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# How to Add a Notification Counter for Any Application to the Menu Bar
- URL: https://en.blog.themarfa.name/how-to-add-a-notification-counter-for-any-application-to-the-menu-bar/
- Published: 2024-08-01T07:14:06.000Z
- Updated: 2024-08-01T07:14:06.000Z
- Description: In macOS, there is a unified Notification Center where messages and alerts from all applications accumulate. This approach seems inconvenient to me. I want to have a counter for unread messages right next to the application's icon.
- Author: Konstantin Dokuchaev
- Tags: macos, Badgeify

In macOS, there is a unified Notification Center where messages and alerts from all applications accumulate. This approach seems inconvenient to me. I want to have a counter for unread messages right next to the application's icon.

To address this issue, you can use the [**Badgeify**](https://badgeify.app/) app, which allows you to add a similar counter for any application directly in the Menu Bar.

The utility has minimal settings. In the General section, you simply add the application for which you want to display a counter. After that, you will see its icon in the Menu Bar.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/c7/31c7da9c-f519-464c-9a3b-2d4144b557a6/content/images/2024/08/image-1.png)

When a new notification is received, the counter next to the icon will be updated to alert you.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/c7/31c7da9c-f519-464c-9a3b-2d4144b557a6/content/images/2024/08/image-2.png)

**Cost**  
You can try Badgeify for free for a week. The license starts at $19 per device, with a one-time payment.

[Try Badgeify](https://badgeify.app/)