Free for the desktop app. Barside Plus: US$20 a month or US$200 a year. Paid Spaces: creators set their own pricing through Stripe, with Barside taking 8% (5% for Plus subscribers).
Key features
Music playback controls for Spotify and Apple Music
Synced lyrics display while playing music
Prayer times with configurable adhan alerts
Focus timer for productivity
Calendar events and reminders
50+ customizable extensions
Lock screen widgets
OCR text extraction from screenshots
Offline functionality for many features
System monitoring and quick toggles
Notes with rich formatting including headings, checklists, tables, code and links
Integrated drawing and diagramming with Excalidraw editor
Screen recording that saves directly into notes
Video transcription with timestamps
AI-powered search across all notes and content
Built-in password manager with auto-fill
Video meetings for up to 6 people
Cloud backup with up to 90 days of history for Plus subscribers
Team Spaces with chat, polls and shared notes
AI agents that run on schedule with approval workflow
What makes it different
50+ extensions that can be individually enabled or disabled
Lifetime license with no subscription
14-day free trial with no account or credit card required
Built natively for Mac with SwiftUI and AppKit
Works on Macs with or without a physical notch
Completely free for core features with local-first architecture requiring no account
Replaces 10+ subscription apps in one unified desktop application
AI agents with approval workflow for safe automation
Integrated screen recording and transcription without external tools
Supports multiple operating systems with native desktop integration
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