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Coming soon on the Mac App StoreFree · macOS 14.6+

Pulse Pomodoro

Focus gently.
Finish intentionally.

A native Pomodoro timer designed to live quietly in your menu bar— always within reach, never in the way.

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Pulse Pomodoro focus timer and weekly focus history in the macOS menu bar
Platform
Native macOS
Price
Free
Data collection
None
Built with
SwiftUI + AppKit

A quieter way to focus

Your timer is there when you need it—and gone when you do not.

Open Pulse from the menu bar, choose a session, and close the popover. The timer keeps working while you do.

Product walkthrough showing session controls, history, completion feedback, and settings.

A rhythm you control

Focus, pause, recover, repeat.

Pulse suggests what comes next but never starts a session for you. Every duration can be adjusted to fit your day.

Pulse Pomodoro focus session counting down in the menu bar

Focus

25 min

Settle into one task with a clear, distraction-free countdown.

Pulse Pomodoro short break ready to start

Short Break

5 min

Step away briefly and return with a little more room to think.

Pulse Pomodoro long break ready to start

Long Break

15 min

Recover after a longer stretch of focused work.

Pulse weekly focus history showing daily sessions, total focus time, and streak

Progress without pressure

See the work adding up.

A compact weekly history gives you enough context to build momentum without turning focus into another dashboard to manage.

  • Daily session counts
  • Weekly focus summaries
  • All-time focused hours
  • Consecutive-day streaks
Pulse settings for durations, completion sounds, animal animations, and launch at login
Panda celebration animation appearing below the macOS menu bar

Gentle feedback, your way

Make finishing feel rewarding.

Choose from six calm completion sounds and six animal celebrations, or turn either one off. Pulse adapts to how quiet—or playful—you want your workspace to feel.

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Native by design

Built to feel at home on your Mac.

SwiftUI, AppKit, and macOS system conventions keep Pulse fast, familiar, and dependable.

Lives in the menu bar

No Dock icon and no main window competing for your attention.

Stays accurate

End-date-based timing remains correct across sleep, wake, and relaunches.

Keeps data local

Your settings and focus history never leave your Mac.

Private by default

Your focus is not a data point.

Pulse has no account, analytics, advertising, or network requests. Settings and history stay in local macOS storage.

  • No sign-in
  • No cloud sync
  • No tracking
  • No access to personal files
  • No data leaves your Mac
Coming soon on the Mac App Store

Make space for focused work.

Pulse Pomodoro will be free to download. Until then, read the privacy policy or get support.

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