Found a CoverFlow music dock that lives on your macOS screen edge
The implementation details are what caught my attention. It hooks into both Spotify and Apple Music via their native APIs, plus reads local tracks straight from the Music.app library. Keyboard navigation is fully baked in — arrow keys flip through artwork, space plays/pauses, and the whole thing respects macOS accessibility settings (VoiceOver, switch control, the works). The dev mentioned using SwiftUI with a custom Metal layer for the CoverFlow renderer, which explains the buttery 120 fps on ProMotion displays.
I've been running the 7-day trial for about four days now. The edge-trigger zone is configurable (top, bottom, left, right, plus sensitivity), and you can set a delay so it doesn't fire accidentally when you're just closing a window. Search is fuzzy and fast — type "radio" and it surfaces Radiohead alongside your local "Radio Ga Ga" rip. One quirk: Spotify Connect devices don't populate until you actually open the Spotify app once per session, but that's a Spotify API limitation, not Gramola.
Memory footprint sits around 45 MB idle, spikes to ~120 MB during heavy CoverFlow animation. CPU stays under 2% on an M2 Max. The app is notarized, sandboxed, and requests only the MusicKit and Spotify entitlements it actually needs — no network access beyond those two services.
Pricing lands at $19.99 lifetime or $1.99/month after the trial. For a polished, native-feeling utility that eliminates a daily friction point, that feels fair. The dev hangs out on GitHub Discussions and responds fast — pushed a fix for a Mission Control interference bug within six hours of my report.
If you live in the menu bar / Dock / Stage Manager workflow and miss the tactile joy of flipping through album art, this is worth the trial spin.