Hoy for Mac
Strong signalWalkie-talkie meets AirDrop meets Messages
Launched 21h ago
Signal
65
Velocity
0
What this means
+38%Launching in a 38% WoW growing category.
Menu Bar Apps had 47 launches this week vs 34 last.
17Founder Conviction Index: 17 — low signal.
Few of the conviction sub-signals (reputation, velocity, buyer-intent, tagline clarity) are firing yet.
Prediction
Top-5 finish probability
24%
today
Projected end-of-day votes
96range 72–130
Trajectory
stable
Vote pace holding steady.
About
Hoy puts your people in your Mac's menu bar, on top of everything you do. Drop a file on a face. Hold to talk, and Hoy writes it down as you speak. Show your screen. Hand over a to-do. Every face is a channel, with one person or a group, and a link is all it takes to bring someone in. No sign-up, no middleman: your channels live in your own iCloud and there is no Hoy server. Free, with a pay-once Pro. Needs macOS 26. iPhone and iPad are coming soon.
AI Summary
Hoy for Mac is a menu bar app that enables seamless messaging and file sharing by allowing users to communicate with individuals or groups directly from their Mac. It operates without a server, utilizing iCloud for channel storage, and offers a free version alongside a one-time purchase Pro option.
Attention & discussion velocity
Performance
Velocity0
Vote pace vs average
Momentum7
Sustained over 6h
Virality0
Spread × engagement
Engagement15
Discussion per unit of attention
Editorial read
Scored deterministically. Only candidates that fire a story trigger are sent to a model, so this one has no written angle.
ThinLittle evidence and no strong angle. Nothing to build on yet.
115/8
Timeliness5%100
carried 7%
Trend20%38
carried 27%
Novelty15%20
carried 20%
Business15%8
carried 20%
Story20%0
carried 27%
Not measured · 3 of 8
Revenue10%—
Founder10%—
Cross-platform5%—
Gaps in our data, not findings about the product. Their weight is redistributed across the 5 we did measure.
measuredmeasured, zeronot measured
Full audit →Signal sources
3 of 6 active- Launch tracking4 readings since we picked it up
- AI analysisProductivity
- Comment intelligencethread not yet analysed
- Outside discussionnot checked — domain is a storefront or shared
- Revenue signalsno match on this domain
- Editorial scoring23% evidence coverage
A source that found nothing is a measurement. A source that has not run is a gap. Neither means the launch lacks the thing.