Changelog

v1.4.1

This update introduces exciting new features and improvements to enhance your Badgeify experience.

New Features

• Added global keyboard shortcuts
  • Users can now customize and manage shortcuts for quick access to Badgeify settings

Improved

• Enhanced user support with improved system information sharing
  • The feedback button now includes relevant system details for faster, more accurate assistance
• Refined dark mode detection for better compatibility with various macOS themes

v1.3.7

Improved

• Fixed broken website pricing page links

Bug Fixes

• Fixed menu bar background color detection when using colored icons
• Fixed an issue where the Dock icon remained visible after closing the settings window on macOS Sequoia

v1.3.4

Improved

• Update the color of semi-transparent icons to be consistent with native icons
• Added an option for show transparent icon when the app has no notifications
• Improved tray management to prevent the app from becoming unresponsive

Bug Fixes

• Fixed app crash on macOS versions below 14

v1.3.0

This update introduces new customization options and improves the user interface for a more native macOS experience.

New Features

• Added “Pin to menu bar” option for icons
  • Users can now pin app icons to always be visible in the menu bar, regardless of global icon visibility settings

Improved

• Badgeify’s icon no longer displays in the menu bar when no app icons are shown
  • Opening the app repeatedly now correctly responds and opens the settings window
• Integrated macOS native color panel for selecting highlight colors
  • Provides a more intuitive and familiar color selection experience for macOS users

For more details, see Enhanced Customization and Native macOS Experience

v1.2.2

Improved

• Improved Finder window focus detection
• Optimize badge status label to avoid displaying Handoff text

v1.2.1

This update improves existing features for a better user experience.

Improved

• Added support for ctrl-click to display the menu when clicking an icon
• Optimized Finder behavior when “When clicking an active app’s icon” is set to Focus/Hide
  • Due to Finder’s unique nature, its behavior is now Focus/Minimize

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where highlight color was not applied when Slack displayed a dot notification

v1.2.0

This update introduces a new customization feature to enhance your notification experience.

New Features

• Added customizable notification highlight colors for apps and groups
  • Users can now set unique colors for each app or group’s notification badge
  • Improves visual distinction between different notifications in the menu bar

Improved

• Optimize the error messages when license key activate fails

For more details, see Introducing Customizable Notification Colors

v1.1.0

This update brings support for Slack’s dot badge and fixes an issue with WhatsApp notifications.

New Features

• Added support for Slack dot badge
  • Menu bar now displays a dot indicator for Slack notifications

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where notification counts were not displaying for the latest version of WhatsApp

v1.0.0

🎉 Celebrating our first major release! After months of development and valuable user feedback, we’re thrilled to introduce Badgeify 1.0.0. This version is more stable and introduces a new feature: App Groups for Better Organization.

New Features

• Introduced Application Groups
  • Organize multiple apps under a single Menu bar icon
  • Custom icon support for Application Groups
  • Display total notification count for all apps within the group

For more details, see Introducing App Groups for Powerful Menu Bar Management

Improved

• Updated onboarding carousel for add new app groups feature

v0.4.x

• Improved user interface and experience
  • Clearer settings layout
  • Remembers settings window position
  • Increased menu bar icon size to 64x64 pixels

• Enhanced menu bar functionality
  • New “Show/Hide Notifications” menu item
  • “When clicking an active app’s icon” option

• Added new Advanced settings page with enhanced icon visibility options
  • Includes “Hide icon when no notifications” feature

• Improved app stability, compatibility, and performance
• Enhanced macOS accessibility and Finder app handling
• Redesigned license activation flow and upgrade dialog

• Various bug fixes and minor improvements

v0.3.x

• Added “Show transparent icon when app isn’t running” setting

• Introduced “Quit” option in the system tray menu for each application

v0.2.x

• Introduced Free version of Badgeify with basic features:
  • Support for up to 3 apps in the menu bar
  • Notification tracking and quick-launch functionality
• Improved license key management
• Redesigned pricing model

Earlier Versions

• Added drag-and-drop functionality for app management
• Implemented automatic updates and custom SVG icon support
• Introduced configurable notification display
• Added onboarding carousel for new users
• Various performance and stability enhancements

For more details on custom icon usage, see Use Your Own Icons to Customize Your macOS Menu Bar