidden-markup rendering (edge cases with nested emphasis?)

2. What Pro feature you'd want next

Here all launch day — AMA about the SwiftUI + AppKit hybrid, the Carbon RegisterEventHotKey trick for sandboxed global hotkeys, or why the paper-texture render got rewritten three times.

— Jay

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2mo ago

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More Pro codes — #026-050 👇

#026 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=4PN68NXA68JNWPP3N4

#027 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=4W7PMTNFL3LRF4XYM3

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#031 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=66EPF8EFA8NPKENXLH

#032 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=67M3KAKW4F6MWJEA3X

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#037 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=6KN6HL3XYHH6J6F3TR

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Reply "used #NNN" when you grab one.

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2mo ago

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More Pro codes — #051-075 👇

#051 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=7MYXX8NHMHWHALN86P

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#055 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=7TTTYXFKMXT6W686NJ

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#057 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=836KAAWPK3MHRPNHK3

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Reply "used #NNN" when you grab one.

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2mo ago

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More Pro codes — #076-100 👇 (last batch)

#076 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=8XE48LXJKKX3386JFW

#077 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=8XK7XLAEJJ8LXYYXMH

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#080 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=A8K387KTJXALJ4XLFL

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#082 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=AHWX44XRXRJK6WLAWR

#083 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=AJYNHXRJHP73XLXE8K

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#100 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6762507882&code=EWPMLPLHTPEY374M7F

Reply "used #NNN" when you grab one. Out of codes? Say so and I'll send more.

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2mo ago

The WYSIWYG markdown that actually hides the markup is a really thoughtful detail. So many sticky note apps force you to live with raw asterisks, and you just sidestepped that whole class of friction.

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2mo ago