Changelog Archive

v1.10.1

01/17/2026

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where right-click menu actions like “Open Launchpad” would sometimes fail to respond.

v1.10.0

01/06/2026

New

• Redesigned app icon with Liquid Glass support — A brand new icon design, with Liquid Glass support for macOS Tahoe.

Improved

• Smoother onboarding flow with clearer navigation to get set up faster.

v1.9.10

12/10/2025

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the app could launch twice when using the “Start at login” feature.

Improved

• Enhanced dropdown menus with better accessibility and consistent appearance across all browsers.

v1.9.9

12/09/2025

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the settings window could appear on launch for licensed users who had disabled “Show window on startup”.

Improved

• Refined spacing and typography across UI components for a cleaner, more consistent visual appearance.
• Improved window visual effect stability on macOS Tahoe.

v1.9.8

12/03/2025

Improved

• Improved Liquid Glass effect integration with better content rendering
• Refined license management interface
  • Clearer license type display showing plan details and device limits

v1.9.7

11/21/2025

New Features

• Added System-Aware Dark Mode that automatically followed your macOS appearance settings.
• Added System Accent Color Support that matched Badgeify’s colors with your macOS accent color preference.

Improved

• Redesigned UI with more authentic macOS styling.
• Refined spacing, colors, and visual details throughout the app for a more polished look.

v1.9.6

11/20/2025

Improved

• Ensured Circle badge style kept its empty indicator and highlight colors even when “Show Notification Count” was turned off.

v1.9.5

11/19/2025

New Features

• Added Per-App Visibility Controls, allowing you to:

  • Configure visibility for each app with independent settings.
  • Override global visibility preferences for specific apps:
    • Inactive icon behavior – chose whether to show or hide the app when it was not running.
    • Notification icon behavior – controlled how the app appeared when it had no notifications.
  • Kept important apps always visible while letting others hide automatically.

  

Improved

• Improved macOS Tahoe integration by:
  • Adding an adaptive liquid glass effect for windows on macOS Tahoe.
  • Providing a clean fallback to standard transparency on older macOS versions.
• Improved the onboarding experience by:
  • Allowing navigation of the welcome guide via Arrow keys and Enter.
  • Adding a “Need help?” troubleshooting link on the permission grant slide.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where custom highlight colors were not applied when “Show Notification Count” was disabled.

v1.9.4

11/16/2025

We updated app signing from a personal Apple Developer account to an organization account. As a result, Accessibility permissions must be re-granted after this update.

How to re-grant Accessibility permissions:

1. Open System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility
2. Remove Badgeify from the list by selecting it and clicking the ”-” button
3. Re-add Badgeify by clicking the ”+” button and selecting the app from the Applications folder

Improved

• Updated the sidebar and panels to use a softer translucent finish that felt more native to macOS.
• Improved tray icon reliability on macOS Tahoe by fixing issues where icons could disappear after being reordered.
• Optimized icon color detection for menu bar icons to improve performance and stability.

Bug Fixes

• Removed unused application integration experiments so that advanced settings focused on shipped and supported features.

v1.9.3

11/01/2025

Improved

• Added Single Instance Protection to ensure only one instance of Badgeify ran at a time and to bring the existing window to the front when relaunching.
• Improved autostart reliability so Badgeify started more consistently on login.

v1.9.2

10/21/2025

New Features

• Added CLI integration:
  • Bundled a badgeify command-line tool so you could query badge status without launching the UI.
  • Introduced list and status subcommands that returned JSON for easier scripting and monitoring.

v1.9.1

09/30/2025

Improved

• Improved license management by:
  • Showing the user email in license information.
  • Displaying the license plan and tier.
  • Adding a “Manage License” button for quick access to the license portal.

v1.9.0

09/05/2025

New Features

• Added smarter update settings so that:
  • Disabling automatic update checks also disabled automatic downloads.
  • Enabling automatic downloads also enabled automatic installation of updates.

