The Dynamic Edge alternative for Windows
Want more than media controls and shortcuts at the edge of your screen? Notchzy is a complete Dynamic Island for Windows.
We make Notchzy, so we're not neutral, but we've tried to be fair. Details about other apps were checked in November 2026 and can change: check each app's own page before you install it.
Dynamic Edge is a free Store app that docks at the top or side with media controls, volume and quick-launch slots. If you want the whole iPhone Dynamic Island experience, Notchzy goes much further.
Why people switch to Notchzy
- A true Dynamic Island: a black pill at the top center that grows with a spring animation and shrinks back.
- Your day in one place: music, notifications, focus timer, calendar, weather, to-dos.
- Power tools: clipboard history, file tray, PC stats and an app launcher with search.
- One price: $9.99 once for 2 PCs, 14-day refund.
What you get with Notchzy
- Music controls for Spotify, browser audio and video, and any player in Windows' media controls: cover art, play/pause, skip, seek, shuffle and repeat.
- Synced lyrics that follow the song, karaoke-style. Click a line to jump there.
- Copy text from screen: snip any part of the screen and its words are copied, read offline on your PC.
- Microphone and camera dot: orange or green on the pill while an app uses them, like on iPhone.
- Sound: switch between speakers and headphones, and set each app's own volume.
- Focus timer with Pomodoro breaks and a countdown ring in the pill.
- Notifications from Windows pop into the island.
- Clipboard history with texts, links and images, search and pins.
- File tray: drop files on the island, drag them out later.
- Calendar and weather: a week strip, today's events and your city's weather.
- Quick controls: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, dark mode, volume, lock, sleep, restart, shut down.
- PC stats: CPU, GPU and RAM rings, top apps by memory, network, disk and a speed test.
- To-dos, app launcher and wallpaper picker, one hover away.
- Charging animation when you plug in or unplug a laptop.
- Stays out of the way: hides in full-screen games and videos, shrinks to a slim bar over browser tabs.
How to switch
- Close or uninstall Dynamic Edge so two islands don't sit on top of each other.
- Get Notchzy from notchzy.com for $9.99 once (2 PCs, 14-day refund).
- Run the installer and enter your license key. The island appears at the top of the screen.
- Make it yours from the tray icon → Settings: size, position, monitor, theme, accent color and which features are on.
Dynamic Edge is a trademark of its owner. Notchzy isn't affiliated with or endorsed by them.
Windows 10 and 11 · One-time, for 2 PCs · 14-day refund
Questions
What is the best Dynamic Edge alternative?
Notchzy is an iPhone-style Dynamic Island for Windows 10 and 11 with music, notifications, a focus timer, calendar and weather, to-dos, clipboard history, a file tray and PC stats.
Can Notchzy sit on the side of the screen?
Notchzy sits at the top of the screen, on any monitor, at the center, left or right.
Is Notchzy free?
No. Notchzy costs $9.99 once for 2 PCs, and you can get a full refund within 14 days.