# Your Mac has a notch. Now it has a *dad.* > Papa is a macOS notch app with an Indian dad’s personality, made by Jeet Karia: he asks for up to three tasks every morning, gives sites like YouTube a daily time limit in Safari and Chrome, reacts to Stripe and Dodo Payments sales, and checks in every evening. It’s a 3-day free trial with every feature, then $9.99 once ($4.99 for the first 25 buyers), for macOS 14 or later. Canonical: https://papanudge.com/ Last updated: 2026-10-26 Papa is a Mac app that lives in your notch. He asks for your plan every morning, puts a time limit on YouTube, cheers your Stripe sales and checks what got done at night. [Buy Papa · $4.99](https://papanudge.com/buy) [Try 3 days free](https://papanudge.com/Papa.dmg) 1. 9 AM Every morning, *three things.* The first time you open your Mac, Papa drops out of the notch and asks for up to three tasks. 2. 2 PM YouTube runs long? *He notices.* Give any site a daily time limit in Safari or Chrome. Go over and he brings up the Miller kid next door. 3. 4 PM A sale lands. *Well done.* Connect Stripe or Dodo Payments with a read-only key and Papa cheers every sale. 4. 7 PM No sale by 7? *The belt.* Zero sales by evening and the belt cracks your screen. Once a day at most, and it can be turned off. 5. 8 PM Every evening, *what got done?* At the time you pick, he asks which of the morning’s three got done. All three gets a “well done.” 6. 9:30 PM Tomorrow, 9 AM. *On your Mac.* 3 days free, then pay once. macOS 14 Sonoma or later, in English or Hinglish. Try Papa live ## Don’t take our word for it. *Annoy him yourself.* Six moments from a real day. Pick one and it happens on the Mac below, with the same lines, clips and reactions as the app. Loved on X ## People met Papa. *Here’s what they said.* Real posts, word for word. Tap one to read it on X. [someone built an app where your dad watches you through your macbook notch 😭 **Mohit Vaswani**@hii_mohit](https://x.com/KariaJeet/status/2112908629997441177) [Bought Papa Fun idea that got better the more I used it. I bought Pro to test the full product. **0xAlex**@0xAlex_dev](https://x.com/KariaJeet/status/2113263910497501187) [I really love how Papa lives right in the macOS notch, not just prompting for daily plans but also celebrating Stripe sales with interactive reactions. **Billal**@billalb4u](https://x.com/billalb4u/status/2113506451696345323) [First customer Just purchased!!! :D **Serg**@karakhanyanS](https://x.com/karakhanyanS/status/2112935619899076669) […really really creative shadi ke baad kaam aaegi 😭🤣 **Himanshu Sharma**@himanshuxspark](https://x.com/KariaJeet/status/2113248809795088833) [“Your Mac has a notch. Now it has a dad.” is the kind of line people repeat. The scroll through his day shows the whole product. **Bolajii**@bolljjy](https://x.com/bolljjy/status/2113858258062413866) [i take a close look at him and i’m not kidding my friend’s dad literally do look like him **Shiva Saini**@shivasainix](https://x.com/shivasainix/status/2112932680715362685) [Really cool idea! I genuinely think this has huge potential. 💪 **Silas Frederik Malmberg**@Silas_Malmberg](https://x.com/Silas_Malmberg/status/2113257986135142790) [“call it papa” was not a feature i expected to read today **Rene Chavez**@ReneChavez_wooo](https://x.com/ReneChavez_wooo/status/2114049516835909927) [Bro it’s so cool😂 **Smit Vanani**@SmitVanani06](https://x.com/SmitVanani06/status/2113228883474706907) Pricing ## Try him for 3 days. Pay once to keep him. Every feature from the first day, sales and the belt included. After 3 days, buy Papa or he goes quiet. One payment, no subscription, no account. First 25 buyers Papa · one-time ### Everything Papa does. **$4.99** ~~$9.99~~ once Launch price for the first 25 buyers. After that, $9.99. `FIRST25` is applied for you at checkout: $5 off - Morning plan and evening check, every day - Daily limits on YouTube and any site, with the full Miller-kid ladder - Sales reactions from Stripe and Dodo Payments, with today’s revenue and MRR - The belt, for zero-sale evenings (and an off switch) - Focus mute, battery and charger reminders - All nine streaks, Papa’s approval levels, and the dollar-bill, cookie and proud-speech rewards Buy Papa · $4.99 One-time payment · no subscription · 2 Macs Not sure yet? ### Try every feature free for 3 days. 1. Download Papa and set him up in a minute. 2. Everything is on for 3 days, sales and the belt included. 3. Then buy him, or everything pauses. Nothing is charged by itself. Using Papa from before? You keep the free plan you had. Start the free trial ↓ Secure checkout by Dodo Payments. Buy inside Papa and he turns on by himself; buy here and the license key arrives by email: paste it into Papa → Settings. No account, ever. Before you ask ## Yes, he has questions too. ### How does the free trial work? Download Papa and everything is on for 3 days, sales and the belt included. No card, no account. When the 3 days are up, everything pauses until you buy him: one payment, no subscription. Already using Papa from before the trial? You keep the free plan you had. ### Is it a subscription? No. It’s a one-time payment. The first 25 buyers pay $4.99, and after that it’s $9.99. Buy from inside Papa and he turns on by himself. Buy here and the license key comes by email: paste it into Papa’s settings. ### Does Papa speak out loud? No. Papa talks in a speech bubble next to the notch, never with sound. You choose English or Hinglish when you first open him, and you can switch any time. ### Can I turn the reminders off? Yes. Set quiet hours, take a day off each week, cap how many times a day he speaks, or turn the belt off completely. Pro adds focus mute, which silences him for as long as you need. ### What does Papa see on my Mac? For time-wasting sites, only which site is open in Chrome or Safari and for how long, never what’s on the page. For sales, a read-only key you create in Stripe or Dodo Payments, kept in your Mac’s Keychain. Nothing is sent to us. Everything stays on your Mac. ### Does it work with full-screen apps? Yes. Papa and his speech bubble show up on top of full-screen apps too. ### What if my Mac doesn’t have a notch? Papa still works. On Macs and displays without a notch, he lives in a small black pill at the top centre of the screen. ### Which Macs does it run on? Any Mac on macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon or Intel. ### Lost your key, or got a new Mac? One key works on up to 2 Macs. Lost it, need it on another Mac, or want a refund? Email [jeetkaria06@gmail.com](mailto:jeetkaria06@gmail.com) and it gets sorted. Papa’s arcade ## Still here? *Play with Papa.* Three quick games every kid already trained for: sneak past your father to the fridge at 2 AM, hide YouTube before he walks in, and dodge the belt. Then share your score. A little accountability. A lot of character. ## “Stop scrolling. Go ship something.” Try every feature free for 3 days. Keep Papa for one $4.99 payment while the first 25 spots last. [Buy Papa $4.99](https://papanudge.com/buy) [Try 3 days free ↓](https://papanudge.com/Papa.dmg) macOS 14 Sonoma or later · One-time payment, no subscription ## Related - [Papa’s Arcade — dad games you can play in your browser](https://papanudge.com/games) - [Blog](https://papanudge.com/blog/)