Improved

• Improved menu bar behavior by:
  • Making icon display more reliable.
  • Improving stability when showing and hiding icons.
  • Improving detection of menu bar visibility changes.

v1.8.x

08/31/2025

Improved

• Improved notification badge display logic for better accuracy by:
  • Making icons more accurately show or hide based on real notification status.
  • Enhancing visual consistency across badge styles (Text, Dot, Circle).
• Updated interface wording from “Show Notifications” to “Show Notification Count” for clearer meaning.
• Improved tray menu responsiveness when the refresh rate was disabled by:
  • Ensuring the menu updated correctly on hover even when refresh was disabled.
  • Improving handling of icon behavior settings when refresh rate was disabled.
• Improved menu bar icon refresh performance and further reduced CPU usage.
• Optimized the license activation process to improve stability and reliability.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where menu bar icons sometimes failed to display.
• Fixed an issue where the Upgrade pop-up window could appear repeatedly.
• Fixed an issue where the Discord icon could remain pinned permanently when the dot indicator was disabled.

v1.8.1

08/07/2025

New Features

• Added pin support for app groups, allowing you to:
  • Pin app groups to keep them always visible in the menu bar.
  • Have pinned groups behave consistently with pinned individual apps.

Improved

• Improved icon update performance by:
  • Optimizing icon change detection for significantly faster response times.
  • Reducing system resource usage during menu bar updates.
• Improved app group display by:
  • Making group transparency behavior consistent with individual apps.
  • Enhancing visual consistency across all menu bar items.

v1.8.0

08/04/2025

New Features

• Added customizable notification badge styles, allowing you to:
  • Choose from three styles for each app or group:
    • Text – classic numeric count (default).
    • Dot – minimalist dot indicator for unread notifications.
    • Circle – iOS-style badge with notification count.
  • Set a different badge style preference for each app and group.
• Applied custom highlight colors across all badge styles.

Improved

• Improved Discord and Slack dot indicator integration by:
  • Fixing dot indicator display issues across notification behaviors.
  • Aligning their appearance with the new badge style system.

v1.7.x

07/27/2025

New Features

• Added app group transparency behavior, allowing:
  • Group icons to become transparent when all apps in the group had no notifications.
  • Group behavior to remain consistent with individual apps for a unified visual experience.

Improved

• Improved the color picker experience by:
  • Making color selection faster and smoother, reducing lag and stutter.
  • Keeping the color panel open to allow adjustment of multiple colors.
  • Automatically closing the panel when it lost focus to avoid lingering on the desktop.
• Adjusted transparency effects by reducing transparency levels to make semi-transparent icons clearer and easier to recognize.
• Improved menu bar icon visual effects handling for more consistent appearance.
• Improved highlight color application so app group highlight colors were correctly applied.

v1.7.1

07/14/2025

Improved

• Improved menu bar appearance detection for a smoother visual experience.
• Improved compatibility with macOS Tahoe 26.

v1.7.0

06/09/2025

New Features

• Added a “Badge refresh interval” setting to control menu bar icon refresh frequency and:
  • Allowed setting the refresh interval to Slow, which reduced CPU usage to around 0.5% on average.

Improved

• Optimized memory consumption and CPU usage for better overall performance.
• Improved system resource management to minimize background impact.
• Reorganized Advanced settings to make them clearer and easier to navigate.

v1.6.x

05/16/2025

Improved

• Improved overall application stability, resulting in fewer crashes and smoother behavior.
• Optimized application performance and reduced the package size.
• Reduced Docker monitoring frequency from 500ms to 1000ms, lowering resource usage.
• Improved menu bar icon update logic for more efficient and reliable updates.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the application could crash under certain conditions.

v1.6.1

05/03/2025

New Features

• Added a Discord dot indicator toggle to app settings so users could enable or disable Discord’s dot indicator.

Improved

• Reduced background memory usage by approximately 50%.
• Improved overall application performance and responsiveness.
• Improved system tray icon management for more predictable behavior.

v1.5.x

03/08/2025

Improved

• Improved menu bar visualization by:
  • Displaying app icons within group menu items.
  • Adding tooltips to settings options to improve clarity.
  • Enhancing drag-and-drop behavior for app management with more intuitive draggable icons.
• Improved Slack integration by adding a Slack dot indicator toggle that allowed users to control its visibility.
• Improved licensing and distribution by:
  • Reducing app size from 46MB to 30MB for faster downloads and better performance.
  • Enhancing license verification reliability.
  • Updating the license verification endpoint to resolve SSL issues.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where badges might not display when an app had a very large number of unread messages.

v1.5.1

12/26/2024

New Features

• Added an Experimental Features section in Advanced settings so users could:
  • Try upcoming features before they were officially released.
  • Enable or disable app-specific integrations as needed.

