What Beeped?
Which app alerted you
Only for Mac
Free · In‑App Purchases
Mac
Discover exactly what beeped. Track background chimes, identify noisy browser tabs, monitor active audio streams, and jump straight to the source.
What Beeped? — Never wonder which app or browser tab just made a noise.
Have you ever heard a mystery beep, ping, or notification chime on your Mac and wondered: "Where did that come from?" WhatBeeped? identifies its source.
⁂ FREE FEATURES INCLUDED:
• Instant Floating Alert Banners: Real-time heads-up alerts appear whenever a beep, ping, or chime sounds.
• Instant Beep Attribution: Identifies the active app, process name, and sound duration.
• Active Browser Tab Detection: Identifies foreground browser tabs responsible for notification sounds.
• Hardware Output Device Mapping: Shows whether the beep played on internal speakers, AirPods, HDMI, or USB DACs.
• Built-In Sound Alert Tester: Diagnostic tool to simulate alerts and test detection across apps.
• 100% Private & On-Device: Zero recording, zero audio storage, zero data collection.
⁂ FULL VERSION UNLOCK (One-Time Purchase — No Subscriptions):
• Identify Currently Streaming Apps: Live detection and tracking of background audio streams, music, and media players.
• Monitored Applications & Stream Inspector: Deep inspector displaying active CoreAudio taps and client processes.
• Complete Sound History Log: Searchable timeline of all past audio events with exact millisecond timestamps.
• One-Click Focus Jump: Click any alert or history item to bring that app or tab directly to the front.
• Custom App Filters & Muting: Ignore continuous audio (music/video) and focus only on mystery notification pings.
• Export History (CSV & JSON): Export forensic event logs for compliance and diagnostic reviews.
⁂ PRIVACY FIRST:
All sound detection runs 100% locally on your Mac using standard macOS CoreAudio interfaces. No microphone access is used and no audio is ever recorded or stored.
Take control of mystery sounds on your Mac today!
Ratings & Reviews
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• Fixed an issue where closing the main window could cause the background monitor to stop or exit unexpectedly after 10–15 seconds.
• Improved menu bar tray stability and background notification monitoring.
• Added optional, user-controlled anonymous crash reporting with a new privacy setting in Preferences (Ask Before Sending, Always Send, or Never Send).
• General stability and performance improvements.
The developer, James Alan Rome, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- James Alan Rome
- Size
- 696.8 KB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Mac
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- WhatBeeped? $4.99
- Copyright
- ©James A. Rome 2026. All rights reserved.
