Coming soonIn development · Native macOS
Tonearm for Mac.
A tiny focus radio that lives in your menu bar. Same curated lo-fi, ambient, indie, and coding stations as the Chrome extension — without needing a browser open.
Or grab the Chrome extension while you wait.
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Settings
Privacy-first radio
No account. No tracking.
Tonearm does not collect personal data, listening history, analytics events, or identifiers.
Local preferences only.
Your volume and default station are saved locally on this device.
Direct radio streams.
Audio is streamed directly from station providers. Tonearm has no backend.
Built to stay tiny, calm, and independent.
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- Menu-bar firstLives next to your clock. No dock icon, no window to manage.
- Same curated stationsIdentical lineup to the Chrome extension.
- Global hotkeySystem-wide shortcut to toggle play in any app.
While you wait.
The Chrome extension does most of the same job today. It survives every closed tab, sits one click away in your toolbar, and runs every station the Mac app will ship with.
Status: the Mac menu-bar app is being designed alongside the Chrome extension. The Chrome version ships first; Mac follows. Drop your email at the top of the page to be told the moment it's ready — that's the only thing the email is used for.
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