A pixel pet for your macOS menu bar or MacBook notch: Tamagotchi-style companion with a built-in Pomodoro timer, focus sessions, activity streaks, and lightweight virtual-pet charm. Seamless notch mode on newer MacBooks — not another cluttered dock window.
We just shipped notch mode! If you've got a newer MacBook, your pet now lives right below your notch; the black background blends in so it looks like the notch just extends down a bit to house your little guy. You can switch between menu bar and notch mode whenever you want. Been wanting to do this one for a while, felt like a natural fit. Let us know what you think!
A Pomodoro timer disguised as a desktop pet is honestly such a smart move. I'm building a focus timer myself and the one thing I keep learning is that the hard part isn't the timer, it's making people actually want to use it. Gamifying it with a pet that reacts to your focus sessions? That solves it. Curious how the activity tracking works though, is it just screen time or does it monitor input activity too?
My home macbook is older but this is the first PH product I actually wanted to install immediately. Great idea!
Apple spent millions on this notch design and u just turn it into a cat bed, thats hillarious😂
This is great. Feels like a small thing but having something visual like this can actually make work a bit more enjoyable. The Pomodoro angle is clever as well. Do people actually stick with it long term or is it more of a novelty at first?
About Mac Pet on Product Hunt
“A pixel pet for your menu bar or MacBook notch w/ Pomodoro ”
Mac Pet launched on Product Hunt on April 2nd, 2026 and earned 133 upvotes and 10 comments, placing #9 on the daily leaderboard. A pixel pet for your macOS menu bar or MacBook notch: Tamagotchi-style companion with a built-in Pomodoro timer, focus sessions, activity streaks, and lightweight virtual-pet charm. Seamless notch mode on newer MacBooks — not another cluttered dock window.
Mac Pet was featured in Productivity (650.1k followers), Pets (4.6k followers) and Menu Bar Apps (12.2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 131.3k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Mac Pet?
Mac Pet was hunted by Toby Miller. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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