PolarPolar in the MacBook notch
Revenue and subscriptions from your Polar storefront.
The 6 numbers Notch Metrics reads from Polar
- Monthly recurring revenuehourly, daily, weekly and monthly · snapshotPolar's own MRR: active subscriptions normalised to a month, yearly plans divided by twelve, trials excluded. The latest day Polar has computed.
- Revenuehourly, daily, weekly and monthly · sparklineOrder subtotals in the window as Polar reports them, before Polar's fees and before tax. In the organization's currency.
- Active subscriptionshourly, daily, weekly and monthly · snapshotActive subscriptions on the latest day Polar has computed, including paused and past-due ones, excluding trials.
- New subscriptionshourly, daily, weekly and monthly · sparklineSubscriptions started in the window, as Polar counts them.
- Churned subscriptionshourly, daily, weekly and monthly · sparklineSubscriptions that ended in the window, as Polar counts them.
- Recent paymentshourly, daily, weekly and monthly · snapshotThe latest paid orders, newest first, with the customer's name or email and the product. Amounts are what the customer paid, after discounts and including tax.
Connecting Polar, once, on the web
Paste a key on the web, once.
- Organization access token
- Settings → Developers. Needs the organizations:read, metrics:read and orders:read scopes.
- polar_oat_…
- Environment
- Must match where the token was issued; a production token is rejected by the sandbox.
Your Polar credential is encrypted with its own key, bound to your account and the provider. Our server calls Polar and hands your Mac a normalised number, so the Mac app never holds the credential. Remove the integration and the encrypted key is deleted with it.
Also called
- payments
- billing
- open source
- storefront
- merchant of record
Questions
- What Polar numbers can Notch Metrics show?
- Notch Metrics reports 6 Polar numbers: monthly recurring revenue, revenue, active subscriptions, new subscriptions, churned subscriptions and recent payments. Each one is a widget you place in the MacBook notch, sized from a single square up to the full width.
- How do you connect Polar to Notch Metrics?
- Sign in to notchmetrics.com, choose Polar and paste your key. Settings → Developers. Needs the organizations:read, metrics:read and orders:read scopes.
- Does the Notch Metrics Mac app hold my Polar key?
- No. Our server calls Polar and hands your Mac a normalised number. Your Polar credential is encrypted with its own key, bound to your account and the provider, so a row copied anywhere else does not decrypt.
- What does Polar in the notch cost?
- Every connector is included, with no per-integration charge. Notch Metrics is $9 a month or $49 a year, after a seven-day trial that needs no card. Polar counts as one of the connectors on every plan.