Improved

• Redesigned the Advanced settings page with a cleaner and more structured layout.

v1.5.0

12/25/2024

New Features

• Added application-specific menu items integration by:
  • Integrating browser tabs for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.
  • Allowing quick access to open browser tabs directly from menu bar icons.
  • Enabling right-click on browser icons to view and switch between active tabs.

v1.4.x

12/03/2024

Improved

• Improved app detection and identification on non-English systems.
• Optimized settings window performance, especially when switching between tabs.
• Improved overall responsiveness of the settings interface.
• Improved error handling to provide a more stable experience.
• Optimized group and app data retrieval for better performance and reliability.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the menu bar icon would not display if a certain app could not be found.
• Fixed potential errors that occurred during license deactivation.

v1.4.1

11/19/2024

New Features

• Added global keyboard shortcuts, allowing users to configure shortcuts for quick access to Badgeify settings.

Improved

• Improved the support experience by including richer system information in feedback submissions.
• Improved dark mode detection for better compatibility with different macOS themes.

v1.3.x

11/06/2024

Improved

• Updated semi-transparent icon colors to better match native macOS icons.
• Added an option to show a transparent icon when an app had no notifications.
• Improved tray management to prevent the app from becoming unresponsive.
• Fixed broken links to website pricing pages.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed app crashes on macOS versions below 14.
• Fixed menu bar background color detection when using colored icons.
• Fixed an issue where the Dock icon could remain visible after closing the settings window on macOS Sequoia.

v1.3.0

10/19/2024

This update introduced new customization options and improved the UI for a more native macOS experience.

New Features

• Added a “Pin to menu bar” option for icons so pinned icons remained visible regardless of global visibility settings.

Improved

• Improved Badgeify’s own icon behavior so it no longer displayed in the menu bar when no app icons were shown.
• Improved app launch handling so repeatedly opening the app reliably brought up the settings window.
• Integrated the native macOS color panel for selecting highlight colors to provide a more familiar and intuitive color selection experience.

For more details, see Enhanced Customization and Native macOS Experience

v1.2.x

10/11/2024

Improved

• Added support for Ctrl-click to open the menu when clicking an icon.
• Optimized Finder behavior when “When clicking an active app’s icon” was set to Focus/Hide by:
  • Changing Finder’s behavior to Focus/Minimize to better match its unique nature.
• Improved Finder window focus detection.
• Optimized badge status labels to avoid displaying Handoff text.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where highlight colors were not applied when Slack displayed a dot notification.

v1.2.0

10/08/2024

This update introduced new customization options for notifications.

New Features

• Added customizable notification highlight colors so you could:
  • Set unique highlight colors for each app or group.
  • Improve visual distinction between different notifications in the menu bar.

Improved

• Improved error messages for failed license key activation attempts to make troubleshooting clearer.

For more details, see Introducing Customizable Notification Colors

v1.1.0

10/06/2024

This update added Slack dot badge support and addressed WhatsApp notification issues.

New Features

• Added Slack dot badge support, displaying a dot indicator in the menu bar for Slack notifications.

Bug Fixes

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

v1.0.0

10/04/2024

First major release! After months of development and user feedback, Badgeify 1.0.0 introduced App Groups for better organization.

New Features

• Added Application Groups, allowing you to:
  • Organize multiple apps under a single menu bar icon.
  • Use custom icons for application groups.
  • Display the total notification count for all apps within a group.

Improved

• Updated the onboarding carousel to introduce the new app groups feature.

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

v0.x

09/29/2024

Before the 1.0.0 milestone, Badgeify laid the foundation for today’s experience with core functionality, UI polish, and early customization options.

New Features

• Added a Free version with:
  • Support for up to 3 apps in the menu bar.
  • Core notification tracking and quick-launch functionality.
• Added a “Show transparent icon when app isn’t running” setting.
• Added a “Hide icon when no notifications” option to reduce visual noise.
• Added a “Show/Hide Notifications” tray menu item.
• Added a “Quit” option in the tray menu for each application.
• Added drag-and-drop app management in the UI.
• Added an onboarding carousel to help new users understand core concepts.

Improved

• Improved the settings layout and information hierarchy for a clearer interface.
• Improved the settings window behavior so it remembered its last position.
• Increased the menu bar icon size to 64×64 for better readability.
• Improved license key management and refined the pricing model.
• Improved accessibility integration and Finder handling for more predictable behavior.
• Improved overall stability, compatibility, performance, and menu bar update smoothness.

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