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Notch Radio vs Univocal

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Notch Radio compared with Univocal
DetailNotch Radio logo Notch RadioUnivocal logo Univocal
What it doesInternet radio player for macOS that lives in your Mac's notch Text-to-speech and speech-to-text for Mac, entirely on-device with no subscription
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Pricing modelFreemium Paid
PricingFree: $0, forever, with notch player, media keys, directory browse, and 5 saved stations. Unlock: $19.99 one-time payment for unlimited stations, URL import, live track titles, album art, notch or menu bar, and country filtering. One-time purchase: $39 (launch offer $19 with code UVLAUNCH until November 30, Black Friday $15 with code BF2026 until November 30). Free 14-day trial, no card or account required.
Key features
  • Lives in your Mac's notch with hover preview
  • Per-song album art fetched to match
  • Search thousands of Radio Browser community stations by name or genre
  • Save favorite stations with green checkmark while browsing
  • Media keys integration with Now Playing
  • Move player to menu bar instead of notch
  • Works on Macs without a notch with drawn notch or menu bar
  • Add any stream URL manually
  • Filter stations by country
  • Pin player to any display in multi-display setup
  • Speech-to-text with automatic punctuation and paragraph breaks
  • Bilingual support with mid-sentence language switching
  • Entirely on-device processing
  • No cloud or account required
  • Read from clipboard or selection
  • One-time purchase with unlimited use
What makes it different
  • Free forever with no account or lock-in required
  • No tracking, analytics or personal data collection
  • Native macOS app with media key support
  • No subscription - one-time purchase with unlimited use
  • Complete privacy with on-device processing only
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Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)Not checked yet no change since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)03
Citation Flow (Majestic)1519
Referring domains (Majestic)74

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